Girls Rock
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The big news yesterday was that Mario Cipollini is leaving the Rock Racing Team. There wasn’t much reason given by either party but Cipo seems to say it was his decision while a statement from team claimed that they were behind the split. Whatever the reason, I’m not really that interested in the story. I’ve never cared that much one way or another about Cipo. I wasn’t overly excited that he was back and I’m just as uninterested in the fact that he’s gone again. Best of luck and all that but, whatever.
That being said, I do have a Rock Racing-realted topic to discuss and that’s the Rock Racing Women’s Team. Seven strong, atheltic, sexy women from California who - like every other female pro cycling team - get zero media coverage and deserve to be recognized.
As the mother of a young girl I look at this picture and I pray that when my daughter gets old enough to have non-animated idols it’s women like this that she chooses to look up to and emulate. If I can get her to believe that being a hard-core athlete can be cool, and if a poster like this one can take the place of the Hillary Duffs and the Paris Hiltons of the world on her wall, I will be a happy mom.
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March 20th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Outstanding! Women cyclist, especially racers, are incredible! Slick, toned, beautiful and fast! What’s not to love!
April 13th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Women athletes are the types of females we should all hope the young girls would find worthy of emulating. I’d rather my niece was crazy into biking than wailing out her version of the hilary duff stuff. Getting girls or women to go out and ride, be athletic, just seems to be such a challenge. I get so frustrated with women not wanting to be active. Through our bike club, I’m lucky to know a number of dedicated athletes-cyclists, triathletes, an ironman woman.
They are cool.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I work part time in a school. There was a girl who was very quiet and hung out mostly with a boy her age, not with most of the other fourth-grade girls. I tried and tried to find a way to make a connection with her. One day I found it: I started talking about mountain biking! That was quite some time ago. I felt like in some way I helped bring her out of a shell and showed her that women do like to do cool and active stuff, too. I felt like I made a friend and that she did, too.
K Burwell
New Haven, CT