borrowed_idea2 wrote:
I think it’s fair to ask why they’re bailing on Austin. What makes this sound race so much better? Why is a smaller field best for the BTC athletes? I think we all want to see the presumed best training group out there competing against others beyond a limited field, or “perfect” setup, whatever that means. As mentioned before, this has probably been in the works for awhile, but I’m a fan sick of seeing fields be diluted by crap like this. Nothing to get worked up about sure, but these are fair questions to ask,
Probably for the same reason BTC ran their own time trials last summer instead of competing against other Oregon-based training groups -- Schumacher can control the pace if the field is all BTC. If athletes from other groups are in the race, he can't.