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OPINION

ABBY MAE PARKINSON

Women are not small men

Last week I asked on my Instagram what topic people wanted me to write about.

One question raised was: “If and how the pro peloton has adapted the way women train and fuel.” It was quite an interesting one because it’s true, we very much aren’t small men.

Our bodies don’t work the same way as men and we don’t do the same races as the men, even if the

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