The Tour de Missouri is finally here.
My excitement about the race stems not from my love for the sport, but from my love for small town, Missouri. Small towns along the race route will be the recipients of a lot of press and a temporary boom in commerce.
Last night, Tour de Missouri was featured on Fox Sports Midwest. My friends and I sat watching footage of world-class bicylcists riding down state highways in Ste. Genevieve County. It was awesome. Today’s footage will include my small Missouri downtown as Stage 3 kicks off here, in Farminton.
I snagged a couple of behind-the-scenes shots of Tour de Missouri folks painting a mural on Main Street last night with my Blackberry.
Before Dinner:
Tour de Missouri mural, photo by smalltowngirl
After Dinner:
nighttime street painters, photo by smalltowngirl
Here’s to small town street art and big time bike racing. Good luck to today’s racers, and for those of you lucky enough to get off work to go downtown to watch the start this morning, have fun!
Very cool event. Was in St. Louis and I missed it this year. It’s really turning into something these last few years.
I got to see them ride through Cape yesterday.
How cool!
Also cool that you live in Farminton. I live in southern Illinois. I am about 3 hours away from you. Nice to meet someone in the same region.
I’m not a fan of the sport either but it was fun to be part of the experience this morning! They announced that there is a Tour of Britain and Tour of Spain going on at the same time, and these world class athletes chose to come to Missouri. How cool is this for the entire state!
[...] I blogged about a street mural that was painted in Farmington, Missouri the evening before the Tour de Missouri Stage 3 Kickoff in September, 2009. On Saturday, I discovered another public art display inspired by Tour de Missouri, this one in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. [...]
[...] I blogged about a street mural that was painted in Farmington, Missouri the evening before the Tour de Missouri Stage 3 Kickoff in September, 2009. [...]