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Mailbag: The Iceman, the Giro and the rant
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The Iceman Cometh is so cool it’s hot
Editor:
It was really great to see Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Sam Schultz, Heather Irmiger, Alison Dunlap and a line-up of other top pros at the Iceman Cometh. This race is incredibly popular and draws in larger and more enthusiastic crowds than I've seen on the national circuit.
An informal poll of the racers I spoke with at the start of the pro races points to races like Chequamegon 40, Ore-To-Shore and the entire WORS series (all Wisconsin and Michigan races) as some of the best mountain bike races in the U.S. Who knew you didn't need mountains to have great mountain bike races?
Congrat to Alison and Jeremy!
Joe Lekovish
Northville, Michigan
The Giro on U.S. soil? Not so much
Editor:
As good as it may sound — the Giro on U.S. soil — I don't think it would be good for the event. It may spike more interest in cycling here but it really would do no good overall for cycling.
The transfer nightmares and the logistics of it all would be extremely costly to the event and the teams as well as put undue stress and fatigue on the riders and staff. The cost to local governments would be enormous, which I don’t think tourism alone could subsidize.
Yes, it would be a spectacle to behold, but keep the tradition of the Giro in Europe.
Jeremy Dixon
Grover Beach, California
Where’s O’Grady?
Editor:
In the last Mailbag, you mentioned Patrick O'Grady as a member of your staff. Where has he been lately? I am off my feed and have quit drinking since the Rant went missing in action.
Pat O'Brien
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Eight years of the Bush administration left our house curmudgeon’s venom glands woefully depleted, and he is presently awaiting a transplant at Our Lady of Perpetual Indignation Veterinary Hospital. The good news is that despite his enfeebled condition he has managed to scribble another edition of the O’Grady Awards, which should delight libel lawyers everywhere. Look for it in the next print edition of VeloNews. — Editor
