BMX Cycling Racing at the Cycling UCI World Championships 2023

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

2 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Interesting that there are no French riders in the womens final at all when they are dominant on the mens side for years already.

French cycling (all disciplines) was/is very male dominated. IIRC, the federation had until a few years ago one registered female cyclist for each 20 male ones... 

[heywoodu 16,062]

3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

That's should be Olympic quota for Germany in women's event. Sadly. 

What's the problem with that?

[Gianlu33 5,308]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What's the problem with that?

That's the 1st out was the Italian that crashed in semifinals and that had some hope

 

[Grassmarket 4,085]

1 hour ago, De_Gambassi said:

French cycling (all disciplines) was/is very male dominated. IIRC, the federation had until a few years ago one registered female cyclist for each 20 male ones... 

I remember Jeannie Longo being Double French Champion for year after year, well into her 50s, because there just weren’t any good young riders.

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

14 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

I remember Jeannie Longo being Double French Champion for year after year, well into her 50s, because there just weren’t any good young riders.

It's not every day that you see a grand mother winning a non-master national championship

 

 

She was 52 for her 58 (!!!!!!!) and last national tittle in 2011 (TT) with a young Audrey Cordon on her left. 

[mpjmcevoy 375]

17 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

I remember Jeannie Longo being Double French Champion for year after year, well into her 50s, because there just weren’t any good young riders.

Cycling has a long history of being male centric and male dominated going back to its competitive roots. When you consider only this year of our lord 2023 have the three grand tours all have women's races - and none of those 'grand tour' in nature, that two of the Monuments still don't have a women's race, and Paris Roubaix femmes is still very new (and brilliant, as it happens). And since France, Belgium and Italy are the roots of modern competitive cycling, at least on the road, you expect that to be reflected. The singular exception always seems to have been the dutch - reflected in their current dominance.

 

i was stunned to think yesterday was the first time a Belgian had won a women's world road race for fifty years

 

Not that Ireland is wildly better, it has to be said, Rás an mBan and all. GB, Australia and North America seem to have a solid base of women riders going back some years, but none of these were a road cycling heartland historically either. 

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2 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Cycling has a long history of being male centric and male dominated going back to its competitive roots. When you consider only this year of our lord 2023 have the three grand tours all have women's races - and none of those 'grand tour' in nature, that two of the Monuments still don't have a women's race, and Paris Roubaix femmes is still very new (and brilliant, as it happens). And since France, Belgium and Italy are the roots of modern competitive cycling, at least on the road, you expect that to be reflected. The singular exception always seems to have been the dutch - reflected in their current dominance.

 

i was stunned to think yesterday was the first time a Belgian had won a women's world road race for fifty years

 

Not that Ireland is wildly better, it has to be said, Rás an mBan and all. GB, Australia and North America seem to have a solid base of women riders going back some years, but none of these were a road cycling heartland historically either. 

Italy has been super strong in women's cycling for a good while, to be fair. There was always some Italian or another to beat Marianne Vos to her 520th consecutive silver  

[Mecki83 155]

On 8/13/2023 at 1:55 PM, Gianlu33 said:

That's should be Olympic quota for Germany in women's event. Sadly. 

Which quota are you refering to? In BMX racing?

[Gianlu33 5,308]

1 hour ago, Mecki83 said:

Which quota are you refering to? In BMX racing?

Yup. 1st not qualified athlete by ranking at the WCh have an Olympic Quota.

Edited August 21, 2023 by Gianlu33

[Mecki83 155]

23 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Yup. 1st not qualified athlete by ranking at the WCh have an Olympic Quota.

But only if the current ranking persists, i.e. Japan and Canada remain on their places 9 and 10 in the Olympic ranking.

If Brazil (currently on t11th place) overtakes one of them, the quota will switch.