Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish retained the yellow jersey after Stage 2 of the Tour of Missouri as he led the pack again into Cape Girardeau. Cavendish and the pack had to catch three riders who pulled away after most of the riders stopped for "potty break" a code among riders.
About 90 minutes into Stage 2, more than half the riders stopped, but three riders who were just behind the lead pack surged ahead and led by almost five minutes, but Cavendish and the lead pack caught them in Cape and Cavendish made a final surge to win the stage.
Last year’s winner Christian Vande Velde had to pull out of the race early on Tuesday after he broke his hand in a fall during the circuit race in St. Louis. Stage 3 starts today in Farmington at 11am and wraps up in Rolla.
