Bert
09/06/2025 (Sat) 18:14
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Dear President Trump,
I am writing to request federal support for the return of the TOUR DE TRUMP (1989-1990) pro cycling race.
Pro cycling in the United States has fallen off a cliff in the last few years. In 2012, Lance ARMSTRONG was targeted and blacklisted by the Obama-era FBI, being stripped of his record SEVEN (7) Tour de France titles. In 2020, the last two professional-level stage races in the United States were cancelled - the Tour of California and the Tour of Utah. In 2024, the Maryland Cycling Classic (the only professional-level single day race in the United States) was cancelled due to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
America needs to return back to the TOP of bike racing, in the spirit of heroes such as Lance ARMSTRONG, Greg LEMOND, and Major TAYLOR. We need an internationally renowned, World Tour-level (the highest level of pro bike racing) stage race, perhaps in the mold of the Tour de France (21 stages throughout the country). We have the most beautiful cities in the world, the most beautiful coasts, the most beautiful deserts, and the most beautiful mountains for the World Tour peloton to race through.
It is PATHETIC that countries such as the UAE, Denmark, Canada, China, and Belgium all have World Tour races, while the GREATEST NATION ON EARTH does not have a single race. We need to have a home race to inspire youngsters and return Americans to the TOP of the pro peloton.
Imagine the eyes of the world turning to America, watching an American cyclist winning a sprint down 6th Avenue in New York City or making a decisive attack on the slopes of Pikes Peak in Colorado or leading a charging peloton across the Sedona desert. Imagine a finale in Washington, DC, with a finish right on Constitution Avenue.
No country in the world is better equipped to have a world-class bike race, and it is a disgrace that America has let the rest of the world pass us by in this most egalitarian of sports.
Best personal regards,
Bert B Bertison, PhD