Paola Cazzola Female Rider to WSS

Paola Cazzola will be the first female rider to enter a full World Supersport season, signing with the Kuja Racing team for 2010.

Cazzola has dominated the women’s racing championship in her native Italy, winning titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2009, Cazzola competed against men in the R6 Metzler Cup and became the first woman to win a race with a victory at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome.

Paola Cazzola will compete in the 2010 World Superbike Championship for Kuja Racing, becoming the first female rider to get a full-time ride
Paola Cazzola is set to become the first female rider to compete in the World Supersport Championship on a full-time basis after being signed by Kuja Racing.

The 32-year-old has competed in her native Italy for the past few seasons, dominating the 'Women's Championship', but also tasting success against men in the R6 Metzeler Cup.

Now Cazzola will graduate to the international stage in the Supersport class, riding a Honda prepared by Kuja Racing alongside Danilo Dell'Omo, who finished 19th in the standings for the team in 2009.

Cazzola won't be the first female rider to enter the Supersport ranks. Both Melissa Paris and Marie-Jose Boucher received wild-cards for the Miller Motorsports Park round of WSS last year, while former GP rider Katja Poensgen did a round of the World Supersport Series back in 1998. Cazzola is set to become the first rider to sign up for a full season, however.


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She's obviously a good rider, I wonder how she will fair against the guys?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bonnielass @ Jan 22 2010, 08:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Paola Cazzola will compete in the 2010 World Superbike Championship for Kuja Racing, becoming the first female rider to get a full-time ride
Paola Cazzola is set to become the first female rider to compete in the World Supersport Championship on a full-time basis after being signed by Kuja Racing.

The 32-year-old has competed in her native Italy for the past few seasons, dominating the 'Women's Championship', but also tasting success against men in the R6 Metzeler Cup.

Now Cazzola will graduate to the international stage in the Supersport class, riding a Honda prepared by Kuja Racing alongside Danilo Dell'Omo, who finished 19th in the standings for the team in 2009.

Cazzola won't be the first female rider to enter the Supersport ranks. Both Melissa Paris and Marie-Jose Boucher received wild-cards for the Miller Motorsports Park round of WSS last year, while former GP rider Katja Poensgen did a round of the World Supersport Series back in 1998. Cazzola is set to become the first rider to sign up for a full season, however.


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She's obviously a good rider, I wonder how she will fair against the guys?


She has to pick it up considerably if testing times are a barometer of her competitiveness . At the moment she is 10 seconds back to the leaders and that is getting real close to not making minimum time to qualify in a real race. Nice rack though

thats a dude with ....! look at her face! looool. anyway we pretty much know where she'll be ranking between 10-13th position overall. 8 if she is a lady boy.

That looks like Nicky's bike she is posing in front of. Or his her # 69 as well?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shocker @ Jan 22 2010, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>That looks like Nicky's bike she is posing in front of. Or his her # 69 as well?
think its #33

That's Capirossi's bike. Based on the tail I'm thinking it's a 990 and based on the font for Cappers' 65, I'd guess the photo was taken in 2005.

Only on a bike racing forum will a woman showing cleavage in front of a bike be ignored...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cankles @ Jan 22 2010, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Only on a bike racing forum will a woman showing cleavage in front of a bike be ignored...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Jan 21 2010, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

Paola Cazzola will be the first female rider to enter a full World Supersport season, signing with the Kuja Racing team for 2010.

Cazzola has dominated the women’s racing championship in her native Italy, winning titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2009, Cazzola competed against men in the R6 Metzler Cup and became the first woman to win a race with a victory at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome.

I don't know how I missed this thread, would 1 of you admin guys like to do a post merge thingy?

Interesting we picked the same piccy!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bonnielass @ Jan 22 2010, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I don't know how I missed this thread, would 1 of you admin guys like to do a post merge thingy?

Interesting we picked the same piccy!
It is interesting, i can understand Pigeon choosing it but

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WSS rider Paulo Casoli

..and following gender realignment....

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WSS rider Paola Cazzola


Whatever happened to Casoli I wonder. Last seen as Whitham's team mate at Belgarda, where his kids would run amok in the garage - I think he retired in '02. He was always very entertaining - perhaps he's working somewhere behind the scenes in the sport.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cankles @ Jan 22 2010, 10:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Only on a bike racing forum will a woman showing cleavage in front of a bike be ignored...
East German swim team comes to mind. (The older members will get the joke).

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 22 2010, 09:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>East German swim team comes to mind. (The older members will get the joke).


It's from that WW2 comedy from the 80's, right?

Can't remember the name of it, but it's well funny.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Stevo @ Jan 22 2010, 06:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

It's from that WW2 comedy from the 80's, right?

Can't remember the name of it, but it's well funny.
Im not sure if he is talking comedy or reality. Back in the 70's and 80's,the reality was that the Eastern Bloc women in swimming, and track and field, had as much junk as the their male counterparts. I remember a picture of either an East German or Romanian female Olympian caught in full stride and it looked like she had a root that would make Lex Steele blush They also got caught pumping helium up their .... I still wonder if that was for flotation or propulsion. On a sad note,the East German Athletes from the 70'and 80's have all kind o health issues and many of them have died

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bonnielass @ Jan 22 2010, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I don't know how I missed this thread, would 1 of you admin guys like to do a post merge thingy?

Interesting we picked the same piccy!
certainly sweetheart!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 22 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>East German swim team comes to mind. (The older members will get the joke).
or soviet fashion models

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Jan 22 2010, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>On a sad note,the East German Athletes from the 70'and 80's have all kind o health issues and many of them have died
yeah roids will do that to ya..... all them baseball guys must have eating away in the back of their minds...

im trying to hard to picture a hot chick, but its not working. Thank god for the ....s.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Jan 23 2010, 03:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Im not sure if he is talking comedy or reality. Back in the 70's and 80's,the reality was that the Eastern Bloc women in swimming, and track and field, had as much junk as the their male counterparts. I remember a picture of either an East German or Romanian female Olympian caught in full stride and it looked like she had a root that would make Lex Steele blush They also got caught pumping helium up their .... I still wonder if that was for flotation or propulsion.


I honestly just thought he meant the film (found out it's called Top Secret, with Val Kilmer in it). That stuff you mentioned may be what gave them the idea for the joke, with it being made in the early 80's.