The Tour of Missouri took to the roads of ole Missoura, not Missouri but Missoura. Really who says that?!!?!? ITS MISSOURI!!!!!!!!! Say it like it reads. Ok the race waspretty cool to follow online and see BIG time racers right here in our state. I saw 3 of the stage finishes over the course of the weekend. Rode down to Jeff City Friday to catch the finish, then in St. Charles, and finally a few blocks over the from house on Market St today. It was pretty amazing how close you can get to the teams and all there equipment. The lessor known riders hung out more outside there team cars and the big name guys came out for autographs and then jumped right on the bike. I hung out with a Rock Racing rider Justin Williams for a few minutes picking his brain about what it was like riding in the Tour. This guy is only 19 years and is the current reigning U23 National Crit Champion. He also recently beat the Cuban Missle in a sprint finish about a month ago out in Cali. This was his first stage race and he is very excited to return to the Tour of MO next year. I also got a jersey autographed for a friend Dan, of a rider that won the 2005 National Road Race that was in Philly. Dan had a jersey that he has been holding onto for the last ten years to get it signed by Chris Wherry (only j/k about Dan holding out for ten years, that gives the story alittle more kick though!!)
The Hub was out in full force too, had a good time hanging with the guys.
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Totally worth the wait!
Just kidding. Thanks for getting that done!
Actually, I think that jersey first came out (for the public) in 1993 because of, you guessed it, Lance Armstrong's 1993 USPRO RR win in Philly! Along with his famous Motorola stars and stripes jersey, that has now been reprinted/re-distributed. But not that USPRO Philly jersey... those are actually pretty damn hard to find now.
It's a good picture... but where's my Toyota-United cap??! =)
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