Now also a weekend riding buddy of Lisa Nutter's - "a very serious, long-distance cyclist" - Bliss kick-started the idea of bringing a prestigious Women's World Cup race back to Philly - as there hadn't been one here "since 2002." She lured the Nutters to Paris last summer to experience the Tour de France. "The mayor took some flak for it, initially, but I set up a meeting for them with UCI president Brian Cookson and, in remarkably short order, they got the deal done."