Things are looking grim for WiSport, Wisconsin’s non-USA Cycling organization for road racing. This email hit my inbox today:
Not too many years ago, WiSport could boast a very full schedule of road races and time trials … more of both, in fact, than were held in the criterium-heavy Wisconsin Cycling Association series. My very first bike race was a WiSport road race in Omro in 2006, and I did a handful of others over the years when the organization still had a presence in southeastern Wisconsin. Recent seasons have been dominated by races in corners of the state that are too far from me to be appealing. Washburn, for example, is almost 400 miles from home.
At the height of its popularity, WiSport could draw hundreds of racers to remote locations like Washburn, Grand View, and Park Falls. There was a strong sense of community, fueled in no small part by a prevailing anti-USA Cycling sentiment. Now, it looks like the game is up, and that’s a shame.
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