It started as an unimportant race in NUMBER@1 , but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in LOCATION@1 , it was made a part of the ORGANIZATION@1 Road World Cup in NUMBER@2 .

It started as an unimportant race in NUMBER@1 , but because cycling became very popular in LOCATION@1 it was made a part of the ORGANIZATION@1 Road World Cup in NUMBER@2 .
