The 2007 Tour de Georgia

Tour de Georgia

The Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...

was a seven-stage professional bicycle race

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 held from April 16 through April 22, 2007 across the state of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 and into Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

. The race was part of the 2007 USA Cycling Pro Tour

2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour

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 team won the overall individual and team titles respectively. Leipheimer finished the season with 381 points over teammate George Hincapie,...

. The race is also 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

Lookout Mountain

thumb|right|See seven statesLookout Mountain is located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain, along with Sand Mountain to the northwest, makes up a large portion of the...

, Tennessee and Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia, USA, with a summit elevation of 4,784 feet above mean sea level....

, the highest point of elevation in Georgia. The final stage was a circuit in the streets of Atlanta, and ended at Centennial Olympic Park

Centennial Olympic Park

Centennial Olympic Park is a 21 acre public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA that is owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. The park was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games as part of the infrastructure improvements for the Centennial...

.

Both Ford and Dodge have served as title sponsors in past years. The 2007 Tour was sponsored by AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

, ending a long and desperate search for funds.

Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date	Stage Winner	Team	Race Leader
1	Peachtree City Peachtree City, Georgia Peachtree City is a city in Fayette County, Georgia, United States.Census estimates in 2005 indicated a population of 34,524. In 2007, the city announced a plan to formally annex an unincorporated area between Georgia State Route 74 and the border with Coweta County that is commonly referred to as...  - Macon Macon, Georgia Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...	153 km 95.1 miles	Flat stage	April 16	Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini is an Italian racing cyclist. His major victory was the 2nd stage in the 2006 Tour de Suisse in Einsiedeln.- Palmares :* Tour of Georgia - 1 stage * Tour de Suisse - 1 stage...	Tinkoff Credit Systems Tinkoff Credit Systems Tinkoff Credit Systems was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy that had UCI Professional Continental status, raced in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini is an Italian racing cyclist. His major victory was the 2nd stage in the 2006 Tour de Suisse in Einsiedeln.- Palmares :* Tour of Georgia - 1 stage * Tour de Suisse - 1 stage...
2	Thomaston Thomaston, Georgia Thomaston is a city in and the county seat of Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,638 at the 2006 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Thomaston, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville,...  - Rome Rome, Georgia Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...	217.2 km 134.8 miles	Flat stage	April 17	Ivan Stevic Ivan Stevic Ivan Stević is a Serbian professional road bicycle racer for team Partizan SRBIJAN. He turned professional in 2005, riding for the Aerospace Engineering-VMG squad, before joining Toyota-United in 2006...	Toyota-United Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team was a continental professional bicycle racing team founded in 2005 by former Olympic cyclist, Sean Tucker. The team is based in USA and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races, mainly in the UCI America Tour, as well as many other races in North America...	Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini Daniele Contrini is an Italian racing cyclist. His major victory was the 2nd stage in the 2006 Tour de Suisse in Einsiedeln.- Palmares :* Tour of Georgia - 1 stage * Tour de Suisse - 1 stage...
3	Rome Rome, Georgia Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...  - Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...	190.2 km 118.2 miles	Flat stage	April 18	Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . After stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia, Meersman was forced to abandon the race due to a severe case of patella tendinitis...		David Cañada David Cañada David Cañada Gracia is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment to date. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 ; he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues...
4	Chickamauga Chickamauga, Georgia Chickamauga is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,245 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...  - Lookout Mountain Lookout Mountain, Tennessee Lookout Mountain is a town in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,832 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lookout Mountain is located at...	30.4 km 18.9 miles	Mountain ITT Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...	April 19	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...		Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
5	Dalton Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is the county seat of Whitfield County and the principal city of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of both Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,128...  - Brasstown Bald Brasstown Bald Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia, USA, with a summit elevation of 4,784 feet above mean sea level....	172.1 km 106.9 miles	Mountain stage	April 20	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...		Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
6	Lake Lanier Islands Lake Lanier Islands Lake Lanier Islands are a small group of islands located on Lake Lanier, the largest lake in Georgia, located north of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The islands were previously large hills that became the largest land chain remaining after the flooding of the Chattahoochee river valley located near...  - Stone Mountain Park	182.9 km 113.6 miles	Flat stage	April 21	Fred Rodriguez Fred Rodriguez Fred Rodriguez is an American professional road racing cyclist. His nickname is Fast Freddie due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. He is a three-time US national champion as winner of the US Pro Cycling Championship. He came up through the ranks of the U.S...		Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
7	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	123.9 km 77 miles	Circuit stage	April 22	Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on . He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo...		Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...
Overall							Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...

General classification

General Classification

The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races...

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Janez Brajkovič Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...			25h 26' 33"
2	Christian Vandevelde Christian Vandevelde Christian Vande Velde is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for . The son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal.He twice rode on the Tour de France team that brought Lance Armstrong to...			+ 0'12"
3	David Cañada David Cañada David Cañada Gracia is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment to date. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 ; he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues...			+3'04"
4	Rubens Bertogliati Rubens Bertogliati Rubens Bertogliati is a Swiss road racing cyclist, whose breakthrough came in the 2002 Tour de France, when he was riding for the Italian team. Currently he rides for ....			+3'06"
5	Kevin Seeldraeyers Kevin Seeldraeyers Kevin Seeldraeyers is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Major results :200720082009...			+4'22"
6	Scott Nydam		BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team is a UCI ProTeam title sponsored by BMC Racing, a Swiss-based bicycle frame manufacturer. The team is co-owned by American cyclist Jim Ochowicz, who founded the 7-Eleven Cycling Team, and is managed by Gavin Chilcott with assistance from directeur sportif John Lelangue.The team...	+5'35"
7	Jeff Louder Jeff Louder Jeff Louder is an American professional road bicycle racer for . Originally from Salt Lake City, UT, Louder won the Redlands Bicycle Classic in 2009.He took part in the 2010 Giro d'Italia, abandoning in the 11th stage....		Health Net - Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States....	+6'00"
8	Timothy Johnson Tim Johnson (cyclist) Timothy Johnson is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross and road bicycle racing, and is the first rider from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships podium...		Health Net - Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States....	+6'59"
9	Lucas Euser		Team Slipstream	+10'08"
10	Ivan Santaromita Ivan Santaromita Ivan Santaromita is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional with in 2006 before moving to in 2008.- Major results :20072010-External links:...			+12'15"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Ryder Hesjedal Ryder Hesjedal Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian professional racing cyclist for . He is a former mountain biker, winning a silver medal at the 2001 Under-23 world championship...		Health Net - Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States....	18
2	Anthony Colby		Colavita/Sutter Home	15
3	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...			12

Points classification

Points classification

The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning intermediate sprints. The points classification is the top prize for many cycling sprinters and therefore is often known as the Sprint Classification;...

Also known as the Sprint classification.

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo Juan José Haedo is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on . He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo...			41
2	Fred Rodriguez Fred Rodriguez Fred Rodriguez is an American professional road racing cyclist. His nickname is Fast Freddie due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. He is a three-time US national champion as winner of the US Pro Cycling Championship. He came up through the ranks of the U.S...			37
3	Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin is a professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. In 2003, Lagutin became world champion—capturing the Under-23 men's road race. He represented Uzbekistan in the men's road race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games...		Navigators Insurance Cycling Team Navigators Insurance Cycling Team Navigators Insurance Cycling Team was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. Navigators focuses on USA Cycling and UCI America Tour events...	26

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1			76h 41'52"
2	Health Net - Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States....		+8' 42"
3			+10'42"