andydude Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Let's turn the question around. Take the amount of cycling you watch, whether local or international like the Tour de France. Would you double your watching time, e.g. also watch another 3 weeks of the women's Tour de France? Just asking. I'm all for more races for women and they do deserve it, but is it feasible? I think others alluded to the same point.
Guest KwaZulu Boertjie Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 well, personally, i prefer watching women's volleyball to men's volleyball. just saying... you, my friend, are a fkn genius! Spark 1
Eldron Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 I think hellocolour hit the nail on the head - if women's cycling is run the same as men's it will never prosper. The vast majority of women I know at races are wags. Women who attend cycling events on their own are few and far between. So how do you jazz up women's events to attract more women?
Grondpad Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 I think hellocolour hit the nail on the head - if women's cycling is run the same as men's it will never prosper. The vast majority of women I know at races are wags. Women who attend cycling events on their own are few and far between. So how do you jazz up women's events to attract more women? I dig topics like these where a sensitive issue can be debated and no one gets too emotional and start fighting I agree with Eldron here. Most of my friends and their families cycle. My wife is a very keen cyclist and can handle her bike against any other lady, but when it gets to the support of events she is just not that into it. Same with all the other lady cyclists I know. She knows how the team strategy works in the TDF, the knows the riders, their strengths, what is a sprinter, domestique, climber, GC contender and all that, but she just does not get excited about it like I do. Maybe that is the problem. No one ever get as excited about the female races as they do about male races and that might be where we as males come in. We should start getting involved/excited about female races and then our lady friends/sponsors/media will jump on the band wagon The idea of a female tour proceeding the daily route on the same day just a couple of hours prior is a good idea. The spectators, tv crews and us are ready for it.
T-Bob Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 "There's a petition online to resurrect the women's TdF - it gathered 6,000 signatures in the first 24 hours of going live, and it was started by the formidable quartet of Emma Pooley, Marianne Vos, Chrissie Wellington and Katherine Bertine. They need a few more signatures." Currently @ 20k https://www.change.org/petitions/aso-amaury-sports-organization-allow-female-professional-cycling-teams-to-race-the-tour-de-france
nickc Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 "There's a petition online to resurrect the women's TdF - it gathered 6,000 signatures in the first 24 hours of going live, and it was started by the formidable quartet of Emma Pooley, Marianne Vos, Chrissie Wellington and Katherine Bertine. They need a few more signatures." Currently @ 20k https://www.change.o...-tour-de-france Will sign - love to see Marianne Vos on some of those climbs - agree, it could bring a whole new dimension to the Tour. T-Bob 1
Chro Mo Posted July 23, 2013 Author Posted July 23, 2013 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aso-discussing-possibility-of-womens-tour-de-france The petition now has 70 000 signatures, and ASO is discussing the possibility of running it... T-Bob 1
T-Bob Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 http://www.cyclingne...-tour-de-france The petition now has 70 000 signatures, and ASO is discussing the possibility of running it... Good work people. That is great, would like to see it happen.
udxcob Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Would they have men handing them flowers on the podium? ???? Jigghead 1
Stretch Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) I think the best way of promoting women's cycling at the moment if through the dirt variety. Women's xc at the moment is fiercely competitive and also had some strong marketable personalities..and I am not only taking about a certain Canadian. Young Atherton herself is also doing the sport of downhill huge favors. With regard to the road variety..how feasible if it to have a women's specific pelaton at the classics? Edited July 23, 2013 by Stretch
LeTurbo Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Unfortunately, this says volumes about the approach to women's sport ... scotty and T-Bob 2
Jaco-fiets Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Dumbest idea ever. Cycling is one of the sports where the difference between men and women is the biggest. Men get the advantage of all the muscle and don't have to carry their own weight (unless its climbing). I'm absolutely for promoting women's cycling but this will ridicule more than promote. Your argument holds water on the elite and pro level. On any other level cycling is probably not the sport to do if you don't like getting your ass handed to you by a woman T-Bob 1
Jigghead Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) With all the doping, they start looking like men anyway. Coat, hat, door... Jokes aside though, why not hold them at the same time, we need more ladies in competitive cycling. Edited July 23, 2013 by Jigghead
DJR Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Well, if they change the cycling dress code a tiny little bit to be more like beach volleyball, then I can see it making enough money from spectators and TV rights to fund the whole cycling world in perpetuity! Jokes aside, I like the idea of it running in tandem (see what I did there) with the mens TdF. Jigghead 1
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