Podium Cafe did a post on the remarkable " Jeannie Longo " whom i have had the pleasure of meeting many times since the original encounter in Sydney 2000 Olympic period when she was recognoitering the "Womans Road Race Route "!
The Podium comments threw up an interesting article from 2001 but the Lady is now 10 years older and even more competitive and as long as she keeps winning the National Titles i hope she refuses to retire !
Jeannie is an Inspirational Sporting ICON and there are people who being jealous of her commitment and passion for Road Race Cycling tend to scorn her accomplishments ! They are the losers since everything she does for Womens' Cycling benefits her Country and colleagues ! THE LINK !
In googling for information about Jeannie i disovered this blog :
http://cyclingart.blogspot.com/2011/06/jeannie-longo-58th-for-1958.html
Of course the best source of information remains " WIKI " !:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Longo
This site also has a wealth of information and links to other sites , which site was put together by fourth grade students with a passion for cycling ! :
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/longo-ciprelli.htm
There is a facebook item also that i found but am unsure of the authorship :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeannie-Longo
There is also an item to be found by ESPN , the TV Channel in USA who used to report from the Tour de France :
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=8239
AS mentioned in my post on " El Diablo " i first encountered Jeannie when i rode the Sydney Women's Olympic Road Race course with her the Sunday before the race . Since that time i have enjoyed being recognised by her at many cycling events and recall being introduced to her father in Sion at the " Romandie " after the Women's Time Trial .
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