Photo by Ken Conley

The unofficial rumor at this year's Tour de Georgia was that it was to be the last. In fact, it was that unofficial rumor that was part of my impetus for choosing to shot it instead of the Tour of Missouri. Although this year's event was great and contained fun new additions like a team time trial on race track -- please add this to the Tour of California! -- it was clear that the money was not there like it was for the Tour of California and Missouri.

CyclingNews has promoted this rumor to more official status. Funding is not there for the race and attendance has not been able to survive the post-Armstrong effect. It could either be postponed or scraped altogether. To throw in some more unofficial rumors, a lot of people have been saying that the scrapping of the Tour de Georgia will give the Tour of California more room to spread its wings -- a later date on the calendar could open access to California's more majestic mountain scenery, which is usually too snow-covered in February.