Originally Posted by
Cat4Lifer
Blacks from the U.S. can generally trace their roots back to Sub-Saharan west Africa.
Not too many distance wold-class athletes can trace their roots to that part of the world.
Those who can, tend to dominate sprinting events and sports that require "explosive" bursts of
speed: 100m dash, soccer, football, etc. I doubt we'll ever see a U.S. black win or even top-ten at the TDF.
That was my point earlier ("Seems the East Africans have a lock on that,
marathons, and the West Africans have a lock on sprinting. A white person can beat an East African in a sprint and a West African in a distance run, we seem to be somewhat of a hybrid between the two...") and the point of my last link:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentin...ould-all-care/
If an African were to become a TDF contender, I'd think he'd be from East Africa. But the West Africans would probably make really good track cyclists. Generally speaking, white people seem to be more generalists, rather than specialists.