After missing out on an invitation to the Amgen Tour of California when the teams were announced earlier this year, Airgas-Safeway and Chris Horner ran into another obstacle this week when race organisers cancelled the Vuelta a Mexico several days before it was scheduled to start.
Horner and the team altered their plans and included the Mexican tour, a UCI 2.2 race, on their calendar after learning that Tour of California owners AEG had decided not to invite them to the May event.
Horner told Cyclingnews last month that he didn't believe he could be 100 percent for the Mexican race, but he was hoping he and teammate Luis Lemus, a two-time Mexican national champion who has never competed in his home race, could do well there.
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But those plans also came crashing down when the race organisers announced last last week that they were cancelling the race because of a lack of sponsorship support.
"It's really unfortunate," said team general manager Chris Johnson. "Going down to Mexico would have been great to get some racing in the guys' legs. But we're moving on to the next race. We're not angry or anything. We understand."
Airgas-Safeway hastily made plans to compete at this weekend's Chico Stage Race, an early season training race in Northern California. Horner was initially on the start list for the event, but Johnson said logistical issues kept the 2013 Vuelta a Espana champion from starting Friday's road race.
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