'Podium Girls' in pro cycling...

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edscoble in reply to @Jimmy_Fingers

so singling out cycling as a sport needing to sort its sexism out would actually put it at odds with wider social norms.

Why not cycling be the first to sort it out?

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The_Seldom_Killer in reply to @edscoble

Because tennis is already quite a bit further ahead. Save a few scheduling and senior representation issues it's pretty much a model sport.

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edscoble in reply to @The_Seldom_Killer

Because tennis is already quite a bit further ahead.

All the more reason to change this mindset in cycling.
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Greenbank in reply to @The_Seldom_Killer

tennis

The Madrid Masters had a brief dalliance with using models as ball girls but it's all but stopped since 2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3759426.stm

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