A new major sponsor is being sought to ensure that the 6th Women’s CiCLE Classic and 8th Junior Men’s edition of the race can go ahead as planned
News: Sponsors Needed for Womens/Junior CiCLE Classic
A new major sponsor is being sought to ensure that the 6th Women’s CiCLE Classic and 8th Junior Men’s edition of the race can go ahead as planned, following the decision of longstanding sponsor Pete Stanton to withdraw his sponsorship of the races.
The races – which form part of the British Cycling Women’s National Road Series and Junior Men’s National Road Series – are due to take place on Sunday 19th June, having become integral parts of the national racing calendar over recent years.
Previous winners of the women’s race include Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald and silver medallist Neah Evans, with its unique terrain and challenging course making it a firm favourite in the women’s peloton. World Tour rider James Shaw is a former winner of the Junior Men’s edition.
CiCLE Classics are working closely with British Cycling to safeguard the 2022 editions of the women’s and junior men’s races, however an extra £15,000 is still required by 10th May to prevent their cancellation.
CiCLE Classics Race Director, Colin Clews, said: “I’m enormously proud of the fact that the Women’s CiCLE Classic and Junior Men’s CiCLE Classic have quickly established themselves as real highlights of the domestic calendar, and we’re determined to find likeminded partners who can help us to deliver the race in 2022 and support its future development
“Peter has been, and continues to be, massively committed to the development of women’s racing within the UK. His financial contribution to support this aim over the past six years is way beyond that of any other private individual. As an organisation we hope that it may be possible to renew our collaboration at some stage in the future to continue our joint pursuit of promoting domestic women’s racing at the highest level.”
CiCLE Classics are at pains to stress that the above does not affect in any way the organisation or running of the 16th Rutland-Melton International Men’s CiCLE Classic that will take place as planned on Sunday 24th April.
Mr Peter Stanton, who was instrumental in the creation of the Women’s CiCLE Classic, and has sponsored the race since its inception in 2016, added: “The transgender policy adopted by British Cycling had been the result of a full consultation process and was believed to have been working well until last week when it was suspended without any further consultation.
Whilst fully supportive of Women’s sport, I also have many friends and colleagues within the transgender community whom I feel that I would be letting down if I did not make a stand to show my support for their rights. This is not the first case of a transgender rider competing under UCI rules, or even as part of an official UCI team, and to arbitrarily change that position based on one individual case, I find totally unacceptable.
I am desperately saddened by the Emily Bridges case and the actions that it has prompted me to take. I sincerely hope that a satisfactory resolution to her case and that of similar cases in the future can be quickly found in the interests of all parties involved, and sport in general.”
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