2006–2007 UCI America Tour

The 2006–2007 UCI America Tour is the third season for the UCI America Tour. Canadian Svein Tuft of the Symmetrics team won the individual points championship. Symmetrics captured the team points championship and Colombia was awarded the nations points championship.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

The current individual points leader of the UCI America Tour wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey to signify to the other riders and spectators that he is the most consistent rider throughout the season. The UCI also maintains a team points competition based on the top finishers for each cycling team and a country points competition based on the riders' nationality.

Events

The 2006–2007 UCI America Tour consists of the following one-day races and stage races:

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
2006
Oct 1 – 8 Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes  Venezuela 2.2  Hernán Buenahora (COL) Gobernación del Zulia - Alcaldía de Cabimas
Oct 10 – 15 Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional  Mexico 2.2  Luis Perez (ESP) Andalucía-Paul Versan
Oct 20 – Nov 1 Vuelta a Guatemala  Guatemala 2.2  Juan Rojas (CRC) Dos Pinos Costa Rica
Nov 7 – 12 Doble Copacabana GP Fides  Bolivia 2.2  Juan Diego Ramírez (COL) Orbitel EPM
Nov 14 – 24 Tour de Santa Catarina  Brazil 2.2  Pedro Nicacio (BRA) Scott/Marcondes Cesar/Fadenp/SJC
Dec 19 – 29 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica  Costa Rica 2.2  Henry Raabe (CRC) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS
2007
Jan 7 – 21 Vuelta al Táchira  Venezuela 2.2  Hernán Buenahora (COL) Gobernación del Zulia - Alcaldía de Cabimas
Jan 7 Copa América de Ciclismo  Brazil 1.2  Nilceu Santos (BRA) Scott/Marcondes Cesar/Fadenp/SJC
Jan 23 – 28 Tour de San Luis  Argentina 2.2  Jorge Giacinti (ARG) Team Lider Presto
Feb 13 – 25 Vuelta a Cuba  Cuba 2.2  Svein Tuft (CAN) Symmetrics
Feb 18 – 25 Amgen Tour of California  United States 2.HC  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel
Mar 1 – 11 Vuelta a la Argentina  Argentina 2.2 cancelled cancelled
Mar 7 – 11 Volta Ciclistica de Porto Alegre  Brazil 2.2 cancelled cancelled
Mar 15 – 25 Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider  Chile 2.2  Andrei Sartassov (RUS) Team Lider Presto
Apr 7 U.S. Cycling Open  United States 1.1  Svein Tuft (CAN) Symmetrics
Apr 11 – 15 Volta do Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 2.2  Matías Médici (ARG) Scott/Marcondes Cesar/Fadenp/SJC
Apr 16 – 22 Tour de Georgia  United States 2.HC  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Discovery Channel
Apr 22 – 29 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo
 Brazil		 2.2  Magno Nazaret (BRA) Scott/Marcondes Cesar/Fadenp/SJC
Apr 22 – 29 Vuelta Norte Grande  Chile 2.2 cancelled cancelled
Apr 28 – May 5 Vuelta a El Salvador  El Salvador 2.2  Wilson Zambrano (COL) Colombia es Pasión
May 5 Clasico Aniversario de la Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo  Venezuela 1.2  José Aguilar (VEN) –
May 6 Clasico Corre Por La Vida, Dile NO a las Drogas  Venezuela 1.2  José Alarcon (VEN) Kino Tachira Banfoandes
May 10 – 13 Doble Sucre Potosi G.P. Cemento Fancesa  Bolivia 2.2  Oscar Soliz (BOL) Coordinadora de Boyacá Ebsa
May 16 – 20 Volta Ciclistica Internacional do Paraná  Brazil 2.2  Renato Seabra (BRA) ClubeDatarodeCiclismo
May 21 – 27 Pan American Road and Track Championships Men's Road Race  Venezuela CC  Martin Gilbert (CAN) Canada National Team
May 21 – 27 Pan American Road and Track Championships Men's Time Trial  Venezuela CC  Libardo Niño (COL) Columbia National Team
Jun 3 Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic  United States 1.1  Bernhard Eisel (GER) T-Mobile Team
Jun 7 Commerce Bank Reading Classic  United States 1.1  Bernhard Eisel (GER) T-Mobile Team
June 10 Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Championship  United States 1.HC  Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team CSC
Jun 12 – 16 Tour de Beauce Beauce
 Canada		 2.2  Ben Day (AUS) Navigators Insurance
Jun 23 Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium  United States 1.2  Hilton Clarke (AUS) Navigators Insurance
Jun 24 Meeting Internacional de Goiânia  Brazil 1.2  Rafael Andriato (BRA) Memorial-Fupes-Santos
Jun 30 – Jul 7 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah  United States 2.2 postponed postponed
Jul 9 Prova Ciclistica 9 de Julho  Brazil 1.2  Rafael Andriato (BRA) Memorial-Fupes-Santos
Jul 29 – 12 Vuelta a Colombia  Colombia 2.2  Santiago Botero (COL) UNE-Orbitel
Aug 3 – 12 Tour de la Guadeloupe  Mexico 2.2  Flober Peña (COL)
Aug 5 – 12 Le Tour Montréal Boston  Canada &  United States 2.1
Aug 27 – Sep 9 Vuelta a Venezuela  Venezuela 2.2  César Salazar (COL)
Sep 8 Univest Grand Prix  United States 1.2  William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle
Sep 11 – 16 Tour of Missouri  United States 2.1  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
Sep 15 Tour de Leelanau  United States 1.2  Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health-Bissell

See also

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Seasons
2007 in road cycling