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Riders in the Men's Pro 1/2 prepare to start their race on the last day of the Tour of Lawrence in 2010.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Riders in the Men’s Pro 1/2 get ready for their race on the final day of the Tour of Lawrence bike races in 2010.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Heavy rain falls on Men’s Pro rider Tyler Jewell, of Austin, Texas, on the final day of the Tour of Lawrence bike races. Despite the rain, all races for the tour were completed Sunday.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Josh Carter, a Wichita Falls, Texas native, raises his hand in the rain as he wins the men’s pro race at the Tour of Lawrence. Carter won on Sunday in downtown Lawrence.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Carrie Cash Wootten throws her arms up in victory as she barely edges her opponent, Megan Hottman of Golden, Colo. at the finish line in the Tour of Lawrence women’s pro event. Cash Wootten, a St. Louis native, won the race on Sunday in downtown Lawrence.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Sophia Racy, 4, of Lawrence, was getting all pumped up wearing a KU cheerleading costume for her bike race on Sunday July 4, 2010 in downtown Lawrence. Sunday was the final day of the Tour of Lawrence Bike race.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Giving high fives to one another, Tristan Prier, 3, of Lawrence, gets congratulated by his dad Jason Prier, Sunday July 4, 2010 in downtown Lawrence. Sunday was the final day of the Tour of Lawrence Bike races.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Ben Slimmer, 10, sported a Elvis costume for a kids race on Sunday July 4, 2010 in downtown Lawrence. Sunday was the final day of the Tour of Lawrence Bike and the races started early with events for kids.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Enzo Norton-Mitchell, 6, of Lawrence, showed off his patriotic colors Sunday July 4, 2010 during the kids races in downtown Lawrence. Sunday was the final day of the Tour of Lawrence Bike.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Tour of Lawrence Riders head down Naismith Drive on the KU campus. The four-mile course featured 500 feet of vertical climbing and less than a half mile of level terrain.

Photo by Richard Gwin

With winds whipping late Saturday afternoon, Jeanie Giem and her daughter Marley, 5, cheer for Jeanie’s husband, Michael, all of Colorado, Springs, Colo., as riders competed on the Kansas University Campus Circuit race in the Tour of Lawrence. Events continue today with the Downtown Criterium.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Lawrence’s Joseph Schmalz, left, rolled across the finish line of the men’s pro race in second place on Saturday on the Kansas University campus.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Megan Hottman, 31, of Golden, Colo., was the winner in the women’s top division of the Kansas University Campus Circuit on Saturday. Heavy rain fell before the women’s race, causing Hottman to crash twice.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Sixty or so riders line up for the start the men’s CAT 4 race of the Tour of Lawrence’s KU Campus Circuit Race Saturday on the Kansas University campus.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Prayuth Sirasudhi of Olathe sits doubled up on the starting line after he went down among 60 bikers at the start of his race.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Megan Hottman, 31, of Golden, Colorado, stretches out to win the Women's Pro race Saturday July 3, 2010.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Austin Vinton, 18, of Springfield, Mo., holds his hand high as he wins the CAT 4 Race on Saturday July 3, 2010.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Andrew Dahlheim, 22, pulled ahead to win in the Men's Pro.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Carrie Cash Wootten, of St. Louis, flashes a show of confidence as she sprints to a first-place finish in the second run of the finals of the women’s Eldridge Hotel Street Sprints in the Tour of Lawrence. After winning the first run of the finals, which was called back because of a starting problem, Cash Wootten was able to get the win again on the second try on Friday in downtown Lawrence.

Photo by Nick Krug

A crowd presses against the railing along Seventh Street as two cyclists run neck and neck during the 2010 Tour of Lawrence Street Sprint event in downtown Lawrence.

Photo by Nick Krug

Draped in an American flag, Lawrence cyclist Erica Goddard nears the end of a run in the first round of the 2010 Tour of Lawrence Street Sprint event.

Photo by Nick Krug

Josh Carter, of Wichita Falls, Texas, center, acknowledges the crowd from the podium after finishing in first place in the men’s Tour of Lawrence Street Sprint. Nick Coil, of Prairie Village, right, finished second, and Andrew Dahlheim, of Richardson, Texas, left, took third on Friday in downtown Lawrence.

Photo by Nick Krug