2014 Tour of Kansas City: Gran Fondo & Fun Ride Rider Guide

Tour of Kansas City Gran Fondo Riders: Click here to view timing results.

Are you registered for the 2014 Tour of Kansas City, our Foundation's biggest annual fundraiser?  If you are not--go here and register now!

If you are registered for one or both rides--here is your guide to registration, check-in and all the details you'll need to know to make your TKC Gran Fondo or TKC Fun Ride a big success:

2014 Tour of Kansas City Rider Guide

Thanks so much for registering for the Tour of Kansas City Grand Fondo and/or Fun Ride this weekend.

Below is all the information you need to pick up your packet and have a great time this weekend!

Most important info

• Before you come to packet pickup please print and complete your rider waiver - click to download the waiver.
• Both rides leave at 7:30am:
  • Gran Fondo: Saturday, June 21^st 7:30am, New Longview, Lee’s Summit (Google  map, printable venue map)
  • Fun Ride: Sunday, June 22^nd 7:30am, Cliff Drive, Kansas City (Google  map, printable venue map)
• Printable ride route maps, gps route files, etc, are below.
• You can check in just before the ride or come to an early packet pickup and save some time standing in line.  Details below.

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In your registration packet you will find:

1)   Saturday Riders: Bib tag, sticker set, safety pins, and yellow wrist band.  Following the instructions on your sticker set apply stickers to your helmet and seat post. These stickers contain your timing chips and are necessary for timing data collection.  Your bib tag will double as your bike valet pick-up ticket. So be sure to keep your bib-tag if you check your bike!

2)   Sunday Riders: Red Sunday wristband. Please wear your wristband Sunday to the event.

Gran Fondo Timing:

Click here to view timing results.

The Gran Fondo is chip timed for your individual time from the initial time station to the finish line and also at one or two time trial segments, depending on the course you choose.

Overall timing: The Gran Fondo starts with a neutral 'parade start' as we do a lap around the Longview Crit race course.  Fondo timing starts after we exit the course; your individual timing chip will be picked up as you pass the timing station, which will be well marked.  Your finish time will be registered when you pass the timing station at the finish line at the top of our Summit Finish.

Piccolo, Medio, and Gran Fondo riders (54, 72, and 105 miles) will experience the 203rd Street Time Trial, approximately mile 18.00 to 20.25, on the beautiful, fast rolling hills of 203rd Street south of Raymore.

All riders will experience the Summit Finish Time Trial, about the last 700 feet on the uphill climb to the finish line. The Summit Finish Time Trial starts just after you turn off 3rd Street to enter the Summit Finish area.

All timing stations, start and finish, will be well marked and pick up your individual time from your timing chip as you pass the station.

Remember that the Gran Fondo timing is for individual results and individual best only.  It is not a race; roads are open to ordinary traffic; riders are required to follow all ordinary traffic laws and rules.

Route Maps

You might wait to download GPS Routes or print PDF routes until the evening before the ride--corrections and last-minute route adjustments are still coming in from our Route Marking Teams.  If you have downloaded them earlier in the week you might re-download the evening before the ride to be sure you have all updates and changes.

Gran Fondo:

• Mini Fondo (20 miles): Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• Petit Fondo (33 miles): Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• Piccolo Fondo (54 miles): Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• Medio Fondo (72 miles): Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• Gran Fondo (105 miles): Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF

Fun Ride: 

• 10 Mile Guided History Tour: MapMyRide
• 17 Mile: Garmin - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• 35 Mile: Garmin  - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• 48 Mile:  Garmin  - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF
• 65 Mile: Garmin  - MapMyRide - GPX file - Printable PDF

Remember that the 48 and 65 mile Fun Ride routes include the 30-mile "Hell Loop" option--30 miles of some of the hardest climbing the KC area has to offer.  Eight climbs within thirty miles, most of them pushing 10% and the grand finales clocking in at over 12.5% and 15%.  Tackle the "Hell Loop" only if you're up for a major challenge.

By contrast, the 17 and 35 mile route options feature easy, rolling hills highlighting major KC area landmarks.

Easy as pie or hard as the dickens--with the Fun Ride, you can choose either option.

