photo by: Mike Yoder

Bicyclists round a corner at Eighth and Massachusetts streets, passing a bystander shielded from the hot sun with an umbrella during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Robert Day, Lawrence, and his son Joseph, 3, watch the Men's Pro 1/2 Race during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Bicyclists make a tight-corner turn at Eighth and Mass. during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kaitlyn Stroud, a Kansas University junior, and member of the KU soccer team, squirts participants in the Men's Pro 1/2 race and looks for her friend Grayson Warrior, a KU senior and member of the KU Cycling Club. Stroud was watching events at Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

In a group sprint to the finish line, Brad Huff edges out the competition to win the 2012 Men's Pro 1/2 race during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium. Huff also won the event in 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the Men's Pro 1/2 Race pedal downhill on Mass. Street, picking up speed on a straight-away, during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Competitors in the Men's Cat 4 Race speed down Mass. street during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kristina Armstrong, who just moved from Manhattan to Lawrence and will be a freshman at Kansas University, plays her ukelele for passersby downtown Sunday, during Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Parents run alongside their children during the Kids' Bike Races during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Oliver Harmon, 4, waits anxiously for the start of the Kids' Bike Races during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A contestant brings up the rear during the Kids' Bike Races during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Young cyclists in the 4-and-under category pedal off the start line to head down Mass. street during Kids' Bicycle Races during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the Men's Cat 5 event start the race during Sunday's Tour of Lawrence events and the Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium.