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Organizers of the inaugural and wildly successful USA Pro Cycling Challenge will soon begin harvesting bids from Colorado towns interested in hosting next year's race.
They are expecting a deluge.
"What a great problem to have," said the race's chairman, Shawn Hunter, who toured ahead of the peloton each day last week along Colorado's typically lonely mountain roads, lined with raving, festooned spectators.
Along the route, Hunter was accompanied by town leaders from 18 communities eager to study the action for potential participation in 2012. And after a nearly perfect show that flickered onto tens of millions of television screens around the globe, he expects to see bids from all those towns — plus bids from the 11 hosts of this year's race and probably several other towns eager to dance at Colorado's suddenly epic annual bike racing party.
Hunter said he estimates half to two-thirds of the 11 host cities and towns that participated in the race will "play a part" in the 2012 race.
"We can't do it all in one year, but we want to showcase all the great spots in the state," said Hunter, who expects to have a final race route decided by December. "We are taking a very long-term view of this race. We want it to be a great state asset for Colorado for a long time."
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Read more: More towns ready to dive in on USA Pro Cycling Challenge party - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/cycling/ci_18784588#ixzz1WWrI6UjI
They are expecting a deluge.
"What a great problem to have," said the race's chairman, Shawn Hunter, who toured ahead of the peloton each day last week along Colorado's typically lonely mountain roads, lined with raving, festooned spectators.
Along the route, Hunter was accompanied by town leaders from 18 communities eager to study the action for potential participation in 2012. And after a nearly perfect show that flickered onto tens of millions of television screens around the globe, he expects to see bids from all those towns — plus bids from the 11 hosts of this year's race and probably several other towns eager to dance at Colorado's suddenly epic annual bike racing party.
Hunter said he estimates half to two-thirds of the 11 host cities and towns that participated in the race will "play a part" in the 2012 race.
"We can't do it all in one year, but we want to showcase all the great spots in the state," said Hunter, who expects to have a final race route decided by December. "We are taking a very long-term view of this race. We want it to be a great state asset for Colorado for a long time."
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Read more: More towns ready to dive in on USA Pro Cycling Challenge party - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/cycling/ci_18784588#ixzz1WWrI6UjI
