Robert Jackson

http://deadspin.com/remembering-the-tour-de-trump-donald-trumps-failed-bik-1735454622

Donald Trump, a talking tube of bronzer, is a man of leisure and failed
investments. Right around the end of the 1980s, he expanded with a truly
catastrophic series of investments which led him to declare his first of
four corporate bankruptcies in 1991. There was Trump Airlines, Trump: The
Game, and the Taj Mahal hotel and casino in Atlantic City. But less
remembered is his sponsored bike race, which stands as one of the stranger
episodes of American cycling history.

It was branded the Tour de Trump, a simultaneous ode to the biggest bike
race in the world and the titular mortadella critter. As to why he didn’t
name it after the region the race would run through, Trump said
,
“we could, if we wanted to have a less successful race. If we wanted to
downscale it.”

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Jon Myers via OBRA
wrote:

> Actually Donald Trump is buying the Crusade. He is tired of winning in
> politics and now wants to win with bicycle race promotion. The series is
> going to be renamed Trump's Crusade. It is going to be BIG.
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Jon Myers

Actually Donald Trump is buying the Crusade. He is tired of winning in politics and now wants to win with bicycle race promotion. The series is going to be renamed Trump's Crusade. It is going to be BIG.

CXripperPDX

On behalf of all Portland mud-grippers-n-rippers, I would like to extend a HUGE congratulations to USAC and the WA CX promoters for acquiring The Cross Crusade series for 2016! It may not be the same without Brad Ross running the show, but the local crowd will be sure to make sure it has the usual "we wish we were Belgian" feel!