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I don't know if you're familiar with the history of professional cycling but I really think the Coors Classic stage race NEVER was one of the world's leading cycling events. In 1985 the most important cycling events were (and still are) the World Championship race and classic races such as Milano-San Remo, Flanders, Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Lombardia and then of course there were the top stage races with the 3 grand Tours (France, Italy, Spain) then the Tour of Switzerland and then a few other events like Romandie, Catalunya, Dauphiné... And then smaller one-week races like Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, Pais Vasco... The Coors Classic, as essential as it may be in the history of American bike racing, was never that important. 86.73.94.5 (talk) 08:56, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's probably a topic for discussion at the Coors Classic article, which begins:
The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor, the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in 1975. Over the years, the event became America's national tour, listed as the fourth largest race in the world after the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.
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