The cycling industry is funded by the masses but in terms of innovation and image, it's still largely driven by racing. If you pin on a number each weekend, kudos for helping fuel the sport and maintaining its healthy atmosphere – and if you're doing well, even better. But if those local results are also coming with a Manwich-sized bite of self-entitlement when it comes to endorsement proposals, let me offer a good-intentioned, honest dose of reality: sponsorship is not and has never been about you.

Saturday's Oredigger Classic Canceled.

Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 6, 2013) -- As part of USA Cycling’s ongoing commitment to clean sport, the organization announced today the introduction of RaceClean -- an innovative anti-doping program designed to increase the frequency and effectiveness of in-competition and out-of-competition testing at all levels of competitive cycling in the United States.

"I'm not sure it can get much worse in terms of pro cycling," he said. "So (the quote has) been a mantra for us."