[NCNCA] McLane Pacific back on

[Rick Teale]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news2


McLane Pacific back on 


The McLane Pacific Cycling Classic has become the MERCO Credit Union Cycling
Classic, presented by McLane Pacific. After being announced as cancelled
last week, the local newspaper in Merced ran an article that enraged local
business owners and community personalities with the thought of not having
the popular event in 2007. 

The day of the article headlined "Bike Race in Jeopardy" on the front page,
race directors Doug Fluetsch and Steve Hale were contacted by several
companies about the situation at hand. "The feedback from the community has
been absolutely amazing. We had just began talks with Toyota, thanks to
connections with Sean Tucker of Toyota-United Pro, when suddenly the local
article ran. Our phones rang constantly and suddenly we had more options
than we could sort through", commented Hale. 

Phone calls came from new supporters, continued supporters and from the
Mayor of the City of Merced. "You can't let this go without a fight, I won't
let this go without a fight, we can still fix this" were the comments made
by Mayor Ellie Wooten to Fluetsch. "With the previous success of the classic
built on relationships, it only made sense that we continue a relationship
we have had for years and so we opted to increase the involvement of MERCO
Credit Union and have signed a 5 year agreement with them" stated Fluetsch. 

The new agreement will allow the MERCO Credit Union Classic, presented by
McLane Pacific to exceed the requirements set by USA Cycling for its NRC
series with the hopes of the event continuing as an early season tradition
for the NRC. "This confirms just what a cycling event can mean to a
community like Merced. It is far more important than I could have ever
envisioned years ago" continued Fluetsch. 

 
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