Originally Posted by
waterrockets
Yeah, that sounds about right. I'm basing this on what I saw Inga Thompson and Rebecca Twigg <pant> do in the Iron Horse Classic when they started behind the 3s.
I raced against Jeannie Longo in the early 90's in the Telluride stage race. She was the only woman in a mens' Cat3 field of about 80 and she ended up about fifth overall as I recall, but didn't win any of the 3 stages (RR, hill climb and crit).
Iron Horse Classic was always fun to see who'd show up to ride in the Cat3's. As well as various pro-women. I remember racing against both Tinker Juarez and Bob Rolle in the 3's. This was after Bobke had retired from road racing and was living in Durango and pursuing a mountain bike racing career. Tinker won handily.