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Top Trumps 16: O Canada!
Throughout my sporadic Women's Cycling Top Trumps series, I've looked at some of the big cycling nations - Italy, the Netherlands (twice!) and Australia - but the Road World Championships reminded me that I really should turn my attention northwards, as there's one nation that's practically...
Top trumps 15: New names in 2011
Now I don't think anyone involved in the Podium Café women's Virtual Directeur Sportif game have ever described ourselves as "experts" on women's cycling, so you might look at the riders in this edition of my sporadic Top Trumps series, and ask "what were they thinking??" - because this one...
Top Trumps 14: Rising stars of 2011
It's been a while since I broke out the Top Trumps, but looking at the final results of the Virtual Directeur Sportif competition has inspired me to think about the riders who have really taken a step up this season. These are the riders who have had the potential, and maybe have moved to a big...
Top Trumps 13: The Dutch Hegemony... part 2
If you've been following women's cycling even a little bit, you may have noticed that there are a LOT of Dutch women in the peloton - in fact, if you've made a Women's Virtual Directeur Sportif team that doesn't include a Dutch woman, I'm not judging you, but I will suggest that unless it's an...
Top Trumps 11: It's CycloCross Time!!
Inspired by tgsgirl's "who's who in CycloCross" article, I thought I should put one together for the key women.... and it's a long time since I broke out the old Top Trumps deck... so welcome to 5 of the biggest names to watch in CycloCross! I've already featured 4-times World Cross Champion,...
Top Trumps 12: Young Riders
AKA a set of cyclists who are *really* pleased Marianne Vos finally turns 24 this year! For yes, the "Best Young Rider" competitions have tended to be a little predictable these last years, when Vos has been riding - so 2011 will be interesting, to see who else are the superstars of the future. ...
Top Trumps 10: Playing favourites
When I started this series, I promised myself if I ever got to 10, I'd indulge in telling you all about some of my favourite riders. Of course, I've featured a lot of my other favourites already (especially here) - but this is a set of riders who don't fit neatly into boxes, but who make the...
Top Trumps 9: Advance Australians Fair!
Ah, the Australians! I always have this stereotype of them as the types of cyclists who ride hard, push things to the limit, and then come back and entertain us by blogging about any mistakes they've made, describing all the traumas with a laugh. They're such a strong cycling nation, on the road...
Top Trumps 8: The Dutch Hegemony... part 1
Probably THE biggest cycling nation in the women's peloton is the Netherlands. It seems like every week in the summer they have 5 or 6 different races, and there's a real range of teams, from Dutch-because-they're-registered-there like Cervélo (sigh), to Dutch-to-the-core, like Nederland...
Top Trumps 7: Forza Italia!
If you were shuffling through my deck of home-made Top Trumps cards (or keeping an eye on the women's peloton) you might notice that the 2 biggest nations are the Netherlands and Italy, in terms of numbers of riders out there (and arguably in terms of general success). Italy certainly loves its...
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