Packet Pickup

Avoid lines by picking up your registration packet and Gran Fondo timing chip at one of these pre-event locations:

Friday, June 20
6pm - 9pm
Gusto! Coffee Bistro
3390 SW Fascination Drive
Lee’s Summit, MO

Our Packet Pickup Page has info about packet pickup pre-ride and on ride mornings.

Ride Locations & Start Times:

TKC GRAN FONDO: Saturday, June 21, 2014 – New Longview, Lee’s Summit, MO – Ride Registration opens  6:00am, Ride Departs 7:30am

Park in the Metropolitan Community College Parking Lot at New Longview.  Go to the corner of View High Dr & 3rd Street in Lee's Summit and turn west. Signs & parking marshals will guide you.

Register near the Gran Fondo Start/Finish Line on Fascination Drive just south of McDonalds (3290 SW Fascination Dr).   

(Google  map, printable venue map)

TKC FUN RIDE: Sunday, June 22, 2014 – Cliff Drive, Kansas City, MO – Ride Registration opens  6:30am, Ride Departs 7:30am

Registration is in the Concourse area on St. John Ave., between Benton Blvd. and Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, MO.  Ride start is at the race start/finish line in that same area.

(Google  map, printable venue map)

Fondo Amenities:

In addition to snacks and beverages available along your Saturday ride route, each Fondo rider will be treated to a Gran Fondo Summit Finish Meal in our specialty food tent following the completion of the ride.

Want your friends or family to join you in the Fondo Food tent? Purchase a Fondo Finish Line meal ticket for them at registration or by logging on to the TKC Store.

Don't forget that we're planning a BIG celebration party along the Fondo finish line to celebrate and welcome incoming riders.  Invite your friends & family; plan to stay a while and cheer the other riders on. More cowbell--you can't have too much. We're going to have a good time!

Be sure to check out our Gran Fondo Finish Line Dos & Don'ts Video so you'll know what to do and don't:

What else is happening this weekend at TKC?

As the region’s premier bike racing series, Tour of Kansas City will host three days of sprints, criterium and circuit racing staged at two different venues.  The fastest professional cyclists from across the country will ignite the streets and compete in 28+ racing categories on courses at New Longview and the historic Cliff Dr. course.  We're inviting many thousands of spectators to enjoy Kansas City's bicycle racing weekend and hope you'll be one of them!

Kansas City’s second Real Ale Fest kicks off at 11am Saturday with an opportunity to taste and talk to brewers.  VIP tickets are $50 and include three hours of cask ale tasting from a variety of brewers from around the country.  At 2pm general admission ticket holders will sample the remaining cask beer and dozens of bottled conditioned ales.  General admission tickets are $35 and bands and entertainment are lined up all afternoon and evening.

Street Festival (both days) to Include: Bicycle Expo, Bike Valet for Riders, Vendor Tents, Party Hill, DJ, Kids Activities and much more. Also new this year onsite Massage Therapists, just 1.00 a minute!!

Did you order TKC merchandise but haven’t received it yet?

Stop by the MO Bike Fed Booth (located right by ride registration) and pick up your TKC Jersey, T-shirt, etc.

Tour of Kansas City jersey

Didn’t order any sweet TKC gear? Don’t sweat it. We will have plenty of TKC merch for sale onsite at the Mo Bike Fed Booth.  Or pre-order your sweet Tour of Kansas City jersey, cycling cap, tshirt, or poster here.

Rider Check List

• Completed rider waiver
• Cash / or Debit card For Vendors & Massage Therapists
• Wrist band (Yellow Saturday, Red Sunday)
• If Riding Saturday: Bib tag, safety pins, sticker set
• Sunscreen

Rider Links

• Only registered for one of our two rides?  Add the second at a BIG discount.  Register here: https://www.tourofkc.com/pleasurerides.html - use discount code: ADD2ND.  For example, adding the Fun Ride is just $20 Wed-Thur, $25 Fri, $30 Sat-Sun.
   
• TKC Store - our sweet Tour of Kansas City cycling jersey features the Kansas City skyline, tshirts, posters, cycling caps, more
   
• Check who is registered  for the Gran Fondo (people and teams)
   
• Purchase a Gran Fondo Finish Line meal for friends/family - just $7.50
   
• Invite friends to register for the rides here--pre-register and save, pre-register by Thursday and save even more

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