Tour of Missouri stage 4 is a 169 km long and starts in the southcentral agricultural hub city of Lebanon. Edward Jones sprint lines will be contested at Fort Leonard Wood and Richland en route to a finish adjacent to the campus of the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The stage also features long stretches in the Mark Twain National Forest and three Mich ULTRA KOMs, with perhaps the toughest climb, a nasty 12% climb outside of Waynesville. The route also tracks on and off the famous Route 66. Touted as ‘deceivingly tough”, this may be the surprise stage of the race, according to race organizers.

Stage 4 is scheduled to start at 11:00 and finish at 15:00.