The National Racing Calendar (NRC) Tour de Toona was forced to reduce from an originally scheduled six-day event to a four-day stage race due to a lack of community support from two of the participating towns. According to race director Larry Bilotto, despite the loss of two stages, there will be a quality field in attendance raring to take on the mountainous race held from July 6-10 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
The two stages that were cancelled included the stage one 100 kilometre circuit race located in the city of Hollidaysburg and the stage four 122.8km circuit race in Martinsburg. Both stages have played a key role in the overall classification during previous years.
