Comments on: Tour de Taiwan finishes in Taipei http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/ commentary on all things Taiwanese — Taiwan Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David on Formosa » At the Taipei Cycle Show http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/comment-page-1/#comment-12396 David on Formosa » At the Taipei Cycle Show Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:20:10 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/#comment-12396 [...] I visited the Taipei International Cycle Show on Saturday afternoon after watching the final stage of the Tour [...] [...] I visited the Taipei International Cycle Show on Saturday afternoon after watching the final stage of the Tour [...]

]]> By: David Reid http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/comment-page-1/#comment-12392 David Reid Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:40:51 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/#comment-12392 Marc, there was a crew from ESPN covering the race, but I agree the promotion of the event was poor. They had a field of quality riders. The teams from Australia, the US and Europe were top class and some of the Asian riders were also very competitive. I think for all the brains and talent in Taiwan they are a lot of simple things that they don't seem to be able to get right. It is so easy to register the domain name www.tourdetaiwan.com and set up a decent website in English, but try even finding the official website. Then once you get to it it is difficult to get any useful information. I saw a few flags around Taipei promoting the event, but none of them showed the exact time and location of the race. It annoys me to see that just a little more attention to detail could make things so much better. Marc, there was a crew from ESPN covering the race, but I agree the promotion of the event was poor. They had a field of quality riders. The teams from Australia, the US and Europe were top class and some of the Asian riders were also very competitive.

I think for all the brains and talent in Taiwan they are a lot of simple things that they don’t seem to be able to get right. It is so easy to register the domain name http://www.tourdetaiwan.com and set up a decent website in English, but try even finding the official website. Then once you get to it it is difficult to get any useful information.

I saw a few flags around Taipei promoting the event, but none of them showed the exact time and location of the race. It annoys me to see that just a little more attention to detail could make things so much better.

]]> By: taipeimarc http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/comment-page-1/#comment-12309 taipeimarc Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:31:52 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2007/03/tour-de-taiwan-finishes-in-taipei/#comment-12309 Hi David, I would have loved to joined you to watch the race, but I really had no idea this event was taking place today. Lack of promotion means another botched opportunity for Taiwan, home of several world class bicycle manufacturers. Its strange that if you turn on ESPN every so often you can catch a great bike race, like the tours in Malaysia, but here in Taiwan, it is a non-event. When will they figure this out? I know the Tour of Taiwan has been going on for many years and Taiwan has spectacular scenery for a high quality race, but the organizers just seem to be so in the dark about promoting this event. - marc Hi David,
I would have loved to joined you to watch the race, but I really had no idea this event was taking place today.

Lack of promotion means another botched opportunity for Taiwan, home of several world class bicycle manufacturers. Its strange that if you turn on ESPN every so often you can catch a great bike race, like the tours in Malaysia, but here in Taiwan, it is a non-event. When will they figure this out?

I know the Tour of Taiwan has been going on for many years and Taiwan has spectacular scenery for a high quality race, but the organizers just seem to be so in the dark about promoting this event. – marc

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