Setting up the starting line, sponsors were on hand to purchase stuff.

Getting ready for the 81 mile start at 9:30 am

The 81 Mile Starting Line was at Pima Community College in the south parking lot, near Irvington

Soon after leaving the starting line riders started to thin out and traffic controls were set up all over town to allow them to ride through intersections

Sixty Six mile staring line of the 2007 Tour de Tucson bicycle tour around Tucson, Arizona

Riders swarmed the area getting to the starting line. Their cars clogged most of the surrounding parking lots. police were set up to direct traffic and keep things moving

Some shots of the people waiting to start the 66 mile portion of the tour.

Many people staged for the event in the parking lot across the street