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Originally Posted by Alistair
But what about the rest of the women? It’s not just the 20-odd legit pros, there’s hundreds/thousands of women who just want to race for fun (like most of us). Would they race with the men on day 1? That would be super weird (amateur women racing with pro and am men, pro women racing on a separate day).
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"Super weird" doesn't mean anything in this context. The pro men are so much faster than everyone else whatever time gap is given they will almost never be caught by anyone else in another field.
Everyone else goes together, in normal mass start.
Hypothetically:
Day 1 Pro/Elite Women
Day 2 Pro/Elite Men - 1hour earlier (1/2 hour, 10 minutes, whatever) from Mass Start
Day 2 Mass Start
There are 30 Women in the Lifetime Grand Prix - guaranteed a Pro spot. There are around another 15-20 women who could be counted as Professional and probably 10 addition for Elite as a wildcard lower level addition.
That is today, growth is possible. UCI Gravel World Championships Women's had a field of 121.
This speculation doesn't matter anyway. Do it, iterate, learn what's going to work or not.