At the 2024 Cross Washington Grand Depart, Vicky Spring and Tom Kirkendall, experienced bicycle tourers, discuss their plan to ride the Cross Washington route as a team.
Although bicycle racing seems to have a testosterone imbalance (and in fact doping tests seem to support this) the estrogen level is rising among Seattle-area road racers. The number of Seattle-area women competing in road races has grown dramatically in the past few years as a result of the dedicated efforts by several veterans, particularly Martha Walsh and Gina Kavesh.
The matriarchs of local bicycle racing--Martha Walsh and Gina Kavesh--have worked hard to create incentives to develop the women's peloton, and have organized race series for category 3 (intermediate) and 4 (beginner) racers. (Bicycle racing is organized into categorized skill/ability levels. In Washington State, women's category 4 is the starting point, and as racers participate in more races and earn…
The Seattle-area women's peloton has enjoyed quite a bit of growth over the past few years, primarily due to the efforts of Martha Walsh and Gina Kavesh who organize the Intro to Women's Cycling and Racing Teams Series.
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