No Tour of the USA

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HC said:

"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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Dr. Frank Arokiasamy announced that there would be no Tour of America in
2008 and that he would concentrate on making it for 2009.

Shocked! Shocked! Nah, not even shocked.

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I was hoping that he would make it a real thing but not the way he had
originally announced it with ridiculous length stages and a 4 week race or
whatever.

The original plan was so outrageously naive (RAAM lite with a $30M
budget) that it was not even audacious. I have no connections to auto
racing whatsoever. If I announced my plan to build a NASCAR
superspeedway track outside of my hometown, would anyone even bother to
care?

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I would like to see a race from the geographical center of the USA to the
corners of the USA etc. and changing each year so that every so many
years, for instance, the race would end in New York, Los Angelos, San
Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Maine, Miami - that sort of thing. That
would make it a three week race with reasonable length stages and show
itself in every corner of this country.

The USA deserves a bicycle race of that magnitude and hopefully something
like that will happen.

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Somebody please introduce Dr. Frank Arokiasamy to Mr. Michael Ball.

Unfair comparison: Michael Ball's ludicrous bike-racing project actually
happened. That makes him about a million points up in The Bike Game,
though I'd say that score line is Mr. Ball 250,000, Dr. Arokiasamy
-750,000.

I continue to wish Dr. Frank well, but continue to regard his plan as
not even audacious, but merely nonsensical.

My fear is that it will limp to an actual start in a shabby, half-assed
state and further discredit cycling as a legitimate venue for corporate
sponsorship.

If my evil master plan was, say, to run a cross-Canada bike race, I'd
start smaller. A stage race in the most cycling-friendly venue possible,
with a five-year plan to build it from a major regional race to a major
Continental race. How can you even hope to go to sponsors when you have
ZERO experience creating a bike race? Dr. Frank's resume has him as a
CFO for a couple of fairly large companies.

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So if you need a source for Magilla-sized family planning aids, Dr.
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gonna do a retractable speedway?

Somebody please introduce Dr. Frank Arokiasamy to Mr. Michael Ball.

"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Dr. Frank Arokiasamy announced that there would be no Tour of America in
2008 and that he would concentrate on making it for 2009.

I was hoping that he would make it a real thing but not the way he had
originally announced it with ridiculous length stages and a 4 week race or
whatever.

I would like to see a race from the geographical center of the USA to the
corners of the USA etc. and changing each year so that every so many
years, for instance, the race would end in New York, Los Angelos, San
Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Maine, Miami - that sort of thing. That
would make it a three week race with reasonable length stages and show
itself in every corner of this country.

The USA deserves a bicycle race of that magnitude and hopefully something
like that will happen.

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datakoll said:

gonna do a retractable speedway?

An excellent idea. That way, the rest of the year the grounds can be
used to grow blueberries.

BTW, I need some seed funding. Is anyone here rich?

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"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

datakoll said:

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gonna do a retractable speedway?

Ryan Cousineau said:

An excellent idea. That way, the rest of the year the grounds can be used
to grow blueberries.

Blueberries ? I'd have thought flaxseed or marijuana or even hops
would be more appropriate.

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BTW, I need some seed funding. Is anyone here rich?

Use the LIVEDRUNK subscription fees.

think RICE, Don, RICE
you know RICE ?

having qriiten that, occurs that asia's now eatin' Colonel Sanders KFC

I hear RC is using ah nanotube roof

How can you talk about California that way?

interesting concept: push a button, track moves to good weather at
Kent

Tom Kunich said:

I would like to see a race from the geographical center of the USA to
the corners of the USA etc. and changing each year so that every so many
years, for instance, the race would end in New York, Los Angelos, San
Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Maine, Miami - that sort of thing. That
would make it a three week race with reasonable length stages and show
itself in every corner of this country.

The USA deserves a bicycle race of that magnitude and hopefully
something like that will happen.

A series of classic type races with venues all over the country and a
sort of World Cup type of scoring system would be far more interesting
than some 4 week stage race decided by a couple time trials.

Individual regions could invite local teams. National teams could
participate in most all of the races; Euro teams could come when they
wanted to. Sprinters could sit out mountainous events. No one would
have to worry about making time cuts. Each race would stand on its own
plus contribute to the overall cup competition.

"Geraard Spergen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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A series of classic type races with venues all over the country and a sort
of World Cup type of scoring system would be far more interesting than
some 4 week stage race decided by a couple time trials.

Individual regions could invite local teams. National teams could
participate in most all of the races; Euro teams could come when they
wanted to. Sprinters could sit out mountainous events. No one would have
to worry about making time cuts. Each race would stand on its own plus
contribute to the overall cup competition.

This is a very good suggestion as well. It does require a larger number of
promoters of course.

Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:

"Geraard Spergen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

A series of classic type races with venues all over the country and a sort
of World Cup type of scoring system would be far more interesting than
some 4 week stage race decided by a couple time trials.

Quoted message said:

Individual regions could invite local teams.  National teams could
participate in most all of the races; Euro teams could come when they
wanted to.  Sprinters could sit out mountainous events.  No one would have
to worry about making time cuts.  Each race would stand on its own plus
contribute to the overall cup competition.

This is a very good suggestion as well. It does require a larger number of
promoters of course.

That actually sounds quite a bit like the top end Cross stuff. It'd be
awesome if someone put together a series like that on the road here.
Bill C

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datakoll said:

interesting concept: push a button, track moves to good weather at
Kent

Kent already has a track.

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