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The '''2007 [[Tour of Missouri]]''' is the inaugural edition of a professional [[road bicycle racing]] [[stage race]] held in [[Missouri]] that made its debut on September 11, 2007, with six days of racing. Run by same organizers as the [[Tour de Georgia]] and the [[Amgen Tour of California]], the Tour of Missouri is being billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The Tour is part of the [[2006–07 UCI America Tour]] and the inaugural [[2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour]].

The Missouri terrain is not mountainous by California and Georgia standards but expect three of the six stages to be contested on relentless rolling hills. No title sponsor has been announced. The planned course:

* Day 1: [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], road race, out-and-back course starting and ending in the Plaza
* Day 2: [[Clinton, Missouri|Clinton]]–[[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], road race
* Day 3: [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]], individual time trial
* Day 4: [[Lebanon, Missouri|Lebanon]]–[[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], road race
* Day 5: [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]–[[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]], road race
* Day 6: [[St. Louis]], circuit race

== Award Jerseys ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:12%;"| Stage<br>(Winner)
!  style="background:#ffd800; width:15%;"|Missouri Department of Tourism<br>General Classification<br>Yellow Jersey
!  style="background:#396; width:15%;"|[[Edward Jones Investments]]<br>Points Classification<br>Green Jersey
!  style="background:#f90; width:15%;"|[[Michelob ULTRA]]<br>Mountains Classification<br>Gold Polka Dot Jersey
!  style="background:#06c; width:15%;"|[[Build A Bear]]<br>Best Young Rider<br>Blue Jersey
!  style="background:red; width:15%;"|[[Drury Hotels]]<br>Most Aggressive Rider<br>Red Jersey
!  style="background:#f90; width:15%;"|Team Classification
|-
| {{0}}Stage 1<br>([[Iván Domínguez]])
| style="background:yellow;"| [[Iván Domínguez]]
| style="background:lightgreen;"| [[Iván Domínguez]]*
| style="background:gold" rowspan="5"| [[Jeff Louder]]
| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan="2"| [[James Meadley]]
| style="background:#f44;"| [[Gregorio Ladino]]
| style="background:#fd0;"| [[Colavita / Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light|Colavita/Sutter Home<br>p/b Cooking Light]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 2<br>([[George Hincapie]])
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="4"| [[George Hincapie]]
| style="background:lightgreen" rowspan="2"| [[George Hincapie]]*
| style="background:#f44;" rowspan="2"| [[William Frishkorn]]
| style="background:#fd0;" rowspan="4"| [[Team Slipstream|Team Slipstream<br>Powered By Chipotle]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 3 (ITT)<br>([[Levi Leipheimer]])
| style="background:lightblue" rowspan="3"| [[Steven Cozza]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 4<br>([[Luciano Pagliarini|Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca]])
| style="background:lightgreen" rowspan="2"| [[Luciano Pagliarini|Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca]]
| style="background:#f44;"| [[Darren Lill]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 5<br>([[Danny Pate]])
| style="background:#f44;"| [[John Fredy Parra]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 6 / Final<br>([[Iván Domínguez]])
| style="background:#ffd800;"| '''[[George Hincapie]]'''
| style="background:#396;"| '''[[Iván Domínguez]]'''
| style="background:#f90;"| '''[[Jeff Louder]]'''
| style="background:#06c;"| '''[[Steven Cozza]]'''
| style="background:red;"| '''[[John Fredy Parra]]'''
| style="background:#f90;"| '''[[Team Slipstream|Team Slipstream<br>Powered By Chipotle]]'''
|}

* For Stage 2, [[Zach Bell]] wore the Sprint Points Jersey.
* For Stages 3 and 4, [[Dominique Rollin]] wore the Sprint Points Jersey.
* Throughout the race, [[Svein Tuft]] (Symmetrics) wore the white jersey as leader of the [[2006&ndash;07 UCI America Tour]] individual points standings.
* Throughout the race, [[Levi Leipheimer]] (Discovery Channel) wore the red-white-blue jersey as [[United States National Road Race Championships|United States Road Race Champion]].

==Stages==

=== Stage 1: 2007-09-11: [[Kansas City, Missouri]] out-and-back road race, 85 miles (136.8 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 1 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Iván Domínguez]]'''
|'''{{CUB}}'''
|'''[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|TUP]]'''
|align=right| '''3h 05'07"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Zach Bell]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|[[Symmetrics Cycling Team|SYM]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Kyle Wamsley]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Navigators Insurance Cycling Team|NIC]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 1'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
||'''[[Iván Domínguez]]'''
|'''{{CUB}}'''
|'''[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|TUP]]'''
|align=right| '''3h 05'07"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Zach Bell]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|[[Symmetrics Cycling Team|SYM]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Kyle Wamsley]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Navigators Insurance Cycling Team|NIC]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
|}

