DVR Alert!  This Saturday the Versus cable TV channel will air a two-hour recap of the Tour of Missouri, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  It will repeat on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Versus is on Channel 55 on Time Warner Cable, 46 on Comcast Missouri, 27 on Comcast Kansas, 603 on DirecTV, and [...]

Roadies were certainly the focus of Missouri’s bicycle world last week, but the Tour of Missouri isn’t the only race bringing folks into the state.  This weekend mountain bikers from all over the country will be here for the second annual 24 Hours of Landahl, organized by the same folks who run the famous 24 [...]

Commute by Bike has a great post on commuting with kids with links to several resources for transitioning kids from sidewalks and trails onto city streets. If you are a cyclist with kids, this is a must-read post.

[ October 6, 2007; 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] This benefit ride for Kansas Citians living with HIV/AIDS offers 10, 18, and 35 mile rides along the Mill Creek Streamway trail in Johnson County.

More info at www.aidswalkkansascity.org/ride

The Tour’s “official” live feeds for tracking and video seems pretty useless so far. Text-only updates are available at VeloNews and Cycling News. The latter also has a feed for mobile devices.
Yesterday’s official results have also been posted, and the local boys had a respectable showing. Springfield native Charles Huff placed 6th [...]

Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez is the winner! Here’s the recap from VeloNews and the official results.
More coverage:

KC Star article, photos, video, and Mike Hendricks’ column
Video and photos from WDAF-TV
Photos on Flickr
NY Times/AP coverage

O’Dowd’s Irish pub is hosting a Tour watch party on the roof-top deck of their Plaza location, just steps away from the start/finish line.
4742 Pennsylvania, KCMO 64111 (map) and www.odowdslittledublin.com.
Join us at O’Dowd’s on our rooftop deck and help kick off the TOUR OF MISSOURI.
We’ve got the BEST place on the Plaza to watch the [...]

Yesterday’s Tour of Champions ride was a smashing success.  Organizers where blown away by the tournout.  Anywhere between 600 and 1000 people showed up to ride the Tour of Missouri’s Stage 1 course and support Eldon Rousch.  The Podium Cafe blog has some photos.

For anyone interested stalking the tour, it looks like the KCI Hilton is the headquarters hotel, I-29 and NW 112th Street. The parking lot is full of ToM official vehicles and the Discovery Channel team’s vehicles.

More photos on ER forum

Here are some tips for watching the Tour of Missouri’s KC Stage on Tuesday. You have two basic options - 1) The start/finish line on the Plaza and 2) along the route.
Start/Finish Line - It all begins and ends on the Country Club Plaza, so that’s the place to be if you want to [...]