Espoire Women's Nationals - Not

Pete Beall

2000-05-05

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            Both my son and daughter were planning on riding Espoire =

Nationals in Staten Island. If you go to USA Cycling, you will see the =

following:=20



.The individual time trial is scheduled for June 16, while the road =

race is slated for June 18. =20



The espoir category includes cyclists between the ages of 19-22. =20



"We are excited about the opportunity to hold the espoir national =

championships in New York City.=20



If you then go to online registration you will be prompted, "men or =

women". In spite of this, THERE IS NO NATIONAL ESPOIRE WOMEN'S RACE. My =

daughter had allotted time and training for this race, and she was =

excited about a visit to "The Big Apple". Fortunately, I talked to the =

promoter today and found that there was no race before we had gotten =

non-refundable tickets; but this was by a very close margin.



The promoter was very pleasant and I'm not out to attack him; this is =

just a warning to Espoire women: Don't make plans for a race that =

doesn't exist.=20



Pete Beall



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<P class=3DSingleline>The espoir category includes cyclists between =

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19-22.  <o:p></o:p></P>

<P class=3DSingleline>"We are excited about the opportunity to hold =

the espoir=20

national championships in New York =

City… <o:p></o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE>

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online=20

registration you will be prompted, “men or women”. In spite =

of this, THERE IS NO=20

NATIONAL ESPOIRE WOMEN’S RACE. My daughter had allotted time and =

training for=20

this race, and she was excited about a visit to “The Big =

Apple”. Fortunately, I=20

talked to the promoter today and found that there was no race before we =

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gotten non-refundable tickets; but this was by a very close margin.</P>

<P class=3DSingleline style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">The promoter was very =

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and I’m not out to attack him; this is just a warning to Espoire =

women: Don’t=20

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