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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 Pro Cycling 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 Jose Haedo of Argentina and Slovenia’s Janez Brajkovic. The now-defunct Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team earned the team title with 810 points over Team CSC, Slipstream-Chipotle, T-Mobile Team and Navigators Insurance Cycling Team.
[edit] 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 |
AMGEN Tour of California |
California |
2.HC |
 Levi Leipheimer |
Discovey Channel
Pro Cycling Team |
| April 7 |
U.S. Open Cycling Championships |
Richmond, Va. |
1.1 |
 Svein Tuft |
Symmetrics Cycling Team |
| April 16-22 |
Tour de Georgia |
Georgia |
2.HC |
 Janez Brajkovič |
Discovey Channel
Pro Cycling Team |
| June 3 |
Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic |
Lancaster, Pa. |
1.1 |
 Bernhard Eisel |
T-Mobile Team |
| June 7 |
Commerce Bank Reading Classic |
Reading, Pa. |
1.1 |
Bernhard Eisel |
T-Mobile Team |
| June 10 |
Commerce Bank International Championship |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
1.HC |
 Juan José Haedo |
 Team CSC |
| June 17 |
Austin Men's Invitational |
Austin, Tx. |
1.1 |
postponed till 2008 |
postponed till 2008 |
| June 23 |
Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium[1] |
Rochester, N.Y. |
1.2 |
Hilton Clark |
Navigators Insurance Cycling Team |
| June 30-July 7 |
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah |
Utah |
2.2 |
postponed |
postponed |
| August 19 |
USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships |
Downers Grove, Ill. |
N/A |
Martin Gilbert |
Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast |
| September 1 |
USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship presented by The Cliffs |
Greenville, S.C. |
CN |
David Zabriskie |
Team CSC |
| September 2 |
USA Cycling Professional Road Championship, part of the Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships weekend |
Greenville, S.C. |
CN |
Levi Leipheimer |
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
| September 8 |
Univest Grand Prix |
Souderton, Pa. |
1.2 |
- |
- |
| September 11-16 |
Tour of Missouri |
Missouri |
2.1 |
George Hincapie |
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
| September 15 |
Tour de Leelanau |
Leelanau County, Mich. |
1.2 |
- |
- |
|
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.rochestercrit.com/ Rochester Twilight Criterium
