Luckily, I stumbled across a great article, “The Pioneers of Women’s Cycling” on CyclingNews.com and saw that the editors have been celebrating the influence of female cyclist on the sport all week. Here, a couple notable women who paved the way in the sport.
3. LUCKILY, I
STUMBLED ACROSS
A GREAT ARTICLE,
“THE PIONEERS OF
WOMEN’S
CYCLING” ON
CYCLINGNEWS.CO
M AND SAW THAT
THE EDITORS HAVE
BEEN CELEBRATING
THE INFLUENCE OF
FEMALE CYCLIST
ON THE SPORT ALL
WEEK.
4. AS AN AVID CYCLIST
(I’M CURRENTLY
TRAINING FOR THE
CICLISMO CLASSICO), I
ENJOY HEARING ABOUT
HOW WOMEN ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE
SPORT. READING
ABOUT THE FEMALE
CYCLISTS FROM LONG
AGO REMINDED ME
ABOUT THE WOMEN ON
WHOSE SHOULDERS WE
STAND AND IN WHOSE
MEMORY WE RIDE.
5. HERE ARE JUST A
COUPLE OF THE
NOTABLE
“PIONEERS.”
C O M P A N Y . C O M
7. D U T R I E U S T A R T I N G C Y C L I N G B E C A U S E H E R B R O T H E R
W A S D O I N G I T . S H E W A S O N L Y 1 4 W H E N S H E L E F T
H O M E T O P U R S U E H E R D R E A M S A N D W H E N S H E W A S
1 6 S H E B R O K E T H E W O M E N ’ S H O U R R E C O R D . A T 1 8 ,
S H E E N T E R E D T H E W O M E N ’ S S P E E D T R A C K W O R L D
C H A M P I O N S H I P S – A N D W O N ! S H E W O U L D R E P E A T H E R
V I C T O R Y A G A I N T H E F O L L O W I N G Y E A R .
W H E N Y O U G O O G L E D U T R I E U Y O U ’ L L S E E T H A T N O T
O N L Y W A S S H E A C Y C L I S T , S H E W A S A L S O A N
A C C O M P L I S H E D P I L O T . A C C O R D I N G T O T H E
S M I T H S O N I A N N A T I O N A L A I R A N D S P A C E M U S E U M ,
W H O F E A T U R E S D U T R I E U I N I T S “ W O M E N I N
A V I A T I O N ” G A L L E R Y , D U T R I E U W A S K N O W N A S T H E
“ G I R L H A W K ” A N D S H E “ T H R I L L E D T H E W O R L D I N
S E P T E M B E R O F 1 9 1 0 B Y F L Y I N G N O N - S T O P F R O M
O S T E N D T O B R U G E S , B E L G I U M A N D S H E B E C A M E T H E
F I R S T B E L G I A N W O M A N T O R E C E I V E A P I L O T L I C E N S E
O N N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 1 9 1 0 . ”
9. S T R A D A P L A Y E D B Y T H E “ I F Y O U C A N ’ T B E A T ‘ E M ,
J O I N ‘ E M ” R U L E W H E N S H E J O I N E D T H E M E N ’ S G I R O
D ’ I T A L I A . S H E F R E Q U E N T L Y P A R T I C I P A T E D I N M E N ’ S
R A C E S , S O M E T I M E S W I N N I N G T H E M . S H E R O D E T H E
G I R O D I L O M B A R D I A T W I C E I N 1 9 1 7 A N D 1 9 1 8 ,
F I N I S H I N G 2 1 S T O N H E R S E C O N D A T T E M P T ,
A C C O R D I N G T O C Y C L I N G N E W S .
W H E N S H E W A S I N V I T E D T O R I D E T H E G I R O D ’ I T A L I A
A T T H E A G E O F 2 4 , S H E W A S E N L I S T E D U N D E R T H E
G E N D E R - N E U T R A L A L I A S O F A L F O N S I N S T R A D A . H E R
I D E N T I T Y W A S U N C O V E R E D B E F O R E T H E R A C E B U T S H E
R O D E A N Y W A Y . U N F O R T U N A T E L Y , S H E H A D B R O K E N
H A N D L E B A R S D U R I N G T H E R A C E A N D W A S N ’ T A B L E T O
G E T M E C H A N I C A L A S S I S T A N C E D U R I N G T H E R I D E
U N T I L A S P E C T A T O R G A V E H E R T H E B R O K E N H A N D L E
O F A B R O O M T O U S E . B Y T H E N , S H E ’ D B E E N M I S S E D
T H E T I M E C U T . S T I L L , S H E P E D A L E D O N . S H E W A S N ’ T
A N O F F I C I A L F I N I S H E R , B U T S H E C O M P L E T E D T H E
R A C E A R O U N D 3 0 H O U R S B E H I N D T H E W I N N E R .