The most famous female cyclist?
06-03-07, 07:02 PM
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The most famous female cyclist?
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06-03-07, 07:20 PM
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I'm going to go across disciplines and a few years back with Juli Furtado.
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06-03-07, 07:21 PM
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Furtado: National Road Champ in .... 89? On Morgul Bismarck Course, riding for Zinn.
(I have a great and embarrassing story about kicking her injured leg repeatedly.)
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Furtado: National Road Champ in .... 89? On Morgul Bismarck Course, riding for Zinn.
(I have a great and embarrassing story about kicking her injured leg repeatedly.)
06-03-07, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kls1891
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Tom Hagen: 'Thank you for the dinner and a very pleasant evening. If your car could take me to the airport - Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.'
Tom Hagen: 'Thank you for the dinner and a very pleasant evening. If your car could take me to the airport - Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.'
06-03-07, 07:37 PM
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Jeannie Longo, winner of almost everything multiple times. One thing she didn't win was a lot of fans in the press. She's a bit...odious.
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06-03-07, 07:42 PM
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Olympic Games road race: Gold Medal/Champion (1996); Silver Medal (1992)
Olympic Games time trial: Silver Medal (1996); Bronze Medal (2000)
5x UCI Road Race World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)
4x UCI Time Trial World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 2001)
3x UCI Track World Championship:
Points Race: Gold Medal/Champion (1989)
3 km Pursuit: Gold Medal/Champion (1986, 1989); Silver Medal (1984, 1985, 1987); Bronze Medal (1981, 1982, 1983)
UCI Mountain Bike Championship: Silver Medal (1993)
14x French Road Race Champion: 1979 to 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006
6x French Time Trial Champion: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
3x Tour Cycliste Feminin / Grande Boucle: 1987, 1988, 1989
2x Women's Challenge: 1991, 1999
Set Hour Record (45,094 km) in 2000 in Mexico City
Olympic Games time trial: Silver Medal (1996); Bronze Medal (2000)
5x UCI Road Race World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)
4x UCI Time Trial World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 2001)
3x UCI Track World Championship:
Points Race: Gold Medal/Champion (1989)
3 km Pursuit: Gold Medal/Champion (1986, 1989); Silver Medal (1984, 1985, 1987); Bronze Medal (1981, 1982, 1983)
UCI Mountain Bike Championship: Silver Medal (1993)
14x French Road Race Champion: 1979 to 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006
6x French Time Trial Champion: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
3x Tour Cycliste Feminin / Grande Boucle: 1987, 1988, 1989
2x Women's Challenge: 1991, 1999
Set Hour Record (45,094 km) in 2000 in Mexico City
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06-03-07, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
I'm going to go across disciplines and a few years back with Juli Furtado.
06-03-07, 08:24 PM
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Paola Pezzo? Two Olympic Golds in mountain biking (including the first one ever awarded) may have made her the most famous worldwide - and Gary Fisher put some serious promotion behind her.
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Originally Posted by acorn_user
In the UK, it's clearly Nicole Cooke 
06-03-07, 08:43 PM
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Most famous, does not mean most accomplished.
The most famous by far...
1. Kristin Armstrong.
EVERYONE knows who she is. And only because she has the same name as you know who.
2. Jesse Stensland. (Tri-athlete)
And only because she's cute.
It's not unlike Paris Hilton. A complete waste of human skin. She's done absolutely nothing worthwhile in her life, except spend money and squander her inheritence. She is the conglomeration of about 20 things a parent does not want their daughter to be. Yet, she is famous.
The most famous by far...
1. Kristin Armstrong.
EVERYONE knows who she is. And only because she has the same name as you know who.
2. Jesse Stensland. (Tri-athlete)
And only because she's cute.
It's not unlike Paris Hilton. A complete waste of human skin. She's done absolutely nothing worthwhile in her life, except spend money and squander her inheritence. She is the conglomeration of about 20 things a parent does not want their daughter to be. Yet, she is famous.
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The Eddy Merckx of female cyclists.
The Eddy Merckx of female cyclists.
06-03-07, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 7rider
Paola Pezzo? Two Olympic Golds in mountain biking (including the first one ever awarded) may have made her the most famous worldwide - and Gary Fisher put some serious promotion behind her.
(which I cant find a picture of right now...)
06-03-07, 08:54 PM
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Definitely Jeannie Longo. She dominated women's road racing for literally 20 years, winning multiple world championships in 3 different decades.
06-03-07, 09:09 PM
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16 U.S. National Championship titles
2 Olympic medals
06-03-07, 09:11 PM
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Longo
The Eddy Merckx of female cyclists.
The Eddy Merckx of female cyclists.
06-03-07, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kls1891
06-03-07, 10:06 PM
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