=== Stage 2: 2007-09-12: [[Clinton, Missouri|Clinton]]–[[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]] road race, 125 miles (201.2 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 2 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Frank Pipp]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|HNM]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Dominique Rollin]]
|{{Can}}
|[[Kodak Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Cycling Team|NIC]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 2'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
||'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Frank Pipp]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|HNM]]
|align=right| 
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Dominique Rollin]]
|{{Can}}
|[[Kodak Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada Cycling team|NIC]]
|align=right| 
|}
|}

=== Stage 3: 2007-09-13: [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]] [[individual time trial]], 18 miles (29 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 3 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Levi Leipheimer]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 39'37"
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Nathan O'Neill]]
|{{flagu|Australia}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|HNM]]
|align=right| + 0'16"
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Matti Helminen]]
|{{FIN}}
|[[DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed|DFL]]
|align=right| + 1'27"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 3'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
||'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 8:22:34
|-
|'''2'''
|[[William Frischkorn]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Team Slipstream|TSL]]
|align=right| + 1:40
|-
|'''3'''
|[[David Cañada]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|[[Saunier Duval–Prodir|SDV]]
|align=right| + 2:22
|}
|}

=== Stage 4: 2007-09-14: [[Lebanon, Missouri|Lebanon]]–[[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]] road race, 133.4 miles (214.7 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 4 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccf;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:lightgreen;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Luciano Pagliarini]]'''
|'''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
|'''[[Saunier Duval–Prodir|SDV]]'''
|align=right| 39'37"
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Andrew Pinfold]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|[[Symmetrics Cycling Team|SYM]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Iván Domínguez]]
|{{CUB}}
|[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|TUP]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 4'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
||'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 8:22:34
|- style="background:#f44;"
|'''2'''
|[[William Frischkorn]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Team Slipstream|TSL]]
|align=right| + 1:40
|-
|'''3'''
|[[David Cañada]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|[[Saunier Duval–Prodir|SDV]]
|align=right| + 2:22 
|}
|}

=== Stage 5: 2007-09-16: [[Jefferson City]]–[[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]], road race, 123 miles (198 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 5 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccf;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:#ccf;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Danny Pate]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Team Slipstream|TLS]]'''
| align=right | 4:50:21
|- style="background:#f44;"
|'''2'''
|[[John Parra]]
|{{COL}}
|[[Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara|TUA]]
| align=right |  +0:08
|- style="background:gold;"
|'''3'''
|[[Jeff Louder]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|HNM]]
| align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 5'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 18:23:13
|-
|'''2'''
|[[William Frischkorn]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Team Slipstream|TSL]]
|align=right| + 1:40
|-
|'''3'''
|[[David Cañada]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|[[Saunier Duval–Prodir|SDV]]
|align=right| + 2:22  
|}
|}

=== Stage 6: 2007-09-17: [[St. Louis]] circuit race, 74 miles (119.1 km) ===

{|
|-
|'''Stage 6 result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccf;"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:lightgreen"
|'''1'''
|'''[[Iván Domínguez]]'''
|'''{{CUB}}'''
|'''[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|TUP]]'''
|align=right| '''3h 05'07"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Andrew Pinfold]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|[[Symmetrics Cycling Team|SYM]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Dominique Rollin]]
|{{Can}}
|[[Kodak Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada pro cycling team|NIC]]
|align=right| s.t. 
|}
||
|'''Final General Classification'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Country
!Team
!Time
|- style="background:yellow;"
|'''1'''
|'''[[George Hincapie]]'''
|'''{{flagu|United States}}'''
|'''[[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|DSC]]'''
|align=right| 18:23:13
|-
|'''2'''
|[[William Frischkorn]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|[[Team Slipstream|TSL]]
|align=right| + 1:40
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Dominique Rollin]]
|{{Can}}
|[[Kodak Gallery p/b Sierra Nevada brewing pro Cycling Team|NIC]]
|align=right| 
|}
|}

== Teams ==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]] (DSC)
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Saunier Duval–Prodir]] (SDV)
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed]] (DFL)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Team Sparkasse]] (TSP)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis]] (HNM)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Navigators Insurance Cycling Team]] (NIC)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Team Slipstream|Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle]] (TSL)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Symmetrics Cycling Team]] (SYM)
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara]] (TUA)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[BMC Racing Team]] (BMC)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jelly Belly Cycling Team]] (JBC)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[KodakGallery.com – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.]] (OSN)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colavita / Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light]] (COL)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[USA Cycling National Development Team]] (USA)

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110510074209/http://www.tourofmissouri.com/ Official site]
*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/sep07/missouri07/ cyclingnews]

{{Tour of Missouri}}

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[[Category:2007 in road cycling|Tour of Missouri]]
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