Tour of Missouri Champion George Hincapie of Team High Road Announces His Return
American George Hincapie of team High Road will participate in the Tour of Missouri international cycling race, September 8-14, race organizers announced today. Hincapie, a Tour de France stage winner, also will lend his image to marketing the race.
“With my new team High Road, I will attend the Tour of Missouri this September to defend my championship,” said Hincapie, who has already won a stage of the Amgen Tour of California in February, while most recently helping his team win the yellow jersey at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T last week. “Being an Olympic year, I plan on doing the Tour de France, Olympics in Beijing, U.S. National Championships and completing my season at the Tour of Missouri. For me, the race last year was special. The spectators and state were unbelievable. It was special as the last year with Discovery Channel team. I look forward to the race this year with my new team.”
Team High Road, currently ranked No. 1 in the world in many rankings, and Hincapie are the first team to be formally announced by tour organizers. A total of 15 teams with eight cyclists each will be participating, the same event as last year. The September event finishes the first stage in Kansas City and ends seven days later in downtown St. Louis.
Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, chairman of the Tour of Missouri, Inc., added: “George Hincapie is a top world-class athlete and winner of last year’s race. He embellishes everything great about this statewide event. People will come in from around the country to see him and his team perform.”
“George’s commitment to the race is indicative of the popularity this race has attracted after only one year,” said Race Director Jim Birrell. “We expect to build on last year’s tremendous success by fielding a stronger roster of teams and individuals. The word is out this is a great race and now one of the U.S.’s three grand tours along with California and Georgia.”
More teams will be announced in June.
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