Originally Posted by
patentcad
I rode with a very good Cat 2 woman last year, and she was riding as strong as the strong Cat 2 men on that ride. She was by far the fastest female cyclist I've ever ridden with, faster than some pro women I've seen. A really strong world class female pro would pwn 95%+ of amateur male racers. That being said, a strong Cat 2 amateur man can pwn 95% of amateur male racers too, so flip a coin on that one. Whether L. Hatch meets that criteria, I don't know. But she's not hard to look at.
That reminds me of a lanky female that was at our training ride last week. Hung on like it was nothing in the front group, with all the attacks and whatnot going on. She made it look easy while I almost puked a lung.