Living here in Georgia, the Tour de Georgia was HUGE and mainly because of Lance - but I truly think the cycling world missed on any opportunity to create new 'rock stars'. The Tour de Georgia was poorly covered, with OLN condensing it down to an hour show two or three weeks later. Then OLN starts the "Lance Chronicles" which I can understand - Lance is a special athlete - but when will Lance try to promote cycling here in the states instead of just Lance all the time? I give credit to Lance for championing cancer and bringing the issue to such a stage, but why not champion his sport?
I think America can fall in love with cycling, but they need somebody to tell them who to fall in love with - somebody other than Lance.