Las Vegas is well known as the land of the ridiculous and the press conference for the recently announced Tour of America held true to this.
Talk of a new race first came out during the Interbike show that took place this week. But with wild claims of a bigger event than the Tour de France coming from a group that few in the sport had heard of, the idea of a Tour of America wasn't being taken seriously.
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