About the Tour

Recent history updated April, 2010:

On August 12, 2009, Sand Creek Sports, Inc. filed a Trade Mark application with the US Government for "Tour of Colorado."  The application has been accepted and is being processed.

“Tour of Colorado” is a Trade Name registered with the Colorado Secretary of State by Sand Creek Sports, Inc. This was done in April of 2005. The domain name of “tourofcolorado.com” also belongs to Sand Creek Sports, Inc.

In the summer of 2005, Sand Creek Sports, Inc. began discussions with a Colorado Springs advertising and marketing firm about the development of a Tour of Colorado. For various reasons, that didn't work out but the firm is still very interested and hopeful that someday, a large event will happen. We remain on very good terms.

In the fall of 2006 a brief meeting was held in downtown Colorado Springs with the marketing person for the number one stage race producer in the US. He actually lives here in Colorado Springs. That meeting resulted in two meetings in 2007 at the Colorado State Government level.

The first of these two meetings took place in June of 2007 in the Governor’s Office at the State Capital. The second, a month later with the Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, also in Denver.

While it was always the intention that Sand Creek Sports, Inc. would license the Tour of Colorado to an organization could produce an International stage race, that was not to be. The funding and logistics are huge undertakings and the firm we had hoped to work with was just too busy and had taken on a 3-day International race in August in Colorado which has since been canceled.

So, with Sand Creek Sports, Inc. wanting to bring racing to Colorado, it was decided to it ourselves.

For 2008, 2009 and 2010 the Tour of Colorado is a series of existing Colorado races. And, for the first time ever, some races will be permitted with USA Cycling and some with the American Cycling Association. Several feature State Championship races as well as The State Games of The West!

Sand Creek Sports, Inc. has promised the Tour of Colorado race organizers very little. But, everyone involved will work very hard to make each race a success.  Overall jersey's are awared in several classes.

September 2009 and March 2010 update:

During 2009, Lance Armstrong and Colorado's Governor Bill Ritter had discussions about bringing a major International stage race to Colorado in 2011. In September of 2009, Sand Creek Sports received a call from a Denver, CO area attorney who found us through the Colorado Secretary of State's web site by doing a "Tour of Colorado" search. He said the Governor has asked several people to form an informal and volunteer "task force
(my term) to look into the possibility of organizing a 2011 race and asked if the "Tour of Colorado" Trade Name was available to them.   I met with two of the individuals in Denver in November and confirmed that the Trade Name was available but that terms would have to be worked out or "make me an offer."  They were to get organized and contact me in a few months.  I have had several e-mails and phone conversations and was told recently (this paragraph is being written in March, 2010) that "progress is being made" or words to that effect. This group has registered several a similar Trade Name(s).

Andy Bohlmann

Sand Creek Sports, Inc.