Steve Bauer, can you be specific?????

kevinfield

I remember talking to the guys at Chris Lang back in the fall '93 while I was organizing the Control Data Team for '94.

I think they said they basically setup the whole CTC series exclusive of the CCA. Once they had everything in place, organizers, venues, partners, CTV TV rights and broadcasting , they just went to the CCA to rubber stamp it for credibility and administer some aspects of the series... or am I wrong on that?

Jasmineminor

You are correct. The CCA basically went along for the ride. Lister (a good bureaucrat) rode it well.. for as long as it lasted.

When it was done., no replacement had been fostered to step up. If it was such a great thing.. should they not have been lining up?

Fausto Coppied

Jasmine, we are still waiitng for your to clean the egg of your face, coward:


Jasmine, you do know Bauer is trying to get a pro men's road squad together in Canada, right?

Exactly the opposite what you just wrote, "Cycling in N. America is no longer just about ROAD for men"!

You look more and more stupid with each keystroke.

So, you think Bauer is wating his time? He is starting a team in Canada, the place you said doesn't care about cycling. He wants male riders and he wants them on the road.

Can you say anything more stupid than you just did?

As fo Kevin Fields he agreed with me on another point, "Your point about the US team's not focusing on the America's tour is true. "

Nobody seems to agree with you, Jasmine.

Bauer, Field, Fraser and most others who know anything about cycling realize that big-time men's road-racing is what has to happen again. Everything else is just kids playing in dirt on bikes.

Nobody says it is easy but it is certainly do-able to. If you get the Cunninghams and Bauer working on their teams and they both get a third sponsor for a sereis of events to showcase their teams, or the CCA steps up to the plate for a change, then your in business. It won't happen with the likes of Lorraine Lafreniere, Bil Kinash and others in Ottawa who don't have a clue what they are doing. A real sponsor will smell their bullshit from a mile away. Just look at those stupid CanBike Tips on the CCA web site. Do you think a sponsor interested in pros wants to see something like that. It would be like Hockey Canada telling players to tie their skates. Just ridiculous.

Kevin, I think the CCA had quite a bit to do with Canadian Tire/Canada Cup success. They imposed some direction on the events. Jasmine, there would have been no Caandian Tire Canada Cups if it was not for the CCA, they made that part of the deal. Shows what you know. They brought good people into the mix. Jasmine thinks Lister rode the gravy train. Well, Lister, Tim Farrar, Howard Chang, the riders, me and everybody else involved worked hard, real hard ,to make it happen. It was a coordinated effort. We talked a great deal. We realized the importance of the continuity and branding.

Maybe Lister would like to weigh in?