The German Cycling Tour will not take place in 2009. Low viewing ratings led to a lack of sponsorship, forcing the organizers to abandon the race for next year.
The low ratings are blamed on the doping cases. People argue that sports fans have no interest anymore to follow a tainted game.
**HELLOOOO**
Sports fans are not watching cycling not because of doping... they're not watching because cycling is a crap spectator sport! Baseball is more affected by doping cases in recent times, and still millions of Americans keep tuning in to watch the Rays and Red Sox, and the Phillies in the World Series.
If you wanna see the sights the cyclists ride through, go watch the Travel Channel. If you wanna see speed, go watch MotoGP. Granted, cycling at speeds averaging 50 km/h through mountains is a monumental physical effort. That doesn't make it a sport I wanna tune into more than I wanna see paint dry.
If you're blaming doping on cycling's doom, you're severely overestimating cycling's value in the global landscape.
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