2008 Tour of Missouri

The 2008 Tour of Missouri was 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 was 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

Stage 2

 * 9 September 2008 — Clinton to Springfield, 125 mi

Stage 3

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

Stage 4

 * 11 September 2008 — Lebanon to Rolla, 105 mi

Stage 5

 * 12 September 2008 — St. James to Jefferson City, 100 mi

Stage 6

 * 13 September 2008 — Hermann to St. Charles, 110.5 mi

Stage 7

 * 14 September 2008 — St. Louis, 53.2 mi

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