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America's Grand Tour?
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:24
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https://thetourofamerica.com/index.php...p;Itemid=1
So I stumbled upon this today. Any one hear anything about this? Is this legit? No way major teams are going to do this. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:26
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They first announced this two years ago. It was postponed. Then again. And I very much doubt it will ever happen.
If you think that's weird, search for the original route. It was the definition of insane. 400km stages, 150km mountain time trials, etc etc etc. |
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| Kami |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:27
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If it becomes PT then major teams have to do it. But i highly doubt that something like this will happen, 3 GT are more then enough.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:31
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issoisso wrote:
They first announced this two years ago. It was postponed. Then again. And I very much doubt it will ever happen.
If you think that's weird, search for the original route. It was the definition of insane. 400km stages, 150km mountain time trials, etc etc etc.
It was such a laugh. I definitely remember the first talks and the route presentation. |
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:33
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Not gonna lie, I wish something like this did exist in America. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:36
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this won't happen.
And if it does, it's doomed to fail
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:39
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Yeah, it sounded too outrageous to be possible. If this was actually going to happen, it's very under-publicized
Edited by BenBarnes on 08-07-2009 18:40
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:48
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wasn't UCI going to make a Tour of Russia and make Quinghai a GT aswell?
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:50
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schleck93 wrote:
wasn't UCI going to make a Tour of Russia and make Quinghai a GT aswell?
It was going to be a tour of some mountains in the south of russia |
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:13
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You could make an amazing route with a tour of the US (or of north america if you prefer).
But who would watch? You have thousands of fans in the european grand tours. Youd get hundreds in a tour of the USA.
I don't think it will ever happen. |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:15
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KurtinSC wrote:
You could make an amazing route with a tour of the US (or of north america if you prefer).
But who would watch? You have thousands of fans in the european grand tours. Youd get hundreds in a tour of the USA.
I don't think it will ever happen.
I would think that but watching the Tour of California I would disagree. It was full of fans on the side.
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:17
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matt493 wrote:
KurtinSC wrote:
You could make an amazing route with a tour of the US (or of north america if you prefer).
But who would watch? You have thousands of fans in the european grand tours. Youd get hundreds in a tour of the USA.
I don't think it will ever happen.
I would think that but watching the Tour of California I would disagree. It was full of fans on the side.
And the one time I've seen a big professional race, the final crit in St. Louis at the end of Missouri, there were big crowds. Plus, people had traveled from all over to go see it. With the proposed course cutting right through middle America, all the cycling fans would go see it, if there were any big names at all. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 23:49
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The really good suggestion I heard was to rotate the area of the country the race was held in.
For instance:
Year 1 - Race takes part in the eastern US
Year 2 - Race takes part in the northern US
Year 3 - Race takes part in the western US
Year 4 - Race takes part in the southern US
Year 5 - start over
You get the point
Edited by Deadpool on 08-07-2009 23:50
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 09-07-2009 00:09
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Deadpool wrote:
The really good suggestion I heard was to rotate the area of the country the race was held in.
For instance:
Year 1 - Race takes part in the eastern US
Year 2 - Race takes part in the northern US
Year 3 - Race takes part in the western US
Year 4 - Race takes part in the southern US
Year 5 - start over
You get the point
Wouldn't work as I imagine there is much less popularity for cycling in mississippi than Colorado etc.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 09-07-2009 00:12
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mb2612 wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
The really good suggestion I heard was to rotate the area of the country the race was held in.
For instance:
Year 1 - Race takes part in the eastern US
Year 2 - Race takes part in the northern US
Year 3 - Race takes part in the western US
Year 4 - Race takes part in the southern US
Year 5 - start over
You get the point
Wouldn't work as I imagine there is much less popularity for cycling in mississippi than Colorado etc.
You could find people in every area of the country who could make the race popular |
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| AaB-ern |
Posted on 09-07-2009 00:18
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If they could make it work, I think it would be awesome. And they have to start it while Lance is riding, as cycling will drop in popularity in the US, when he retires for real.
But 21 stages may be too much. How are the ProTour teams gonna make a race like this fit their calendar?
I love the route from coast to coast though:
Edited by AaB-ern on 09-07-2009 00:27
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| BenBarnes |
Posted on 09-07-2009 00:43
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AaB-ern wrote:
If they could make it work, I think it would be awesome. And they have to start it while Lance is riding, as cycling will drop in popularity in the US, when he retires for real.
But 21 stages may be too much. How are the ProTour teams gonna make a race like this fit their calendar?
I love the route from coast to coast though:
Ha, yeah, except they fly from Indiana to Colorado. That is about half of the distance across. But at least they avoid those 400k stages  |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 09-07-2009 05:35
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probably not gonna happen, but if it did i could get to 5 of those stages in decent driving time, interesting
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 09-07-2009 09:41
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One of the major problems is broadcasting to european countries, as not many TV stations want to pay big cash for showing cycling late at night.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 09-07-2009 12:51
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schleck93 wrote:
One of the major problems is broadcasting to european countries, as not many TV stations want to pay big cash for showing cycling late at night.
You could tape delay for the morning after |
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