I only learned the Mona Lisa part when I was researching the other day, fascinating! I've still not got to the bottom of why this race is named after the man as a standalone women's race. I can only imagine there was a now-defunct men's race at one point too??
"A race named after a bloke (!!!!) who won MSR (😱) and was nicknamed La Gioconda, or The Mona Lisa."
What a strange story, I had no idea. I learn something new every week from WCW!
I only learned the Mona Lisa part when I was researching the other day, fascinating! I've still not got to the bottom of why this race is named after the man as a standalone women's race. I can only imagine there was a now-defunct men's race at one point too??