says something about the naivety of Norwegians, thinking that having the best application is what mattered. Two years we spent on this application, first an internal competition between several cities to decide which city to get the official nomination and then a year of preparing the application. Recently they were actually optimistic about our chances saying that we were the only ones to officially have applied yet and maybe we would not be challenged. Little did we know that UCI had no intention of actually having a real competition for the event. Just wished they would let us now two years earlier, so we could've saved a lot of money and time.
The interest of cycling in Norway has exploded over the last years with the good results of Hushovd, Boasson Hagen and others and our world championship would've had a big crowd around a hilly course, which will probably be the oppoite of what Qatar can offer.
The interest of cycling in Norway has exploded over the last years with the good results of Hushovd, Boasson Hagen and others and our world championship would've had a big crowd around a hilly course, which will probably be the oppoite of what Qatar can offer.