2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour

The 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the inaugural year of a professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.

Levi Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team won the overall individual and team titles respectively. Leipheimer finished the season with 381 points over teammate George Hincapie, Germany’s Bernhard Eisel, Juan José Haedo of Argentina and Slovenia’s Janez Brajkovič. The now-defunct Discovery Channel team earned the team title with 810 points over Team CSC, Slipstream–Chipotle, T-Mobile Team and Navigators Insurance.


Events

The 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 15 one-day races and stage races:

Dates Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
February 18–25 Tour of California California 2.HC United States Levi Leipheimer Discovery Channel
April 7 U.S. Open Cycling Championships Richmond, Va. 1.1 Canada Svein Tuft Symmetrics
April 16–22 Tour de Georgia Georgia 2.HC Slovenia Janez Brajkovič Discovery Channel
June 3 Lancaster Classic Lancaster, Pa. 1.1 Germany Bernhard Eisel T-Mobile Team
June 7 Reading Classic Reading, Pa. 1.1 Germany Bernhard Eisel T-Mobile Team
June 10 Philadelphia International Championship Philadelphia 1.HC Argentina Juan José Haedo Team CSC
June 17 Austin Men's Invitational Austin, Tx. 1.1 postponed till 2008
June 23 Rochester Twilight Criterium[1] Rochester, N.Y. 1.2 Australia Hilton Clarke Navigators Insurance
June 30–July 7 Tour of Utah Utah 2.2 postponed
August 19 USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships Downers Grove, Ill. N/A Canada Martin Gilbert Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast
September 1 USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship Greenville, S.C. CN United States David Zabriskie Team CSC
September 2 USA Cycling Professional Road Championship Greenville, S.C. CN United States Levi Leipheimer Discovery Channel
September 8 Univest Grand Prix Souderton, Pa. 1.2 United States Will Frischkorn Slipstream–Chipotle
September 11–16 Tour of Missouri Missouri 2.1 United States George Hincapie Discovery Channel
September 15 Tour de Leelanau Leelanau County, Mich. 1.2 United States Garrett Peltonen Team Almeborg-Bornholm

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rochestercrit.com/ Rochester Twilight Criterium
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