2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour

The 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the second year of this elite men's professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.

Levi Leipheimer (381 points) and the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (810 points) are the defending champion of the overall individual and team titles, respectively.

Events

The 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 16 one-day races and stage races:[1]

Dates Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Series Leader
February 17–24 AMGEN Tour of California California 2.HC  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Astana  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
April 13 U.S. Open Cycling Championships Richmond, Va. 1.1 postponed postponed[2]
April 21–27 Tour de Georgia Georgia 2.HC  Kanstantin Siutsou (BLR) Team High Road  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
May 4 U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic (formerly the Crystal City Classic) Arlington, Va. 1.2  Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG) Colavita  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
May 25 Tour de Leelanau Traverse City, Mich. 2.1  Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
June 3 Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic (formerly Lancaster Classic) Allentown, Pa. 1.1  Yuri Metlushenko (UKR) Amore & Vita - McDonald's  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
June 5 Commerce Bank Reading Classic Reading, Pa. 1.1  Oscar Sevilla (ESP) Rock Racing  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
June 8 Commerce Bank International Championship Philadelphia, Pa. 1.HC  Matti Breschel (DEN) Team CSC  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
June 24–29 American Eagle Outfitters Tour of Pennsylvania (U-25) Pennsylvania 2.2  David Veilleux (CAN) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
August 8–10 Rochester Omnium (formerly the Rochester Twilight Criterium) Rochester, N.Y. 1.2  Dominique Rollin (USA) Toyota United  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
August 17 USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships Downers Grove, Ill. N/A  Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Rock Racing  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
August 22–24 Colorado Stage International Cycle Classic Colorado N/A CANCELED[3]
August 30 USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships Greenville, S.C. CN  David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
August 31 USA Cycling Professional Road Championships Greenville, S.C. CN  Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
September 6 Univest Grand Prix Souderton, Pa. 1.2  Lucas Euser (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle  Levi Leipheimer (USA)
September 8–14 Tour of Missouri Missouri 2.1  Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle  Christian Vande Velde (USA)

References

  1. http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3365 USA Cycling: Sixteen-race 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour announced
  2. USA Cycling: Two changes to the 2008 USA Cycling Pro Tour announced (dated March 4, 2008) http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3460
  3. VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION TO CANCEL INAUGURAL COLORADO STAGE INTERNATIONAL CYCLE CLASSIC (dated July 1, 2008) http://www.vvf.org/vvf/presscenter.aspx?mode=detail&id=co_stage7

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