Race4(peanuts)victory

[hagar]

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 2009

101 KM ? R45 000,00
51 KM ? R10000,00
MOUNTAIN BIKE (25 & 50KM) ? R10 000,00

101KM DISTANCE

ELITE / UNDER 23
1    R10 000
2    R5 000
3    R2 000
4    R1 200
5    R800
TOTAL = R19 000


JUNIORS
1    R2 000
2    R1 200
3    R800
TOTAL = R4 000


ELITE LADIES / VET LADIES / JUNIOR LADIES
1    R2 000
2    R1 500
3    R800
4    R400
5    R300
1ST VETERAN LADY OVER 40 = VAN BREDA TROPHY AND R1 000.
TOTAL = R6 000


VETS 30-39
1    R2 000
2    R1 500
3    R1 000
TOTAL = R5 000


VETS 40 ? 49
1    R2 000
2    R1 500
3    R1 000
TOTAL = R5 000


VETS 50 +
1    R1 500
2    R1 000
3    R500
TOTAL = R3 000

Fastest rider over 60 = R1 000

OPEN SEEDED GROUP ? 101KM

FASTEST MALE = R750
FASTEST FEMALE = R750

FIRST MALE TANDEM = R750
FIRST MIXED TANDEM = R750

1ST DISABLES CYCLIST = R1 000

[bruce]

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.

[Gman1834]

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

 

[hagar]

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

[AndreZA]

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.

[hagar]

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

[Spinnekop]

If I had a race to design a purse for it would look like this:

 

Men:

R5 000.00

R3 000.00

R2 000.00

R1 000.00

R   800.00

R   700.00

R   600.00

R   500.00

R   500.00

R   500.00

R   300.00

R   300.00

R   300.00

R   300.00

R   100.00

R   100.00

R   100.00

R   100.00

R   100.00

R   100.00

More "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

 

 

[Captain Slow]

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?!

 

[hagar]

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  

[Mudsimus]

Me thinks if money is your motivation to race harder then you need to get another job.

[Slowbee]

 

Me thinks if money is your motivation to race harder then you need to get another job.

 

 

[scotty]

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 trophy

3rd R200 plus a small trophy

 

Open cat (make up most of riders)

 

1st   R10 000

2nd  R5000

3rd   R2500

4th   R1000

5th   R500

6th - 20th (entry fee refunded)

[AndreZA]

True scotty. How many cyclist actually see the pros finish a race? It's only the wags that see them.

[Mudsimus]

How many cyclist actually see the pros finish a race?

 

How many cyclists actually care?

[Gumpole]

 

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' date=' the Ladies are lucky for getting R2000 instead of R1788

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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

 

[Dirt*girl™]

This would have *&^%$ me off a year or what back...but I don't see why they need to have equal prize money..yet.