Insane year she's had.

Giro, Tour, Vuelta, and Worlds (with a broken elbow). Ridiculous, simply ridiculous...

Your title reads "why is no one talking about Annamiek Van Vleuten" (emphases added)

As shown in the following linked thread, at least five other posters were talking about AvV. Your initial premise having been completely debunked, your contention is meritless, and your thread is irrelevant.

Insane year she's had. Giro, Tour, Vuelta, and Worlds (with a broken elbow). Ridiculous, simply ridiculous...

Incredible finish. AvV usually bludgeons the peloton, this time she showed that she’s clever too.
A classic, monument, GC in all three “tours” and WC. A stellar career of wins all in one season.

Your title reads "why is no one talking about Annamiek Van Vleuten" (emphases added)

As shown in the following linked thread, at least five other posters were talking about AvV. Your initial premise having been completely debunked, your contention is meritless, and your thread is irrelevant.

It has been firmly established that I am, in fact, a complete and utter idiot. Nonetheless, what you reference is called "burying the lead" and I find that tactic to be unsavoury.

I also misspelled Annemiek's name in the search bar, and as a result did not see the discussion in which the story was buried. Regardless, I stand by my original statement that no-one is talking about it.

Let's see, you start with a hyperbolic thread title (whose premise is easily debunked) to draw participation, then complains about others resorting to alleged "unsavoury" tactics. A tad rich, innit?

What lede did I bury? I went to the very first post praising her World's RR win. Would posting a screenshot suffice in unburying the lede for you?

She should have had her very own thread. You know it, I know it, and I know that you know it.

SAD

I see now, after committing debating sins of making a hyperbolic assertion (that was proved-to-be-false) , accusing others of something said others didn't actually do, and being proven wrong with evidence on both points, you are now tripling down by committing the additional debating sin of moving the goal post?

Your original point is no one talking about her achievement. I don't see anything saying she deserves her own thread (whether she does is not germane to debating etiquette, because your original premise didn't mention anything about a separate thread).

We can go two ways here: either you make a bona fide admission to engaging in bad-faithed debating tactics, or I can get someone else involved. We all know how much @slowman is a believer the process and in doing things the right way.

I see now, after committing debating sins of making a hyperbolic assertion (that was proved-to-be-false) , accusing others of something said others didn't actually do, and being proven wrong with evidence on both points, you are now tripling down by committing the additional debating sin of moving the goal post?

Your original point is no one talking about her achievement. I don't see anything saying she deserves her own thread (whether she does is not germane to debating etiquette, because your original premise didn't mention anything about a separate thread).

We can go two ways here: either you make a bona fide admission to engaging in bad-faithed debating tactics, or I can get someone else involved. We all know how much @slowman is a believer the process and in doing things the right way.

I'm not sure about no one speaking of her. She is the darling of the cycling world currently. She is amazingly strong and durable.

I mean, honestly. Look at the size of her right elbow. A badass if ever there was one.

Insane year she's had.

Giro, Tour, Vuelta, and Worlds (with a broken elbow). Ridiculous, simply ridiculous...

Because she's in minor league cycling; against better competition and or in a full (e.g. mens) distance race that simply would not be possible. The win at worlds was almost comical, there is a lead pack that looks like they are kind of soft pedaling and sizing each other up for the sprint, and don't seem to notice she's coming at full speed (no radios to warn them) and then nobody really reacts and they just watch her roll by until they react when its too late. One the hand, good flyer by her, on the other hand just incredibly poor tactics and awareness by the main bunch.

And this "broken elbow" is obviously an exaggeration, it has got to be some kind of very minor hairline fracture or she simply would not be riding a bike.

The way to get people (or at least me) interested in womens cycling is have at least one amateur masters mens team or a team of Cat 3s in the races and see if the women can actually beat them. It would raise the bar on both sides and would be very sporting. Imagine a race series for amateur men to qualify to be the "guest team" in Women's world tour events.

The rest of your post, the less said about it the better

But I can see that causes lots of contortions for those sticking to the story that "they are just as good and capable as the men" (which we scientifically know is not correct), because the only way to make them interesting would inherently involve accepting the inequality and then using that as an advantage or leverage to create interest.

truth hurts right?

the only way to really get people (I mean men, because it is very clear women don't care about womens professional sports in any meaningful way or there would be about 100X greater ticket sales and TV revenue) interested in womens sports is to make them more interesting. "Professional" women riding bikes as fast as many of the guys in an amateur local/regional road race is not interesting (ever see how many people pay attention to the guys in these races, nobody, actually even less people than pay attention to most womens professional sports).

But I can see that causes lots of contortions for those sticking to the story that "they are just as good and capable as the men" (which we scientifically know is not correct), because the only way to make them interesting would inherently involve accepting the inequality and then using that as an advantage or leverage to create interest. People are smarter than you think, when you want to systematically create false narratives around something, they will often just ignore you.

Which, is also the answer to this original thread (why is no one talking about........)

You do realize that kilo maneuvers do work in “full distance” men’s racing, right?

Dan Martin did it at Lombardia in 2014. Freire did it at Worlds in 99

The rest of your post, the less said about it the better