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OP asked for a camera. Not a smartphone with a particularly outstanding camera.
He did says touring, and the iPhone exceed in that category.
Otherwise, being extremely biased because I used one for touring; Sony RX100.
edscoble-
He did says touring
Yep, the one cycling activity where you probably don't want photography to eat through the battery life of your GPS/phone/web device.
Fwiw I prefer cameras that have two strap lugs to enable use of a shoulder strap worn across the body (shoulder straps looped to and from the same lug are miserable). Means the camera can stay close to hand, and dangle out of the way when riding.
Mr_B
OP asked for a camera. Not a smartphone with a particularly outstanding camera. These days I don't think it's necessary to point out that 'your phone has a camera on it, you know!'
I agree; to me they're basically 'better than no camera at all'.
I accept that people have launched photography careers off the back of shooting with phones, but they remain unwieldy and awkward to me. They're light, but the volume button on the iPhone requires a firm press (usually moving the phone) to take a shot - otherwise you're left with poking the screen (always moving the phone). I also find the iPhone too thin to properly grip, and generally slippery.
Accessories that attempt to 'fix' these appalling ergonomics usually render the phone larger than something truly compact (like a Canon S120) or demand to be attached/removed every time you need to take a picture.
Those are just a few of the reasons I prefer a separate camera.