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00:00 [music]
00:07 I'm taking a ride through the 130-year history of women's cycling, sharing my personal
00:13 idols, celebrating the legends, and highlighting the forgotten heroines.
00:19 Incredible women who over the last century have not only won races, but changed attitudes
00:24 and broken boundaries.
00:25 [music]
00:30 Back in the 1890s, there were some trailblazing women who bucked the trend and took up bike
00:36 racing.
00:37 [music]
00:38 Those first people that took to the line, they opened the door.
00:42 When women started to race, they were really the pioneers, and it was a much more interesting
00:47 sport to watch because the women could go a lot faster.
00:50 The cycle industry was responsible for a large part of female empowerment.
00:57 Unsung heroines of the 1800s paved the way for some of today's top riders.
01:03 They were the first famous professional women athletes.
01:07 Regarded as one of the toughest ultra-endurance races in the world, the Transcontinental is
01:14 a whopping 4,000-kilometer ride across Europe.
01:18 I could do this. I was good at it. Actually, this was my element.
01:22 That following year, there were 30 women on the start line. It was just so exciting.
01:28 As women throughout history have proved, if you love something, you don't let anything
01:33 stop you from doing it.
01:35 I saw bicycles everywhere, but only boys and men.
01:39 Back then, women don't ride bikes. They just had never crossed that revolution.
01:44 So for about two years, it was kind of steadily growing.
01:48 We're kind of moving towards, can we train for the 2020 Olympics?
01:53 These women have not only embraced the bike, but used it to forge their futures,
01:59 on and off the track.
02:02 (CHEERING)
02:06 (MUSIC)
02:09 (dramatic music)
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