deptfordmarmoset
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But this is not so good - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...uphill-climb-to-attract-sponsors-8990848.html Sweetspot have failed to find major sponsors.
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Don't they use the multiple sponsor method, then if one pulls out it's not a disaster? The major sponsor route was taken by Milk Race, Kelloggs Tour, PruTour, and look what happened when just one sponsor pulls the plug, years to recover. I think the Sweetspot model is a better and more sustainable one. Besides, they have said what they will do, and from observation, they do generally deliver!
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Good news of sorts : La Course by La Tour de France
A bike race pour les meufs to finish on the Champs Elysee on the same day as les macs.
Good stuff from ASO - Chrissie Wellington labels this "a game changer"
More info here
To be televised on Eurosport I hope this will incent sponsors to get involved more. It would be good also to run a women's TT before the men's on the penultimate day.
A bike race pour les meufs to finish on the Champs Elysee on the same day as les macs.
Good stuff from ASO - Chrissie Wellington labels this "a game changer"
More info here
To be televised on Eurosport I hope this will incent sponsors to get involved more. It would be good also to run a women's TT before the men's on the penultimate day.
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deptfordmarmoset
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I haven't spotted any mention of this on CC - http://road.cc/content/news/113832-bbc-broadcast-highlights-2014-uci-women-road-world-cup-video
Coverage of the 9 Women's World Cup races this year by the BBC could mark something of a major change for women's pro-cycling this year. Add in the women's ToB and it looks like it could be a good one
Coverage of the 9 Women's World Cup races this year by the BBC could mark something of a major change for women's pro-cycling this year. Add in the women's ToB and it looks like it could be a good one
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Amazing really as I feel the BBC's cycling coverage is poor at best. Results usually a day late, if they bother mentioning them.
deptfordmarmoset
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Point taken. I was hoping to catch up on the Netherlands race but I can't even find any mention of coverage on the BBC's website.
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No offence taken, just a shared sense of frustration!deptfordmarmoset after reading your response to my post, and after rereading mine, i should have worded mine differently my post wasn't meant to counter your post "I haven't spotted any mention of this on CC" that wasn't my intention... apologies
I thought this article was interesting...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27041315
"In February, [Emma Pooley] came third at a half-Ironman triathlon of middling repute in the Philippines. That result earned her more prize money than any of the dozens of bike races she has won..... [she said] "it seems strange when the prize money for coming third at a triathlon in the Philippines is more than the prize money I've ever won in a bike race." "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27041315
"In February, [Emma Pooley] came third at a half-Ironman triathlon of middling repute in the Philippines. That result earned her more prize money than any of the dozens of bike races she has won..... [she said] "it seems strange when the prize money for coming third at a triathlon in the Philippines is more than the prize money I've ever won in a bike race." "
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I'm afraid this is standard stuff, some TT'ing friends of ours told us of a race where the winning man won a top carbon frame and the winning woman won a pair of shorts.
Recently, many of the top British female pros have taken to riding in the amateur competitions and mopping up the prize money, little that it is. My better half was considering contesting a particular series that runs throughout the year, but with Jo Rowsell, Katie Archibold and Sarah Storey to name but a few competing, what's the point?
It does all come down to sponsorship, I can't see what the risk is to a big company, providing, and here's the catch, that the various TV stations are willing to air the races. So really it isn't the sponsors, it's the media, and of them all the BBC ought to be leading the way. Complete lack of backbone and I believe discriminatory.
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Yesterday evening, not even the official letour.fr website had full results of the Fleche Wallonne Femmes. The results are up now, but coverage is still scant compared to the men's race. So it's not just the media, it's the race promoters as well.
I do have the feeling that it's better with the "Flanders Classics" races. There is more stuff available (e.g. starting lists, video summery,...) and for example after the Tour of Flanders men's race, Belgian tv followed it with a (10-15 min) race review of the women's race.
For me, Letour (ASO) proves it's lack of commitment by not having a Tour de France for women.
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Well this forum is bucking the trend - some discussion of the women's race, but absolutely none about the men's!
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I'd rather not talk about the men's Fleche Wallonne.
I did wonder if that might be the case!
Dan Martin seemed to go well though - hopefully he's finding some form to defend LBL.
