| Sooner Stampede Sunday (The Norman Transcript) The 2009 Sooner Stampede bicycle race will begin at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the Clear Bay area of Lake Thunderbird.In-person registration will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday. Registration also can be done online at active. | Newburgh bicycle race draws concerns about damage to Downing Park (Middletown Times Herald-Record) CITY OF NEWBURGH ? Bike racers on Saturday and Sunday will crisscross the eastern ridge of Downing Park over and over, probably with no idea of the obstacles they?d already passed. |
| Jerseyite wins College Point race (Queens Courier) They came from all over the United States ? young adults to senior citizens alike ? to compete in the ninth annual Queens Half Marathon. | Report: Tour of Missouri needs fiscal policy guide (Park Hills Daily Journal) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ? The nonprofit group running the Tour of Missouri needs to improve its financial management of the $3.3 million bicycle race, according to an accountants? review released Monday. |
| Study: Tour of Mo. spectators spent $38.1 million (Park Hills Daily Journal) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ? About half a million people watched the weeklong Tour of Missouri bicycle race last month and they spent $38.1 million, according to a study presented Thursday. | Armstrong calls Mo. Gov. about Tour of Missouri (Park Hills Daily Journal) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has called Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to thank him for funding this year?s Tour of Missouri bicycle race. |
| Cavendish withdraws from Tour of Missouri (Park Hills Daily Journal) ST. JAMES, Mo. (AP) ? Britain?s Mark Cavendish withdrew from the Tour of Missouri on Thursday with an infection his team said had spread to his lungs, becoming the second top contender to drop out of the weeklong race. | Norwegian ?God of Thunder? Storms to Stage 3 Win and Yellow Jersey at 2009 Tour of Missouri (Park Hills Daily Journal) ROLLA ? In a chaotic sprint after a day of serpentine climbing, sprinter Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) edged out Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) for the Stage 3, presented by Emerson, win today at the Tour of Missouri. Argentina's Haedo crossed the line with Italy's Dario Cataldo (Quick Step), both two/tenths of a second behind Hushovd. Hushovd finished in 4 hours, 26 minutes, 50.4 seconds. |
| Politics blog: Texas GOP ridicules Obama?s Nobel (Dallas Morning News) In an e-mailed fund-raising appeal, Republicans tell jokes suggesting that Barack Obama might also win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the Tour De France, a Cy Young, and the NASCAR Sprint Cup.bwith | Tour de France winner Albert Contador plans return trip to Britain (Times Online) The Tour de France winner Alberto Contador proved the biggest draw at the annual Cycle Show. |