“Young professional race with a prestigious finish is looking for passionate private partners to meet its budget.” This kind of message, Nicolas Garcera could have passed it in the classified ads section of a newspaper but in the 21st century, it is on social networks, in this case Facebook, that the Vauclusian indicated that he was missing to date 50,000 euros excluding taxes. Without being alarmist. “The race is on hold, but we remain confident and mobilized! The end of the year was eventful. While the budget had been closed for several months, and the teams' sporting field already validated, the unstable and difficult economic context caught up with us Two of our private partners have announced that they will have to withdraw, and a third will have to drop by 30%.“, said the post published Friday January 3.
Economic situation and “World Tour bubble”
“I preferred to let it be known, explains Garcera to La Provence. I'm not being alarmist, don't worry, the race will take place. But I am announcing that we are short of the budget six months before the race, the media and social networks are made for that.“
