What is the status of the Amgen Tour of California women’s race?
(There has been talk of eliminating the Women’s Criterium at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California) We have two and three sponsors we are speaking with and I am pretty confident there will be a race. There has been too much of an uproar for them not do something. It’s really important for women racing to be a part of the growing media machine of the Tour of California. It takes a lot of work but it’s worth it. Women need to have this type of exposure. The evening ended quite interestingly with a question from a young male who wanted to know if Nicola Cranmer had a “real job”. A real job?….as if the hard work and countless hours Cranmer puts in to support her riders, her team and women cycling were not a real job. This question captures the double standard of cycling in the US. I am sure that Jonathan Vaughters, DS of Team Garmin-Slipstream, does not get asked if he has a “real job”. Many thanks to team directors like Nicola Cranmer, Lisa Hunt (Team VBF) and Linda Jackson (Team TIBCO) for w
