This headline should scare every American cycling fan to their core. If the Tour of Georgia goes down, how long will it take for the Tour of Missouri to suffer the same fate? Chris Aronhalt and Medalist Sports are saying that the Tour of Georgia has not been profitable over the years, and that they are strongly considering cancelling the 2009 edition while they try to reconfigure the infrastructure of the race.
Losing Georgia would leave only the Tour of California and Tour of Missouri as the remaining big time international stage races in America. California is in no trouble of disappearing, but that doesn't make Georgia's potential dissappearance OK. American cycling fans have very few opportunities to see Europe's best race in America as it is. Missouri is predominantly an American race, as only Columbia and Garmin are representing the best in the world in this year's Missouri.
Hopefully Medalist will be able to foster a new sponsor relationship with a new company. Perhaps the companies in this post would be good candidates. Aronhalt and his team are resourceful and shrewd event planners, so don't count them out yet in the fight to keep the Tour of Georgia alive. One thing is for sure: all American cycling fans will be pulling for medalist over the coming months to find a solution to the problem.
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