Ordinary men? Not many. Male cyclists competing at her level? They would almost certainly all beat her because they have male body advantage.
It's grasping at straws to compare outstanding female athletes to average male ones as though this suggests male and female sports performance is generally equal. What a pathetically illogical argument.
It isn't once you and other readers realise that you've just shifted from your earlier position that it's all about sex to something else - ''natural talent'' you recognised later, and now this.
To become an outstanding athlete one needs a sponsor, a sports physician, a dietician, a carefully managed diet, an elite level coach, physiotherapists, psychotherapists and who knows what else.
And all of this hinges on whether that person when a child lived in a household where they could flourish - most don't, and surprise, surprise when it comes to opportunities for sport, the boys get the lion's share.