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Canadian MTB stage race to offer equal mens and womens purses
Kamloops, B.C. – (August 14, 2008) – The Intermontane Challenge, one of the world’s most unique and lucrative mountain bike races is putting men and women on an equal playing field by offering the same prize money for both sexes. Typically women receive 30 to 40 per cent less prize money than men in races because female enrolment is considered not high enough to justify an equal payout.
Tinker Juarez promoting North Carolina event
World and national mountain bike endurance champion, two-time Olympian, and Mountain Bike Hall of Famer David “Tinker” Juarez partners with Cowbell Challenge Inc., in presenting the National Mountain Bike Oktoberfest at Fisher Farm Park in Davidson, NC, October 24-26, 2008.
Texas’ Frisco Superdrome celebrates 10 years
As sports fans across the globe eagerly watch the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, the Frisco Superdrome celebrates 10 years of world class track cycling as an Olympic caliber venue. The Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, which has hosted the track cycling competitions for the Olympics, is modeled after the exact specifications of the Frisco Superdrome, constructed in 1998 by the same company that built the Centennial Olympic Velodrome in Atlanta, Georgia.