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Old 09-21-09 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Glenn1234
28th in a professional race for women? Quite an accomplishment? While being able to take any of the race courses would be a good thing for most of us, to call a "professional cyclist"'s performance in a race where 27 other women finished ahead of her "quite an accomplishment" is a joke. Especially considering that most would take a similar statement when it comes to the men's races and dismiss or laugh it off.

Has Liz Hatch ever done anything noteworthy as a "professional cyclist"? Won or placed (that means got to get up on a podium) in races?
Personally I think anyone who works their way up to pack fodder in the pro peloton, man or woman, has managed "quite an accomplishment."
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