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Date Posted: 13:50:58 09/24/04 Fri
Author: it's not quite that simple either....
Subject: Re: Attention - Looking for ladies who race in North America!
In reply to: it's no secret! 's message, "Re: Attention - Looking for ladies who race in North America!" on 06:17:00 09/24/04 Fri

Yes - that is part of it. Another part is that the promoters need to pony up reasonable purses as well.

There are many factors that weigh into improving the overall situation, getting more women in the race is indeed one of them but it's sort of a catch-22. Promoters who don't provide a good purse are less likely to attract women to their race. Smaller teams need to use their limited resources (funds and people) wisely. Promoters are sometimes (quite understandably) unwilling to offer bigger prizes in part because they might end up with a very small field. So it goes both ways.

The regional race series sound like a good approach.

>you need to get the women to go and support the
>promoters who put on the races. when a promoter is
>paying police/marshalls, etc. by the hour.. it doesn't
>pay to have a 10 person race. this is the challenge
>faced by women's racing becaues there just isn't a lot
>of women racers. i know certain districts have been
>using "cup" series that certain races will qualify
>towards an overall. it gives the teams a goal and
>gets all the women in one place... kind of like the
>PRO TOUR!
>
>
>>i'm doing a survey on improving women's races in North
>>America and would like to get a good representation
>>from across the women's peloton. please e-mail me if
>>you would like to participate! i have two sets of
>>questions - one for racers and teams, the second for
>>race promoters. i have already e-mailed these out to
>>every racer and promoter whose address i have, but my
>>list is far from complete... So if you are a woman,
>>and you race OR if you hold a womens race - please
>>contact me!

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