Originally Posted by
LorenzoNF
I can see why - Yosemite is already way overcrowded during the summer, and add a stage of the ToC? It'd be chaos. But it would be fantastic.
There are plenty of climbs in the Sierras outside of Yosemite, though.
they always manage to pull off rolling through national parks in the giro, vuelta & le tour.
the race could avoid the valley where 90% of the visitors head anyway. methinks the real
reason is that none of the east side sierra towns-save mammoth or maybe bishop-would
be willing to pony up the bucks for a drive-by or stage finish.