Neither Tom Simpson or Velo Bella will be hosting any UCI races this
season.

Tom has tried for 3 years to make it cost effective and has finally
decided to focus on the local racing scene only.

It only took one time of taking a financial bath to host such an event
for me to give it up.

Besides the cost of hosting a UCI race, there are a lot of things that
happen that can conflict with the local racer's experience. Its tough
having to make those compromises.

But the main issue is cost. A UCI race is expensive and the cost cannot
be recaptured on just entry fees alone. Promotors need to find
significant sponsorship to make it work.

We'd rather focus on keeping a great local series alive, with a focus
on a fun course (that might even break a few USCF rules) and fast
results and good times and encouragement of beginners and funny
costumes and great racing.

See you in a few months!

Sabine

--- In bayareacyclocross@yahoogroups.com, GreggD <grzeggy@...> wrote:
>
> Forgive me if I've missed previous posts or news, I've just joined
the
> bayarecyclocross group.
> Looking at the current UCI 'cross schedule for 2006, I find
absolutely
> no California UCI races listed. Is this just a temporary thing while
> local promoters work out details, or something decided upon? Anyone
> know about this?
> -GreggD
>