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 |
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| 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) |
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References
- ↑ http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3365 USA Cycling: Sixteen-race 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour announced
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
"Vande Velde Wins Season Long Point Race"