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  1. Original post
    David Martin
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    Quoted message said:

    From cyclingnews.com:

    Nicole Cooke new world number one

    Great Britain's Nicole Cooke (Univega) is the new UCI number one
    women's road cyclist, according to rankings released today.

    Cooke had a brilliant start to the season winning the Fleche Wallone,
    Castilla y Leon and two stages and the overall title at the Thuringen
    Rundfahrt. The 23-year-old now has 955 UCI points.

    Cooke moved up three places in July and leapfrogged Susanne Ljungskog,
    Edita Pucinskaite and Judith Arndt to claim the number one spot.
    Second-ranked Ljungskog has 936 points, Pucinskaite 689 with Oenone
    Wood rounding out the top four with 641 points.

    Ljungskog's win in Friday's Open de Suède Vargarda gave her 100
    points, but Cooke's second place and 70 points was enough to give her
    the top spot and keep her at the top of the World Cup rankings.

    UCI women's rankings at July 31, 2006

    1 Nicole Cooke (GBr) Univega Pro Cycling Team
    955.33 pts
    2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team
    936.33
    3 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie Menikini Cogeas
    689
    4 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
    641.5
    5 Judith Arndt (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling
    629.83
    6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
    522.5
    7 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Rus) Fenixs-Colnago
    492
    8 Ina Teutenberg (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling
    474.33
    9 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
    450.5
    10 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team
    404

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  2. Bronzie
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    Nicole was interviewed on Radio 5 last Thursday to comment on the Landis
    story. They managed to call her Nicola when they introduced her (which she
    immediately corrected) and they had clearly never heard of her or that one
    of the best women cyclists in the world (make that officially now THE best)
    is a Brit.

    What a pity - an athlete from this country that we should all be able to get
    behind, if only her exploits ever got any coverage.

    I think it was Phil Liggett who once said that if she'd be born a man, she'd
    be one of the most famous cyclists in the world.

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  3. Tony Raven
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    Bronzie wrote on 01/08/2006 14:04 +0100:

    Quoted message said:


    I think it was Phil Liggett who once said that if she'd be born a man, she'd
    be one of the most famous cyclists in the world.

    As long as it's "famous" because most of the best known male cyclists
    seem to be at the infamous end of the well-known scale at the moment.

    --
    Tony

    "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
    his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
    - Leonardo da Vinci

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  4. Bronzie
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    As long as it's "famous" because most of the best known male cyclists
    seem to be at the infamous end of the well-known scale at the moment.

    That's the other refreshing thing about womens racing - few (if any?)
    doping stories.

    Is this because there is less money involved and less fame, therefore
    less desperation to resort to "any possible advantage" or because the
    fairer sex are inherently less likely to cheat?

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  5. Peter
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    "Bronzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    As long as it's "famous" because most of the best known male cyclists
    seem to be at the infamous end of the well-known scale at the moment.

    That's the other refreshing thing about womens racing - few (if any?)
    doping stories.

    Is this because there is less money involved and less fame, therefore
    less desperation to resort to "any possible advantage" or because the
    fairer sex are inherently less likely to cheat?

    Maybe they're just better at not getting caught...
    Peter

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  6. Dan Gregory
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    Peter said:

    "Bronzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    As long as it's "famous" because most of the best known male cyclists
    seem to be at the infamous end of the well-known scale at the moment.

    That's the other refreshing thing about womens racing - few (if any?)
    doping stories.

    Is this because there is less money involved and less fame, therefore
    less desperation to resort to "any possible advantage" or because the
    fairer sex are inherently less likely to cheat?

    Maybe they're just better at not getting caught...
    Peter


    and maybe not ....
    http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/9400.0.html

    All the best & vive la différence
    Dan Gregory

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  7. elyob
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    "David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    From cyclingnews.com:

    Quoted message said:

    Nicole Cooke new world number one

    I'm just glad that I beat "Just zis guy" to put it on Wikipedia. 😉

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  8. Marc
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    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] says...

    Quoted message said:

    Nicole Cooke new world number one

    Great Britain's Nicole Cooke


    Translation...
    She's not English!

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