2012 Exergy Tour Brings Back Women's Elite Pro Road Cycling to Idaho

Pro female cyclists are due to visit Idaho later this year to participate in a five-day stage race, which could help determine competitors in the 2012 London Olympics, a decade after a previous tour for elite female riders in the state died due to lack of funding.

cooperate - while making sure riders from across the globe traveling with teams with limited budgets have safe, comfortable places to stay once they arrive in Boise.

"It took a year to do this, go around and get everyone's approval," Rabdau continued and concluded "I'm hoping for the very best. The women deserve to have a great race in the U.S. again."