Tour of Missouri

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Tour of Missouri
Local name	Tour of Missouri
Region	Missouri
Date	September
Type	Stage Race (2.1 UCI)
General Director	Chris Aronhalt and Jim Birrell
History
First edition	2007
Number of editions	1 (as of 2007)
First winner	George Hincapie
Most wins	George Hincapie - 1
Latest winner	George Hincapie (2007)
Most career Yellow Jerseys	George Hincapie - 4
Most career stage wins	Ivan Dominguez - 2

The Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri that made its debut on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. Run by the same organizers of the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, the inaugural Tour of Missouri was billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The Tour is part of the 2006-2007 UCI America Tour and the inaugural 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour.

The 2008 Tour of Missouri has been announced for September 9-14, 2008. Missouri state officials have announced their intention to support the Tour for three years, with the intention of making it an ongoing annual event.

The Missouri terrain is not mountainous by California and Georgia standards but the initial event saw three of the six stages contested on relentless rolling hills.

Course for the 2008 Tour:

Monday, September 8th 90 mi Saint Joseph to Kansas City
Tuesday, September 9th 125 mi Clinton to Springfield
Wednesday, September 10th 18 mi Branson (Individual Time Trial)
Thursday, September 11th 105 mi Lebanon to Rolla
Friday, September 12th 100 mi St. James to Jefferson City
Saturday, September 13th 110 mi Hermann to St. Charles
Sunday, September 14th 75 mi St. Louis (Circuit)

Total Distance 623 mi

Course for the 2007 Tour:

Day 1: Kansas City, road race, out-and-back course starting and ending in the Plaza
Day 2: Clinton-Springfield, road race
Day 3: Branson, individual time trial
Day 4: Lebanon-Columbia, road race
Day 5: Jefferson City-St. Charles, road race
Day 6: St. Louis, circuit race