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For me it would depend on the "pro". Hinault, LeMond, Roche (the dad), Kelly and the like, oh heck yeah. Current pros would have to be one of about five guys. After that, meh.
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Here's my take after doing Midsouth 100 a couple of times "with the pros".
I do love lining up in the corral and seeing the pros on the front row, literally a few dozen feet away from me, but once the race starts, they are SO FAST and SO GONE that it doesn't matter at all anymore. For the women's starts, what I've read is that the other pro women "get lost" in the crowd and you have no idea who's in front or behind you (you=pro women). I can see a benefit to having a schedule like this, because it would give the Pro Women time to sort themselves out together, THEN the tactics can start once they've caught or been-caught after some time on the course.
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It's Alejandro Valverde at BWR CA....sure he's a polarizing figure and he's retired as a road racer, but can't wait to see the times he puts up on the local segments. Plus, he's a guy that I'd never get to see outside of Europe, so it's cool that he's racing (fully assuming a good chunk of my entry fee is paying his expenses )
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Isn't this a solved problem? Unless there's also a concern about coverage of both pro fields, and a worry that the women get jumbled up in the crowd and get less coverage. But it seems to me that top women and men get lots of coverage at Leadville, and it grids thusly:
6:30am – RACE START — Gold AND Silver 6:32:30am – Red 6:35am – Green 6:37:30am – Purple 6:40am – Orange 6:42:30am – Blue 6:45am – White 6:47:30am – Brown 1 6:50am – Brown 2 |
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As for me, as a barely mid-pack age-group nobody, I like the atmosphere of mass start and having the pros on course at the same time. If they start 20 minutes ahead of me that makes no difference. The only time I see them is neutral rollout and when they lap me. |
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So run it on separate days and see what happens. My guess is it would financially crush the race organizers (at least in the current model)....which is why they don't do it. If there was money to be made doing it on 2 days vs. 1, doesn't she think they'd already be doing it? If you force organizers to do it in the name of "parity", you're just subsidizing.....and all that comes with that. Hence my "...cake and eat it too..." comment.
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The races (and professional cycling) are already subsidized in a myriad of ways, while I'm not sure separate days are the answer or even a good option - I don't think this is a credible argument. Of note for some unaware - the Ironman Championships was split between two days for men/women for the last two years, as well the UCI gravel world championships held last year. |
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If you've attended any cycling events, you'd know that the men outnumber the women 10:1, if not worse.
You could do separate days, but you would have to scale for two separate events that differ in size by an order of magnitude. The women's event would seem like a pity party. |
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