There's a Tour of Missouri Press Conference we'll be covering today, but these guys claim to already know the inside skinny.

P.M.: These guys were dead on. A start in St. Joseph plus an extra day of racing. The accounting folks crunched the numbers for last year's race and figured the event had a 26.2 million dollar economic impact. In a good way.

The complete list of host cities and stage description here at the Official TOM site.

The folks at the Missouri Bicycle Racing Association have the 2008 racing schedule posted. Also note the "Tuesday Night Worlds" criteriums in Carondolet Park have been added. The Kansas Cycling Association calendar includes events on the KC side of the state plus.