In contemplating the word that best describes the 2008 Tour of Missouri, "speed" was the first thing that came to mind.

The second ToM was ridden at a blistering pace, 27.3 miles per hour, which is…

In the course of a year, the state of Missouri has had a front-row seat in the growth and maturation of the American professional cycling team owned by Slipstream Sports.

A year ago at the inaugural Tour of Missouri, Slipstream-Chipotle celebrated…

One of the fascinating things about professional bike racing is the team car parking lot on race day.

It’s like venturing into 15 locker rooms, open not only to team personnel and media but also to the spectators, who mingle with…

Team Columbia is running short on time in its quest to regain the yellow jersey at the Tour of Missouri.

Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian VandeVelde took the yellow Wednesday by winning the 18-mile uphill time trial in Branson, and Columbia set a blistering…

Moments after crossing the finishing line of Stage 4, Christian VandeVelde rolled up to the Garmin-Chipotle team bus, wincing just a bit in his yellow jersey as he climbed off his Felt racing machine.

But then, the wince transformed into a…

Welp, ol’ 10 Speed picked Garmin-Chipotle’s David Zabriskie to win the 18-mile uphill time trial in Stage 3, and hence the Tour of Missouri, so I’m gonna stick with my pick for Wednesday’s stage

(Just to be certain, I asked Garmin-Chipotle…

Often in bike races, teams and riders form alliances to work together, whether it be riders from different teams taking pulls on a breakaway, or different teams riding at the front of the peloton to pull  back a breakaway.

But Team…

Most — well, all — of the prerace Tour of Missouri buzz focused on the U.S.’s two big teams, Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle, but that doesn’t mean the race will be solely the Columbia/Garmin show.

“Every team has something to prove,” defending…

Photo by Kathleen Nelson

Mark Cavendish of American team Columbia thundered across the finishing line Monday afternoon in Kansas City, winning the first stage of the second Tour of Missouri.

The victory was Cavendish’s 15th of the season on the road, which…

There’s one thing I can state for certain about the second edition of the Tour of Missouri: We won’t see a repeat of last year’s decisive Stage 2 breakaway.

That 12-man  breakaway, which put nearly 15 minutes into the peloton, essentially…