I too would love to see women get more opportunities to race and more sponsorship support. My wife has been racing the last two years, and she keeps encouraging more women to participate, but it is hard to do.

And here is what I don't get - why isn't there more sponsor support for women's cycling? I used to work in newspapers, and it was well understood that ads in the paper targeted women more than men because study after study showed women make the bulk of household buying decisions.