Gender again. Sorry!

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CXRAndy

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This is patently untrue. Men with low testosterone still have the male body advantage that male puberty has given them whether it's upper body strength, bone strength, muscle mass, heart and lung capacity. Testosterone has already done its work by the time a male reaches 18/20.

It's laughable that 6ft 2" York thinks that both he and 6ft 2" Emily Bridges have no innate advantage over women cyclists because, well, sometimes women are tall too.

Thank God he didn't get to be a British Cycling advisor in the end. He would have been another activist 'expert' cementing unfairness for women and girls into national policy.

If our sports organisations hadn't (mostly) come to their senses we'd be in the same position as USA Cycling, with males regularly taking podium places from women and girls. Even when there's an Open or mixed sex category these men choose to enter the Women's class.

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Ian H

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Robert Millar was not 6'2", and I'd be very surprised if Pippa York is as tall as that.
 

Ian H

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We all get shorter as we go into old age.

If testosterone levels are irrelevant why did York (illegally) take more of it whilst a pro cyclist?

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Robert Millar/Pippa York is shorter than I am. Millar was known for being smaller and lighter than most pro cyclists*. Of course, there are other well-known people of the same name. Best do a bit more research.

* as most people with an interest in cycling would know.
 
'Short for a cyclist' doesn't mean much if most male cyclists are taller than average. The point, as you well know, is that York benefitted from a testosterone fuelled male puberty which gave him a male body advantage that is not mitigated very much by lowering testosterone levels*.

Even if York were the height of an average UK woman - 5ft 3" - that male body advantage would remain.

* as most people with a semblance of knowledge of biology would know.
 

Ian H

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'Short for a cyclist' doesn't mean much if most male cyclists are taller than average. The point, as you well know, is that York benefitted from a testosterone fuelled male puberty which gave him a male body advantage that is not mitigated very much by lowering testosterone levels*.

Even if York were the height of an average UK woman - 5ft 3" - that male body advantage would remain.

* as most people with a semblance of knowledge of biology would know.

I don't believe I have commented on biology, though you seem to be careless in researching 'facts'.
 
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