Say what you want, Mr. Lance Armstrong and Mr. Johan Bruyneel know how to make news — even when there’s nothing big to announce. Consider: A blustery training camp in Tucson. Release this week of the Team Radio Shack prototype jersey to a mix of cheers and jeers. A peek at the Trek team bike. And lest we forget over $112,000 raised for LiveStrong and Team World Bicycle Relief by Fat Cyclist. All before close of business Wednesday. It’s enough to make me want to ride my Schwinn newspaper bike down to Radio Shack and buy a CB Radio or rotary-dial telephone. Oops. Wait. That was the “old” Radio Shack of my youth. Back when we prowled the indoor malls. When newspapers had the world of gathering and reporting news mostly to themselves. My, how times have changed.
Pro cycling and a Texas-based electronics retailer. With riders from around the world, including the American pedaling icon who made his name winning the biggest bike race in the world 7 consecutive summers in France. Would you have ever dreamed up this scenario? Lance. Levi. Klodi. Shoot, Chris the “Redneck” Horner? Get out of here! Team Radio Shack is going to make the previous incarnation of Team Astana / Fade seem downright invisible. Drama? Who needs drama and infighting? What fans need is a pro peloton that fields exciting teams and personalities to whom we can relate. Bring on the new cycling season. Pronto. I, for one, can’t wait. How about you?
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