{"id":412,"date":"2020-02-17T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanfish.com\/tokyo2020\/?p=412"},"modified":"2020-02-16T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T06:25:35","slug":"sport-spotlight-womens-road-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanfish.com\/tokyo2020\/sport-spotlight-womens-road-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport spotlight – women’s road cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For some reason, women\u2019s cycling is treated differently then men\u2019s cycling. A marathon is a marathon, right? An Ironman Triathlon doesn\u2019t have different rules for women. Unfortunately, for reasons that I don\u2019t fully understand, women\u2019s road cycling has different courses than the men \u2013 usually shorter with less climbing.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo 2020 course for women is 137 kilometers with 2692 meters in climbing compared to the men\u2019s course of 234 kilometers and 4865 meters. Here\u2019s a great article describing the controversy<\/a> and a side by side comparison for that article.<\/p>\n

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source – https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/racing\/olympics\/riders-resound-womens-olympic-road-race-route-not-signal-equality-390119<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The full route doesn’t have as much climbing as the men’s race which can eliminate some of the differentiation between riders and make the run in to the finish very hard.<\/p>\n

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source – https:\/\/tokyo2020.org\/en\/games\/sport\/olympic\/road-cycling\/road-detail\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The US women\u2019s team has four riders able to participate in the road event.<\/p>\n

No countries have five on their roster, and the teams with four are:<\/p>\n

Australia<\/p>\n

Germany<\/p>\n

Italy<\/p>\n

Netherlands<\/p>\n

USA<\/p>\n

The breakdown from other countries can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As the countries make their team selections, more will be posted.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, women\u2019s cycling is treated differently then men\u2019s cycling. A marathon is a marathon, right? An Ironman Triathlon doesn\u2019t have different rules for women. Unfortunately, for reasons that I don\u2019t fully understand, women\u2019s road cycling has different courses than the men \u2013 usually shorter with less climbing. The Tokyo 2020 course for women … <\/p>\n

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