SF Grand Prix - no women
06-30-05, 04:56 PM
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SF Grand Prix - no women
From https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...l05/jul01news2
"T-Mobile elected not to renew its title sponsorship for strategic reasons," said Chauner. "Part of T-Mobiles commitment was the requirement to add a women's race in 2003, the first year of their title sponsorship. It was important for [T-Mobile] to host a women's race... without their support and the costs and time required with additional TV time made it cost prohibitive this year. The time requirements for using the city roads preclude us from running two races. We are going back to the original format the city approved the first couple of years."
Wow, what a bummer. I was watching the Burlingame Crit last weekend and thought how cool it was to see Christine Thorburn racing on local streets.
"T-Mobile elected not to renew its title sponsorship for strategic reasons," said Chauner. "Part of T-Mobiles commitment was the requirement to add a women's race in 2003, the first year of their title sponsorship. It was important for [T-Mobile] to host a women's race... without their support and the costs and time required with additional TV time made it cost prohibitive this year. The time requirements for using the city roads preclude us from running two races. We are going back to the original format the city approved the first couple of years."
Wow, what a bummer. I was watching the Burlingame Crit last weekend and thought how cool it was to see Christine Thorburn racing on local streets.
07-01-05, 07:28 AM
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I wonder how much of OLN's cut back in cycling coverage had to do with this?
07-01-05, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselDan
I wonder how much of OLN's cut back in cycling coverage had to do with this?
07-01-05, 07:47 PM
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As I understand it, T-Mobile had a two-year contract to be the title sponsor for 2003 and 2004. Their sponsorship was contingent on having a women's race. Unfortunately they did not renew sponsorship with Threshold this year. The new, and as yet unnamed sponsor, does not have this contingency and there is not enough money from the new sponsor to cover both races, so the women's race was cut.
It still sucks, big time.
It still sucks, big time.
07-01-05, 08:58 PM
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They're about $200K short. Anyone know someone with deep pockets, interested in supporting women's pro cycling?
07-02-05, 12:42 AM
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That's too bad, I watched that race last year and and Modesta Vzesniauskaite has to be the hottest female cyclist i've ever seen...
