Originally Posted by
Cat4Lifer
Fine.
However, women's elite racing isn't anywhere near as fast as elite men's racing.
So then, if you find the slower (lower average power output) women's elite racing to be just as animated as elite men's racing,
you might want to check-out 55+ master's racing. I think their speed is even slower than elite women's racing.
Speaking as a 55+ masters racer, I know how fast/slow they are. They're a lot faster than you might imagine.
All this "women's racing is less exciting because they are slower" is simply macho BS, in my opinion. It is not the average speed, but the interplay between the racers, that makes for an entertaining race. If you don't know the difference between an animated race, and a merely fast one, there's not much point in continuing the discussion.