Why is it not Dame Victoria Pendleton?

[downfader]

I know she has an MBE, but come on, she's possibly the most successful woman cyclist in the UK in recent times. Hoy got his knighthood, she's right up there with him, and Kelly Homes has been "Damed" with a similar record of wins.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...-get-my-voice-heard-in-cyclings-mans-world.do

Typical article asks her about RLJs though.. WTH has that got to do with her?

 

[sheddy]

Never mind - her future earnings will easily outstrip the old man of Hoy

 

[PBancroft]

No idea. Maybe because even today the glamour-style photos still preclude being given such an honour?

 

[taxing]

“I get a lot of grief on the road — people shouting abuse out of car windows or telling me to get out the way. It is hard on the roads. Drivers and cyclists are always against the other. It would be nicer if people could all be a little bit more open-minded.”

I don't know why I'm surprised that she gets as much crap as the rest of us, but I am. Those same idiots shouting at her probably keep track of how many golds we're getting at the Olympics, and maybe even watch a bit of the cycling.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Just rude and impatient twerps caught up in their own little bit of stress because they are in a car. Get out of the car and mellow.

 

[downfader]

I don't know why I'm surprised that she gets as much crap as the rest of us, but I am. Those same idiots shouting at her probably keep track of how many golds we're getting at the Olympics, and maybe even watch a bit of the cycling.

My Brother gets abuse shouted at him when he jogs, even people offering to fight him (though they poo their pants when he gets closer).. wonder if Dame Kelly gets that too?

Some people are t***ers.