Caroline Mani can't find a sponsor.

[Lewis Moon]

http://https://www.gofundme.com/save...anis-cx-season
Can't believe she can't find a sponsor.

[dbnm]

https://www.gofundme.com/save-caroline-manis-cx-season

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by dbnm

https://www.gofundme.com/save-caroline-manis-cx-season

Thanks for the correction. I have trouble linking on the phone.

[jlwdm]

That is too bad, but not really surprising. I don't follow cross and have never heard of her.

Jeff

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by jlwdm

I don't follow cross and have never heard of her.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Well, away from this forum, 'cross in the US is a teeny, tiny segment and women's cross smaller still..even compared to road racing, which is also tiny in the US. I wish her much luck, regardless of how she tries to get the $.

For others, if you don't like GoFundMe, don't contribute..

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Well, away from this forum, 'cross in the US is a teeny, tiny segment and women's cross smaller still..even compared to road racing, which is also tiny in the US. I wish her much luck, regardless of how she tries to get the $.

For others, if you don't like GoFundMe, don't contribute..

It was more the announcement that he doesn't know someone in a sport he doesn't follow. Uh, yeah. It's like someone saying they don't follow the NBA and don't know who Carmelo Anthony is. Well, of course you wouldn't if you're not following the sport.

[saab2000]

The NBA is an enormous business and generates huge revenue. Women's cyclocross is a niche within a niche within a niche. As unfortunate as that is for these great athletes, it's barely above a hobby for all but the very top racers.

I'm guessing that even for the men, funding drops to very minimal levels outside the top 25 riders. I would bet the that the top 25 (possibly less) control 80% of all the real funding in cyclocross. For everyone else it's a labor of love.

[hollowgram5]

Did Raleigh bow out of sponsoring that team? I saw Jamie Driscoll was doing some races this summer and wasn't in Raleigh-Clement gear..

[peanutgallery]

Raleigh basically got out of bikes. Low quality crap direct to consumer starting this year. Slipped down a tier to below even a bike from Dicks

Originally Posted by hollowgram5

Did Raleigh bow out of sponsoring that team? I saw Jamie Driscoll was doing some races this summer and wasn't in Raleigh-Clement gear..

[Bruce K]

The team finished the year as Clement Racing (sans Raleigh) and Caroline finished the year in Europe as a privateer.

So far, she has had no luck finding another team and is now looking to set up her own one-rider effort for this year.

Please help support this amazing athlete.

BK

[earlfoss]

LOL new low in crowdfunding reached.

[Bruce K]

Seriously?

Earlfoss, you have no idea how hard it is to fund a race program.

Caroline is a multi-time French National Champion and Workds Bronze Medslist in 2016.

What's your resume?

BK

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by Bruce K

Seriously?

Earlfoss, you have no idea how hard it is to fund a race program.

Caroline is a multi-time French National Champion and Workds Bronze Medslist in 2016.

What's your resume?

BK

I think Mr. Earfloss has raced, and quite a bit. Many who have pinned on a number work or struggle to find funding. As brutal as it may sound, that's the world.

I've known plenty of exceptional racers (including a multiple Swiss national women's champ and Olympic participant) who had jobs.

[FlashUNC]

I have a hard time believing a top ten men's elite cross racer would run into the same funding challenges.