One of the most welcomed features of the revamped Colorado Classic, which this year is a women´s-only 2.1 event, is the increased prize list that is $5,000 greater than the men raced for last year. The total prize purse in 2019 is $75,000, a record for US women and a significant increase from 2018. The women on Thursday´s post-stage press conference dais definitely took notice. `It´s an honour to be recognised as the professional athletes that we are,` said Hagens Berman-Supermint rider and team owner Lindsay Goldman.ADVERTISEMENT `For this race to set the bar for other events around the world and throughout the calendar, showing a belief in female athletes and the work that we put into our training and our entire career as athletes, it means a lot.` The Colorado Classic came onto the US scene in 2017 as a men´s UCI 2.HC race, offering a token two days of criteriums for the women. The races were not UCI sanctioned, and they appeared to be an afterthought. The Colorado Classic continued with the men last year but added two more stages for the women, including a circuit race and time trial in Vail, a road stage to Denver and a final criterium.
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