2008 Tour of Missouri

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Stages 7 Winning time 21h 23' 26"		Distance 601.2 mi (967.5 km) Second Michael Rogers (AUS)
Dates September 8–September 14 Winner Christian Vande Velde (USA)

The 2008 Tour of Missouri is the second annual edition of a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri. It began on September 8, 2008 with seven days of racing. Run by same organizers as the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour of Missouri is being billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The race will be broadcast on Universal Sports, a network being carried on the digital subchannels of twenty-one television stations throughout the country.

Stage 1

8 September 2008 — Saint Joseph to Kansas City, 90 mi (145 km)

Stage 2

9 September 2008 — Clinton to Springfield, 125 mi (201 km)

Stage 3

10 September 2008 — Branson, 18 mi (29 km) (Individual Time Trial)

Stage 4

11 September 2008 — Lebanon to Rolla, 105 mi (169 km)

Stage 5

12 September 2008 — St. James to Jefferson City, 100 mi (161 km)

Stage 6

13 September 2008 — Hermann to St. Charles, 1,105 mi (1,778 km)

Stage 7

14 September 2008 — St. Louis, 53.2 mi (86 km)

Participating teams

UCI ProTour Teams

LIQ - Team Liquigas

THR - Team Columbia

UCI Professional Continental Teams

BMC - BMC Racing Team

TSL - Garmin-Chipotle presented by H30

UCI Continental Teams—America Tour

BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team

COL - Colovita Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light

HNM - Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis

JBC - Jelly Belly Cycling Team

KBM - Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast

RRC - Rock Racing

SYM - Symmetrics Cycling Team

TUA - Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara

TUP - Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Team—Europe Tour

RB3 - Rabobank

TSP - Team Sparkasse

References

2008 Tour of Missouri Wikipedia

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