NEWS STORY.....Woman's cycling

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Gkam84, September 29, 2012

Come on people's at Road.cc HQ. I thought someone would have picked up on this one.

Lizzie Armitstead has gotten herself a team for next season and signed with Dolmans-Boels, Emma Trott's current team

http://www.dolmanslandscapingteam.nl/index.php?/Nieuws/nieuwe-ploegleide...

While the current British national champion Sharon Laws is rumoured to have signed for Lotto Belisol Ladies.

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Cool stuff, we need to hear more about the women's scene.

If the bicycle was invented tomorrow, it would be seen as the solution, not the problem

posted by notfastenough [1836 posts] 30th September 2012 - 8:39

Agreed, perhaps more coverage will result in better teams and possibly a British team like Sky

Stumpy

posted by stumps [1402 posts] 30th September 2012 - 9:13

+1 to both the above. Have been dropping hints to this effect for a while!

posted by Simon E [1268 posts] 30th September 2012 - 10:52

Agree with all the above. The only way to get the sponsors is to raise the profile. It won't happen the other way round.

posted by The Rumpo Kid [299 posts] 30th September 2012 - 13:55

There needs to be less Sky w@nking and more news in general tbh.

posted by Darthshearer [139 posts] 1st October 2012 - 9:50

More news in general is what we're about… everything from commuting to competing was our mantra years before the TV prog that borrowed it was a twinkle in a commissioning editor's eye. Given though that the resources at road.cc are not limitless that does mean we have to make choices as to what we can cover.

In terms of what gets the most traffic commuting stories tend to outscore race ones faily heavily.

That said, surprised we didn't pick up on the Armistead one - thanks for the link GKam

posted by tony_farrelly [3934 posts] 1st October 2012 - 14:57

tony_farrelly wrote:

More news in general is what we're about… everything from commuting to competing was our mantra years before the TV prog that borrowed it was a twinkle in a commissioning editor's eye. Given though that the resources at road.cc are not limitless that does mean we have to make choices as to what we can cover.

In terms of what gets the most traffic commuting stories tend to outscore race ones faily heavily.

That said, surprised we didn't pick up on the Armistead one - thanks for the link GKam

You probabley didnt pick up on it because it's ArmiTstead

posted by Darthshearer [139 posts] 1st October 2012 - 15:11

Womens Cycling!!!!!

Whats the world coming to ??

It'll end in tears I tell ya, end in tears ...