"As for her success on the race course in recent years, Wyman said a light went off last year when she was watching a women’s World Cup on TV.

“I always thought (women’s racers) looked just like the men, powerful and strong — but we didn’t. We looked slow. And I figured that if I could look like the men, I could beat these other women,” she said."

Velonews, "Helen Wyman sweeps 2011 GP of Gloucester", Oct. 2.