I was wondering why there was no coverage of this. It was cut down to a one hour crit. Not a good sign for growing Women's racing. With Exergy imploding, 2013 could be pretty thin.
We are sad to announce that the Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge is reducing from a 3-day race to a single day criterium due to a lack of funds. As some of you know this race is put on solely by three individuals. None of us are making a dime for our efforts, and in 2011 each of us put in our own personal funds to get this race off the ground. For 2012 we hoped to grow the event and further promote women’s cycling, but we were unsuccessful in securing the necessary funds or resources to put on the full race. We have no reserves nor loans to fall back on, and we must now change the race to fit within our budget.
Women cyclist level charges of sexism against Sayers and call for boycott of BMC. Yet, we have 4 events here in Boulder that exclude riders on the basis of their gender ..... and one webmaster that can't face reality
The first 2 statements were statements of fact. The remark toward Kris wellll.
The ones that were whinning were the women who called for the boycott. Was that sho you were talking to or did you just make a mistake and weren't able to address the issue?
So if you hate a story topic don't click on the story. To help us choose what types of items we cover we look at traffic to past topics and articles about women's cycling gets a lot of traffic and that could be due to some of the hateful comments. Your anger helps keep women's cycling articles alive on 303
Excellent, I like womens cycling and I am one of the FEW that actually go out and watch them. BUT I am not a hypocrite that screams boycott - boycott - boycott when an event does not provide me with a gender specific field. Likewise, I am honest enough to admit when an event is sexists such as those that exclude solely based on gender.
Also, where do you see anger and hate in my statements? Honesty is not hate. If anything, your false accusations are the ones that are angry and hateful. I have always found that when people resort to false labels it is becasue they simply can't refute.
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Results
Submitted by Amy Thompson on
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/race-result/blue-ribbon-alpine-ch...
1. Jade WILCOXSON, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, in 58:31
2. Alison POWERS, Now And Novartis For Ms, at 58:32
3. Leah KIRCHMANN, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 58:32
4. Carmen SMALL, Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 58:33
5. Lindsay BAYER, Aspen Valley Hospital Composite, at 58:33
6. Katherine COMPTON, Trek Cross Collective, at 58:34
7. Alexia MUFFAT, Fcs|rouse-Mr. Restore, at 58:34
8. Lauren TAMAYO, Exergy Twenty12, at 58:34
9. Jacqueline KURTH, Primal-Mapmyride, at 58:37
10. Kimberley TURNER, Naked Women’s Racing-Tribel, at 58:37
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Aspen Women SR - I was wondering...
Submitted by Fan (not verified) on
I was wondering why there was no coverage of this. It was cut down to a one hour crit. Not a good sign for growing Women's racing. With Exergy imploding, 2013 could be pretty thin.
Announced on 8/1/2012 (I never saw the press release)
http://www.thelittlenell.com/info/womensprorace/aspenwomensprostagerace....
We are sad to announce that the Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge is reducing from a 3-day race to a single day criterium due to a lack of funds. As some of you know this race is put on solely by three individuals. None of us are making a dime for our efforts, and in 2011 each of us put in our own personal funds to get this race off the ground. For 2012 we hoped to grow the event and further promote women’s cycling, but we were unsuccessful in securing the necessary funds or resources to put on the full race. We have no reserves nor loans to fall back on, and we must now change the race to fit within our budget.
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Women cyclist level charges
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Women cyclist level charges of sexism against Sayers and call for boycott of BMC. Yet, we have 4 events here in Boulder that exclude riders on the basis of their gender ..... and one webmaster that can't face reality
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Are you calling me a Master of the Web"?
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
I'm glowing.
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cobs
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
cobs
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Sayers was correct. Women's
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Sayers was correct.
Women's racing is nonaggressive, dull and boring.
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Do you whine about not being
Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on
Do you whine about not being able to use the women's restroom, too?
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The first 2 statements were
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The first 2 statements were statements of fact. The remark toward Kris wellll.
The ones that were whinning were the women who called for the boycott. Was that sho you were talking to or did you just make a mistake and weren't able to address the issue?
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So if you hate a story topic...
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
So if you hate a story topic don't click on the story. To help us choose what types of items we cover we look at traffic to past topics and articles about women's cycling gets a lot of traffic and that could be due to some of the hateful comments. Your anger helps keep women's cycling articles alive on 303
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Excellent, I like womens
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Excellent, I like womens cycling and I am one of the FEW that actually go out and watch them. BUT I am not a hypocrite that screams boycott - boycott - boycott when an event does not provide me with a gender specific field. Likewise, I am honest enough to admit when an event is sexists such as those that exclude solely based on gender.
Also, where do you see anger and hate in my statements? Honesty is not hate. If anything, your false accusations are the ones that are angry and hateful. I have always found that when people resort to false labels it is becasue they simply can't refute.
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