Tour of Missouri

Here's some photos from last week's Tour of Missouri. My personal impressions were that it was a succssful race. Missouri folks were happy to have us there and all in all it was well organized. Unless the organizers face any sponorship problems I forsee that the race will be back next year. For me it was a fun race. We have a great staff and the morale of everyone from staff to riders was very positive. Being the last race of the season you could tell there was some tired folks but the atmosphere was friendly and relaxed. It was a good way to end the road season. Many of the faces we will not see until next year.

Whoa! The last entry was quite a comment fest. As Chris D. can see I have several fans of my work and good looks/charm.
Thanks to you comment posters for sticking up for me. Take that Chris! AH, it's all in good fun. Here's to you Chris Davidson - Chief Bartender of the caravan.


Mechanic Fernando from Navigators. He keeps a neat and tidy truck.

Mechanic "Blackhands" Eric. Keeps it working like a swiss watch.

DFL-Cyclingnews Mechanic. I don't know this guy but he is a mechanic. Teams from overseas have to work out of rental trucks. With all of the teams spliced into one or two water sources it always a gamble how the water pressure will be out of your hose. I let him splice into my hose which killed my water pressure. We had to offset each other so we weren't rinsing at the same time.

Mechanic Chris. Entertaining his fans and making things shiny.


Tecos is a huge team in Mexico and were here for the race. Eric and I couldn't stop saying Tecos all week. It just rolls off your tongue. I think it means or references "owl."

One day a lady walked by and commented that Rachel has the best job.

Missouri fans checking out our bikes.


"You can tell by the way he walks, he's a cycling star, no time to talk."


Hey! After a few hours of trying I figured out how to post videos! Check out this video from the last day of the Tour of Missouri in the final sprint. It shows how fast these guys go in a sprint and unfortunately in this one how these guys put themselves on the line each time they race. I heard Brad got up and walked away but I don't know the extent of any injuries. He's probably pretty sore.


...and his bike flipped into the peloton but caused no other crashes. Amazing how fast this all happens and it doesn't faze us! This is way better than NASCAR!

Cheers,
DOUG