2007 Tour de Georgia

2007 Tour de Georgia 2006–2007 UCI America Tour April 16 – April 22 7 1058.8 km 25h 26' 33" Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2007 Christian Vande Velde USA SBS 2007 David Cañada ESP GEO 2007 Juan José Haedo ARG SBS 2007 Ryder Hesjedal CAN Health Net Janez Brajkovič SLO DSC 2007 DSC 2007 2006 2008 The 2007 Tour de Georgia was a seven-stage professional bicycle race held from April 16 through April 22, 2007 across the state of Georgia and into Tennessee. The race was part of the 2007 USA Cycling Pro Tour. The race was the highest ranked event of the 2006–2007 UCI America Tour. The 2007 race began in Peachtree City, and crossed parts of north Georgia, including climbing stages that went to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and Brasstown Bald, the highest point of elevation in Georgia. The final stage was a circuit in the streets of Atlanta, and ended at Centennial Olympic Park. Stages StageRouteDistanceTypeDateStage WinnerTeamRace Leader 1Peachtree City – Macon153 km95.1 milesFlat stageApril 16ITA Daniele Contrini ITA Tinkoff Credit SystemsITA Daniele Contrini 2Thomaston – Rome217.2 km134.8 milesFlat stageApril 17SCG Ivan StevićUSA Toyota–UnitedITA Daniele Contrini 3Rome – Chattanooga190.2 km118.2 milesFlat stageApril 18BEL Gianni MeersmanUSA DSC 2007ESP David Cañada 4Chickamauga - Lookout Mountain30.4 km18.9 milesMountain ITTApril 19USA Levi LeipheimerUSA DSC 2007SLO Janez Brajkovič 5Dalton – Brasstown Bald172.1 km106.9 milesMountain stageApril 20USA Levi LeipheimerUSA DSC 2007SLO Janez Brajkovič 6Lake Lanier Islands - Stone Mountain Park182.9 km113.6 milesFlat stageApril 21USA Fred RodriguezBEL OLO 2007SLO Janez Brajkovič 7Atlanta123.9 km77 milesCircuit stageApril 22ARG Juan José HaedoDEN SBS 2007SLO Janez Brajkovič Overall SLO Janez Brajkovič Final standings General classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1Janez BrajkovičDSC 2007 25h 26' 33"2Christian Vande VeldeUnited StatesSBS 2007 + 0'12"3David CañadaSpainGEO 2007 +3'04"4Rubens BertogliatiSwitzerlandGEO 2007 +3'06"5Kevin SeeldraeyersBelgiumQST 2007 +4'22"6Scott NydamUnited StatesBMC Racing Team +5'35"7Jeff LouderUnited StatesHealth Net – Maxxis +6'00"8Timothy JohnsonUnited StatesHealth Net – Maxxis +6'59"9Lucas EuserUnited StatesTeam Slipstream +10'08"10Ivan SantaromitaSwitzerlandQST 2007 +12'15" Mountains classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Ryder HesjedalCanadaHealth Net – Maxxis 182Anthony ColbyUnited StatesColavita–Sutter Home 153Levi LeipheimerUnited StatesDSC 2007 12 Points classification Also known as the Sprint classification. CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Juan José HaedoSBS 2007 412Fred RodriguezUnited StatesOLO 2007 373Sergey LagutinNavigators InsuranceCycling Team 26 Team classification TeamCountryTime1DSC 2007United States 76h 41'52"2Health Net – MaxxisUnited States +8' 42"3GEO 2007Spain +10'42" References 2007 Tour de Georgia Official Site Tour de Georgia April 16-22, 2007 at Cycling News Category:2007 in road cycling Category:2007 in American sports Category:Tour de Georgia