Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
Are they, though?
The headline for the gfny site is:
"BE A PRO FOR A DAY"
That's... well, that's not bike racing.
Something like 3500 people participated in GFNY this year. It's like a top tier road race with 3400 other people behind them playing "pro for a day" on the same course. I think that's basically the business model, an elite race funded by hundreds of participant-trophy types. The top 10 this year was entirely euro pros and fast cat 1s.