On Saturday, March 2, 2024, <biobiker@libero.it> wrote:
Although I am not a crit fan, people do like them and they like to watch them...
Speaking of "lump everyone together and sort 'em out later", although I can understand some perplexity for the older riders, it seems to be working very well in basically the rest of the world and in gravel races in the US.
Il 02/03/2024 14:21 MST Scott H <hendricks.scott57@gmail.com> ha scritto:Had to go back and double check, seems the info that had been disseminated was last year's. Three road races in a row is gonna be hard for beginners as well as the older masters. FWIW, I'm not a fan of the 'lump everyone together and sort 'em out later' approach. The older you are relative to the youngest/strongest groups, it removes all tactics from the racing, becoming not much more than a challenge of who can hang on the longest.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:52 PM Randy Bradford via Bike-racers <bike-racers@mailman.swcp.com> wrote:______________________________Format for pros- First day is TT, as it was years ago. 2nd day- evening crit. 3rd-5th days, road races.
All other categories, 3rd-5th days, road races- no crit and no TT. Amateur racers would be willing to travel and race.
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Subject: Re: [NMCycling] 2024 Tour Of the Gila
Road racing was struggling in NM before COVID and the pandemic was just the nail in the coffin...but at least there was the Gila, now the new director of the race seems to be doing everything to kill the race as well. I understand that in the past few years the attendance was low and it was not sustainable to have 8 independent races (with all support etc. etc.) for amateurs, but I do not think that by eliminating categories and racing days the situation will improve. The Gila attracted racers for its challenges, 5 days for the top amateurs and 4 for the beginners, now who is going to drive across the country for a 3 day event, one TT on road bike (it's going to be awful and nobody will enjoy it), a crit and a road race?
I suggested to combine 1-3 and 4-5, all ages and score them separately by age, but my suggestion was just dust in the wind...
I understand that the PRO race is the main event, but definitely it is not the event that bring money to the community. I am pretty sure that basically nobody will drive to Sliver City for watching a low level pro race. The amateurs have always been the big cash cow for the race, cutting racing days and cat1 racers and master A does not seem the solution
Il 01/03/2024 10:32 MST nmveloracer--- via Bike-racers <bike-racers@mailman.swcp.com> ha scritto:
Bike Racers:
- Lots of changes in 2024:
Silvio Menezes
Treasurer, 505 Cycling p/b Fat Tire Cycles
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