The Tour of Missouri is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri and is part of the annual UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. The race is one of the highest profile domestic races in the United States.
The 2009 Tour of Missouri will be held September 7-13 and will be shown live online by UniversalSports. Current champion is Christian Vande Velde .
Team Astana from Spain, Team Columbia-HTC from California/USA, Team Garmin-Slipstream from Colorado/USA, Team Liquigas from Italy, Team Saxo Bank from Denmark, BMC Racing from California/USA, Colavita/ Sutter Home from New jersey/USA, Kelly Benefit Strategies from Minnesota/USA, Jelly Belly from California/USA, Bissell Pro Cycling from Michigan/USA, Cervelo Test Team from Switzerland, OUCH presented by Maxxis from California/USA, Team Type 1 from Wisconsin/USA, Team Quickstep from Belgium, Planet Energy from Canada.
2009 Route/Stages:
Stage 1
September 7, Saint Louis Circuit Race - 75 mi / 120.7 km
Stage 2
September 8, Ste. Genevieve - Cape Girardeau, 112.4 miles / 180.9 km
Stage 3
September 9, Farmington - Rolla, 114.3 mi. / 183.9 km
Stage 4
September 10, St. James - Jefferson City, 109.2 mi / 175.7 km
Stage 5
September 11, Sedalia 19 mi / 30.5 km (Individual Time Trial)
Stage 6
September 12, Chillicothe - St. Joseph 110.3 mi / 177.4 km
Stage 7
September 13, Kansas City circuit race - 72.3 mi / 116.4 km