The International Tour de 'Toona - once billed as "America's Premier Stage Race - will be a shadow of its former self this year.

For 2008, the former seven-stage race is being cut to a single day (criterium) on July 27.

According to a story on cyclingnews.com, race organizers "needed a break" after contending with lawsuits related to a former race director and a rider injured in the 2005 edition, deaths of committee members and recent sponsorship struggles.