"crit PRO" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:So here's a third year race, that because he won in the second year is
doing VERY well. Could surpass Coors Classic and Tour du Pont in the
history of US stage races very soon.And the buzz is all because of one guy, who is closer to the end of the
run, than the start.It is speculated what the contents of the April 18th press conference
at Augusta (irony) will be. Isn't it selfish to take that opportunity
to announce your quiting, which will effectively kill the proposed
Texas Tour, California Tour, and unfortunatly, the Georgia Tour. Heck,
OLN will probably just do Rodeo's by 2007.I'm thinking if he would just race two more years, the sport would have
a little better of a chance to gain a small foothold here in the
states. I guarantee you more press in the US will cover his loss this
year at the TdF, than they did his first win in '99. Everyday people
are just STARTING to learn about that yellow shirt and all. We we're SO
close. Too bad. Think i'll go take up surfing with Candelario. Cycling
is soon to be dead in America.cp
Back to the good old days of fewer, consumer market driven cyclists might
not be a bad thing. Too many post-Yuppie scum polluting the pool. Of
course, this is just an opinion.