| Series | UCI America Tour |
|---|---|
| Date | September 8–September 14 |
| Stages | 7 |
| Distance | 601.2 |
| Unit | mi |
| Time | 21h 23' 26" |
| First | Christian Vande Velde |
| First nat | USA |
| First team | Team Garmin–Chipotle |
| First color | yellow |
| Second | Michael Rogers |
| Second nat | AUS |
| Second team | Team Columbia |
| Third | Svein Tuft |
| Third nat | CAN |
| Third team | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
| Points | Mark Cavendish |
| Points nat | GBR |
| Points team | Team Columbia |
| Points color | green |
| Mountains | Dominique Rollin |
| Mountains nat | CAN |
| Mountains team | Toyota–United |
| Mountains color | light blue |
| Youth | Roman Kreuziger |
| Youth nat | CZE |
| Youth team | Team Liquigas |
| Youth color | white |
| Team | Team Columbia |
| Team nat | USA |
| Previous | 2007 |
| Next | 2009 |
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.[1]
Stage
Stage 1
- 8 September 2008 — Saint Joseph to Kansas City, 90 mi (145 km)
Stage 1 Results
| General Classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2
- 9 September 2008 — Clinton to Springfield, 125 mi (201 km)
Stage 2 Results
| General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
- 10 September 2008 — Branson, 18 mi (29 km) (Individual Time Trial)
Stage 3 Results
| General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
Stage 4 Results
| General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
- 12 September 2008 — St. James to Jefferson City, 100 mi (161 km)
Stage 5 Results
| General Classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6
- 13 September 2008 — Hermann to St. Charles, 110.5 mi (178 km)
Stage 6 Results
| General Classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7
- 14 September 2008 — St. Louis, 53.2 mi (86 km)
Stage 7 Results
| General Classification after Stage 7
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Jersey progress
| Stage (Winner) | General Classification | Young Classification | Mountains Classification | Sprint Classification | Aggressive Rider | Team Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 (Mark Cavendish) | Mark Cavendish | Mark Cavendish | Dominique Rollin | Mark Cavendish | Martin Kohler | |
| Stage 2 (Mark Cavendish) | Andy Guptill | |||||
| Stage 3 (Christian Vande Velde) | Christian Vande Velde | Steven Cozza | ||||
| Stage 4 (Michael Barry) | Roman Kreuziger | Eric Baumann | Michael Barry | |||
| Stage 5 (Boy van Poppel) | Mark Cavendish | David Veilleux | ||||
| Stage 6 (Mark Cavendish) | ||||||
| Stage 7 (Francesco Chicchi) | ||||||
| Final | Christian Vande Velde | Roman Kreuziger | Dominique Rollin | Mark Cavendish | Jeff Louder | Team Columbia |
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