September 9, 2009

Tour of Missouri Stage Two

Scenes from Tuesday's Stage Two of the Tour of Missouri. Cyclists started in Ste. Genevieve and ended the 112-mile day in downtown Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE and TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Tour of Missouri Stage 2 winner Mark Cavendish, left, rounds the final curve from William onto Main for the sprint to the finish line Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, in downtown Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Fans welcome and encourage Tour of Missouri cyclists Tuesday afternoon in New Wells.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Stage 2 winner Mark Cavendish rounds the final curve from William onto Main for the sprint to the finish line of the Tour of Missouri Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, in downtown Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Spectators line the Tour of Missouri route around the Perry County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Columbia leading the chase of the breakaway riders.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com The Tour of Missouri peloton curves along Route B west of Ste. Genevieve Tuesday, September 8, 2009, early in Stage 2, which finished in Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Spectators cheer the Stage 2 start Tuesday morning in Ste. Genevieve.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Christian Vande Velde chats with other cyclists before the start of Stage 2 Tuesday morning, September 8, 2009, in Ste. Genevieve. Vande Velde did not finish Tuesday due to a wrist injury from an accident Monday during Stage 1. Vande Velde's left wrist is taped.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Missouri Highway Patrol officers watch the Tour of Missouri Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, along Route C.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Cyclists round the final curve from William onto Main for the sprint to the finish line of Stage 2 of the Tour of Missouri Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, in downtown Cape Girardeau.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Valle Catholic kindergarteners watch festivities before the Stage 2 Tour of Missouri start in Ste. Genevieve.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Peloton passing the C/CC junction

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Team Type 1 chief mechanic Doug Berner checks seat heights before the start of Tour of Missouri's Stage 2 Tuesday morning, September 8, 2009, in Ste. Genevieve. Signs in many foreign languages welcome riders in the windows of Valle Catholic School.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Frank Pipp, of team Bissell, signs shirts of Valle Catholic School students before Tuesday's Stage 2 race.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com One group of fans at the CC and C intersection

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Cavendish in yellow

Starting point for Stage 2 at Ste. Genevieve

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com The three-man breakaway group around the 75th mile.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Wheels atop a support car for the Tour of Missouri.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Fans helping a rider back on his bike after bike problems on a hill.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Michael Rogers after finish

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Cavendish getting the green jersey

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com The riders passing the 0KM outside of Ste. Genevieve

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Breakaway riders get support from their team vehicles Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, during Stage 2 of the Tour of Missouri.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Cyclists head down a hill on Route B during Stage 2 of the Tour of Missouri Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009, in southeast Missouri.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jelly Belly team bikes await riders early Tuesday in Ste. Genevieve.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Mark Cavendish after Stage 2 win.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Columbia rider pulling the trigger of his gun after the crossing the finish line

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Peloton passing C/CC junction

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Riders passing the 0km outside of Ste. Genevieve to begin the race

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Stage 2 breakaway riders wind through Perry County before being absorbed back in the pelaton near the finish of the Tour of Missouri Tuesday afternoon, September 8, 2009..

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Students lined Perryville roads to cheer for the Tour of Missouri Tuesday.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Some Tour of Missouri fans donned elaborate outfits Tuesday, such as this fan both wearing and carrying the Norwegian flag.

TIM BRUMITT ~ photos@semissourian.com Peloton inside the 1km mark.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Tour of Missouri spectators line Route WW near Charleville Vineyard.

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Scenes from Tuesday's Stage Two of the Tour of Missouri. Cyclists started in Ste. Genevieve and ended the 112-mile day in downtown Cape Girardeau.

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