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Tour de Donut column

Amanda St. Amand of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote a column about Saturday's Tour de Donut bicycle "race" in Staunton, Ill.

Generally, I thought she did do a good job with the column, but there were a few holes in it. For example:

The race was born in 1989, the creation of a group of Staunton cyclists who thought a race spoofing the Tour de France would be a natural.

Actually, the group was the Mid-America Bicycle Club. Only one of the ride's co-founders was from Staunton, Mark Pace. Joe Booth was living in Wood River, Ed Taylor was living in Bethalto, and I was living in Alton at the time.

I wish she would have taken the time to talk to one of the ride's co-founders about the ride's beginnings. While I wouldn't been able to talk to her because I work at a competing newspaper, one of the other co-founders could have added some great insights about the ride's origins.

Nevertheless, I'm glad Mandy gave the ride the attention it deserves.

I, sadly, won't be there this year. I have to work on a special section for the Belleville News-Democrat, and my work has to be done Saturday before I go on vacation. No, I'm not doing a weeklong trip this time around, but I hope to get some long rides in next week.

Roger 0 comments 8:56 PM