Woman Cyclist has to slow down before she catches Men

[outriding]

I don't understand your interpretation of the study. It says that the performance gap is closing in many areas except in the ultra long events. A few women do well, but, it's still dominated by men.

Also, the part about the fat layer was for thermal insulation in cold swimming. That was negated by men's greater ability to take in and use more oxygen.

Well more or less the long distance stamina from SS's post..

 

[zinfamous]

BS. It wasn't a completely different race, just the men of the exact same race.

And catching the support vehicles shouldn't be any concern for anyone. Ever watch the TdF (Tour de France) or any of the other pro bike races? Many times riders get dropped off the back, be it from a flat, crash, whatever, and guess what they do when they get restarted. Cruise through the support vehicles. Done ALL the time. Hell, they even draft off the support vehicles to regain the peleton. Of course, they limit the amount of time that one can draft behind a car/truck/whatever, but it's done in every damned bike race men participate in.

It's more the embarrassment factor that a female would dare finish faster than the men. Nothing else. And despite what the race organizers claim, there was never a safety issue at all.

I think that technically, it is a different race because there are two separate fields of competitors on the track that aren't competing with each other. She essentially biked into the other field which, in my head, is kinda like riding out of bounds. Best option would have been for the organizers to increase the time gap from the beginning.

 

[Genx87]

Increase gap to 30 minutes. Issue solved. Sexism not found.

 

[realibrad]

Well more or less the long distance stamina from SS's post..

But, you are not saying that women have more right? Just that the gap closes in some stamina events?