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31-07-2018, 08:05 PM
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Re: why are women not in the tour de france??

Originally Posted by Morticia ->
Ladies made better spies than men?

I believe it. Mental endurance is as much a part of any endurance test as physical .... but, I still can't see a woman beating a man (physical strength) on an event like the Tour if both start on an equal par.

21 Facts we Bet You Never Knew about Beryl Burton



Think you know a lot about Beryl Burton? Get to know more about one of the most iconic British female cyclists of all time…

Beryl has won more than over 90 races and seven world titles in cycling.
She set a women’s world record for a 12 hour time trial in 1967 which has not yet been beaten at 277.25 miles.
As she passed her fellow male racer Mike McNamara in the 12-hour time trial, she casually offered him a liquorice allsort.
Beryl Burton and her daughter Denise both set a record for a British 10- mile ride on a tandem bicycle which took them only 26 minutes and 25 seconds!
She won the Bidlake Memorial Prize three times.
In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.
Beryl used to work on a rhubarb farm, even when racing, which was run by cyclist Nim Carline. She worked 12 hour shifts every day during the winter.
She has won 72 national individual time trial titles.
In 1960 she refused to sign a contract with Raleigh Bicycle Company, keeping her name as an amateur cyclist with no financial backing or professional training throughout her career.
Beryl Burton was made an MBE in 1964 and an OBE in 1968.
She won stage 19 of the Tour de France in 1968.
Maxine Peake, a British actress, wrote and starred in ‘Beryl: a Love Story on Two Wheels’, a radio play based on her life, with contributions from her husband Charlie Burton throughout.
She believed that due to her family ancestry of Aryan cyclists, she had an unusually powerful heart and set of lungs.
At the first cycling club race she took part in, she came in ninth.
Her autobiography ‘Personal Best’ was released in 1986. It was re-released after the 2008 Olympics off the back of a sudden huge amount of interest in UK cycling.
When she was just 11 years old she had chorea and rheumatic fever and had to stay in hospital for 9 months.
She won her first national medal in 1957. It was a silver in the national 100- mile individual time trial championship.
Beryl Burton and her daughter Denise didn’t even shake hands on the podium after Denise won against her in the 1976 national road race championships.
She met her husband Charlie Burton when she was just 17 working at a tailoring company in Leeds.
Beryl Burton suffered with heart arrhythmia as a child and was told to never exercise.
After dying at the age of 58 of heart failure whilst cycling a a memorial garden was made in her honour in her home town in Morley, Leeds.
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31-07-2018, 08:52 PM
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women dont like lycra --- and have more sense to join in that accident prone sport ''' so they let the men join the T=D FRANCE ' and have more relaxing time for their theirselves
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31-07-2018, 08:54 PM
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Re: why are women not in the tour de france??

Originally Posted by Maddy ->
women dont like lycra --- and have more sense to join in that accident prone sport ''' so they let the men join the T=D FRANCE ' and have more relaxing time for their theirselves
just a thort
A bit of pampering?
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Re: why are women not in the tour de france??

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
They are only uncomfortable for the first few weeks Muddy, once you get used to them they are no bother at all. And experienced lady cyclists will have spent hours in the saddle training....

The reason why the saddles are the shape that they are (long and thin) is so that the inside of the legs don't catch on the sides of the saddle as the legs go up and down and you can keep a more aerodynamic position. The wider saddles are so much more comfy for the new cyclist riding down to the shops or to work, but would be very painful when doing enormous distances.
First few weeks....!!!!!
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Re: why are women not in the tour de france??

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
Why is it though that you see very few black cyclists
But many black boxers for that matter?
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Re: why are women not in the tour de france??

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But many black boxers for that matter?
And hardly any black swimmers......
 
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