hagar Posted September 29, 2009 Share I was on Fb just now and saw this post and think how sick is this !!!the diffrence between the Men elite's prizemoney R10000 to the Women elite's R2000 !!!!! Its a crying shame and the organisers sould be ashamed to discriminate like this diffrence of R8000 WTF !!! PRIZE MONEY 2009101 KM ? R45 000,0051 KM ? R10000,00MOUNTAIN BIKE (25 & 50KM) ? R10 000,00101KM DISTANCEELITE / UNDER 231 R10 0002 R5 0003 R2 0004 R1 2005 R800TOTAL = R19 000JUNIORS1 R2 0002 R1 2003 R800TOTAL = R4 000ELITE LADIES / VET LADIES / JUNIOR LADIES1 R2 0002 R1 5003 R8004 R400 5 R3001ST VETERAN LADY OVER 40 = VAN BREDA TROPHY AND R1 000.TOTAL = R6 000VETS 30-391 R2 0002 R1 5003 R1 000TOTAL = R5 000VETS 40 ? 491 R2 0002 R1 5003 R1 000TOTAL = R5 000VETS 50 +1 R1 5002 R1 0003 R500TOTAL = R3 000Fastest rider over 60 = R1 000OPEN SEEDED GROUP ? 101KMFASTEST MALE = R750FASTEST FEMALE = R750FIRST MALE TANDEM = R750FIRST MIXED TANDEM = R7501ST DISABLES CYCLIST = R1 000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted September 29, 2009 Share This is not as clear cut an issue as it first appears. Take for example the Rebel TT series. Same prize money for men and woman, and big prize money too, several grand. Three ladies bothered to pitch up (and not a single elite), so the organiser got a few hundred rand in entries, and forked out several thousands in prize money. Same thing happened at Worlds View last year. The total entries from the ladies was about 1 tenth of the prize money's handed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman1834 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Why don?t they just split the price money according to the amount of male and female riders? Riders that completed the long ride! Year F M % 2007 133 759 17.52 2008 125 699 17.88 According to past two years numbers, the Ladies are lucky for getting R2000 instead of R1788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 29, 2009 Share It does not make sense to me that they only take the prize money from the entries paid by the elite entries.If they claim its the 3 best organised race ? that does not wash with me !!! if i was a woman I would tell them to shove their money right where it hurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted September 29, 2009 Share You know why they have not send a women to the moon yet? It's because it does not need cleaning. I'll get my coat after lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 29, 2009 Share You know why they have not send a women to the moon yet? It's because it does not need cleaning. I'll get my coat after lunch. ja para Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted September 29, 2009 Share If I had a race to design a purse for it would look like this: Men:R5 000.00R3 000.00R2 000.00R1 000.00R 800.00R 700.00R 600.00R 500.00R 500.00R 500.00R 300.00R 300.00R 300.00R 300.00R 100.00R 100.00R 100.00R 100.00R 100.00R 100.00More "pro" riders will enter because they have a chance to get on the podium. Sponsors happy. Riders happy. Less prize money handed out in total. Etc.etc.etc.etc.Same goes for the ladies. I think what Hagar meant to say was that the GAP between men and ladies are very big.I think it revolves around less entries = less competition = more coverage for sponsors of the prize money because of the increase attention men's racing gets compared to ladies. My 2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted September 29, 2009 Share I think it should be similar to F1. 1. R10 000 2. R 8 000 3. R 5 000 4. R 4 000 5. R 3 000 6. R 2 000 7. R 1 000 Byt then again, what do I know?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted September 29, 2009 Share thanks spidey excactly my point !! you see my GAP neway maybe one day Castus starts cycling then you guys will have to watch your GAP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted September 29, 2009 Share Me thinks if money is your motivation to race harder then you need to get another job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted September 29, 2009 Share Me thinks if money is your motivation to race harder then you need to get another job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted September 29, 2009 Share Pro rider's (they get a salary and make up a small % of the riders) 1st R1000 plus a big trophy 2nd R500 plus a medium trophy3rd R200 plus a small trophy Open cat (make up most of riders) 1st R10 0002nd R50003rd R25004th R10005th R5006th - 20th (entry fee refunded) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted September 29, 2009 Share True scotty. How many cyclist actually see the pros finish a race? It's only the wags that see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted September 29, 2009 Share How many cyclist actually see the pros finish a race? How many cyclists actually care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumpole Posted September 29, 2009 Share Why don?t they just split the price money according to the amount of male and female riders? Riders that completed the long ride!Year F M %2007 133 759 17.522008 125 699 17.88 According to past two years numbers' date=' the Ladies are lucky for getting R2000 instead of R1788[/quote'] I think this is the way to go... break down prize money according to entries:so R50,000 goes to OpenSeeded/Funrider/Muppets in the form of lucky draw prizes,Then about R2500 fund for elite men and woman which could go toward buying the roving traffic marshalls on their motorbikes a breakfast after the race. Definitely need to go with the podium thing for the pros - good for sponsors, but no prizemoney.. I mean if you win the Argus you win the argus - who cares if you win R10,000 or R100. also have lucky draw at prizegiving to get more funriders supporting the prizegiving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt*girl™ Posted September 29, 2009 Share This would have *&^%$ me off a year or what back...but I don't see why they need to have equal prize money..yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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