See also: Full roster for Tour of Missouri bike race
Only in its third year, the 2009 Tour of Missouri — which rolls out Monday through Sunday — will be one of the easiest bike races for most of us to follow from online and broadcast outlets than any previous bike race in the US.
Universal Sports and the Tour of Missouri websites will offer live videostream daily coverage of the last two hours of each bike race stage (Monday through Sunday);
Versus cable network will broadcast a 30-minute recap show of the day's highlights every morning at 1 a.m. (EST) (Tuesday through Monday) or midnight (CT) nightly (Monday through Sunday);
Fox Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Kansas City will offer a 30-minute wrap up show nightly (Monday through Sunday);
And local TV affiliates KMOV.com (St. Louis) will offer the end of Stage 1 and KMBC.com (Kansas City) will offer the end of Stage 7.
The schedule
Here's a bike race schedule and the webcast schedule for Universal Sports (all times ET):
Monday, Stage 1: St. Louis circuit race — 75 miles: 3:30 p.m. (ET) start, 6:10-6:45 p.m. finish; live coverage 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Stage 2: Ste. Genevieve to Cape Girardeau — 112.4 miles: noon (ET) start, 4 – 5:15 p.m. finish; live coverage 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Stage 3: Farmington to Rolla — 114 miles: noon (ET) start, 4:10 – 5:15 p.m. finish; live coverage 3 p.m.
Thursday, Stage 4: St. James to Jefferson City — 109.2 miles: 3 p.m. (ET) start, 6:45 – 8 p.m. finish; live coverage 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Stage 5: Sedalia (individual time trial) — 19 miles : 3 p.m. (ET) start, 6 p.m. finish; live coverage 4 p.m.
Saturday, Stage 6: Chillicothe to St. Joseph — 110.3 miles: 2 p.m. (ET) start, 6 – 7 p.m. finish; live coverage at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Stage 7: Kansas City — 72.3 miles: 3 p.m. (ET) start, 6 – 7 p.m. finish; live coverage at 4:30 p.m.
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