Here we go again...

It seems our good friend Stuart Dorland of Twenty4sports is at it again. Yesterday it was announced that the World Solo 24 Hours of Adrenalin Championships will be held only one week before the next biggest North American endurance mountain bike event - 24 Hours of Moab.

Huh? So what you say? Well, it simply means that the worlds top endurance riders will have to make a choice. (Several riders are already scratching their heads). Practically speaking they won't be able to do both events as it will be nearly impossible to recover, pack, and travel across the country to compete in a second 24 hour event in only seven days. This means the field will split and water-down the competition at each event.

Clearly this will not be good for the sport in general.

What's amazing, however, is that when the Kerkove suspension went down last year, Dorland continued to defend himself by lashing out at others for "damaging the sport." If you ask me, this looks like a tactic designed to damage the competition and settle old scores between promoters. I'm all for fighting the good fight with the competition in business, but not when your tactics are clearly contradictory to the principals for which you allegedly stand.

Meanwhile, Guitar Ted is asking the right question. Who decided that this race is the "world championship" race anyway? Dorland did...that's who! By simply naming it so. I can't believe that anyone still takes this race seriously with all of Dorland's antics.