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Cycle Across Missouri

The committee planning Cycle Across Missouri, the Gateway Council of Hostelling International's weeklong bicycle tour of the Show Me State, is hard at work and has set a date, the week of June 11-16, and milage for the ride. It's being billed as the World Tour Ride. Here's the tentative schedule:

• Day 1 Warrenton to Mexico 68.4 Miles
• Day 2 Mexico to Paris 48.5 Miles
• Day 3 Paris to Canton 79.3 Miles
• Day 4 Canton to New London 60.9 Miles
• Day 5 New London to Troy 71.7 Miles
• Day 6 Troy to Warrenton 47.1 Miles

In 2005, CAM really was an Illinois ride for the most part. The 2006 route loops through northeastern Missouri.

Missing from the CAM World Tour are such cosmopolitan destinations as Montreal, a hamlet near the Lake of the Ozarks; California, about 20 miles west of Jefferson City; Essex, about 20 miles west of Sikeston; Glasgow, about 20 miles north of Boonville; Versailles, about 50 miles west of Jefferson City; Milan, a sleepy northern Missouri town; and Manchester and Normandy, both St. Louis suburbs.

The Gateway Council has a big slate of rides this coming year. The popular Five-Star Century series will return in 2006, and other rides such as Tour de Stooges, Moonlight Ramble and the Peach Pedal will return as well. The full schedule should be posted soon at the Gateway Council's Web site.

Roger 0 comments 10:50 PM