Womens World Cup

mooleur wrote:

. @Ray Silvester - you are either a huge troll or incredibly stupid, either way your understanding of cycling, let alone women's cycling, probably needs improving.

That comment in itself shows you don't use the fantasy forum much and if you actually think the above is true and you have then come out with that then surely you are the epitomy of your own comment?

As for the women's world cup it's the same with the rest of the road.cc fantasy cycling if you have an interest play if not don't bother each to their own I guess

chiv30 wrote:

That comment in itself shows you don't use the fantasy forum much and if you actually think the above is true and you have then come out with that then surely you are the epitomy of your own comment?

As for the women's world cup it's the same with the rest of the road.cc fantasy cycling if you have an interest play if not don't bother each to their own I guess

I'm not sure I quite understand what you mean, or where you're coming from?

mooleur wrote:

I'm not sure I quite understand what you mean, or where you're coming from?

Ok I'll spell it out ....

If you come on a forum and then attack someone for having an opinion, then YOU are either stupid or a troll (your words) hence you are the epitomy of your previous statement.

Let's put this into perspective:

Ray had an opinion you took offence at and rather than question his opinion in a constructive manner you state he is stupid or a troll, I don't believe he is either after seeing him on the forum over the last year, just a person with an opinion ,of which ,you vehemently disagree with judging on your response

Hope that clears it up for you .

mooleur wrote:

Some of the comments on this thread actually made me do a small sick in my mouth. @Ray Silvester - you are either a huge troll or incredibly stupid, either way your understanding of cycling, let alone women's cycling, probably needs improving.

Great effort GKam & thanks for putting this together - I know how frustrating getting info out of some of the events can be.

Calling someone incredibly stupid based on one potentially tongue-in-cheek forum post makes me do a little sick in my mouth.

I don't know Ray, but I took his comment as saying that the fantasy game is arguably branching out and becoming over-complicated by including races that do not feature any of the riders that we follow day-to-day. A comment which others made last season to some extent over including some of the smaller, non-televised men's races. I'd certainly be surprised if they were meant as derogatory to women's cycling in any way. If Ray turns out to be a misogynist git then I take it all back, but I think it may be too early to judge...

Personally I welcome the effort to promote women's racing, although I hope that at least some of them are televised, and info is not too hard to come by, otherwise it could be a futile effort. Fingers crossed!

drheaton wrote:

Time for quite a few people to learn some more about women's cycling I think. There are loads of good riders out there riding well and women's cycling is as diverse and exciting (if not more so) than men's.

It's the usual example but the women's road race at the 2012 Olympics was more interesting to watch and had a more exciting outcome than the men's.

Likewise there are really great riders out there who should be household names but aren't.

I'm quite excited about the women's races and it'll be interesting to see how they take on. Coverage is a problem and they do seem poorly organised but I think it's a great addition and I'll forward to beating you all

Well said, and I completely agree; my comment was more that despite following all racing as much as I can (while holding down a job...) I still have trouble naming more than about a dozen female riders. Outside of the three above, the leading lights of the Wiggle squad, Wyman and Siri Minge I really struggle. More coverage needed.

Gizmo_ wrote:

Outside of the three above, the leading lights of the Wiggle squad, Wyman and Siri Minge I really struggle.

Siri Minge? Are you serious? Well that's one choice I'll make that doesn't have to be random. If she's Chinese that would be icing on the cake, or pie if you will.

Gizmo_ wrote:

So, it's Vos, Armitstead, Annemiek and, er, some others?

Vos's first World Cup race is likely to be La Fleche Wallone so not really.

ray silvester wrote:

Don't know why we're bothering with the Women's at all to be honest

Personally I'm pleased to see it there. Since the emphasis in the game has become more on individual competitions as opposed to the overall, there is no reason for anyone to play a competition they don't like. I'm not really keen on the men's one day races - they seem too much of a lottery. I still choose to play them but don't expect to do well. I wouldn't really lose anything if I chose not to instead.