2007 Tour of Missouri

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

Award Jerseys

Stage (Winner)	Missouri Department of Tourism General Classification Yellow Jersey	Edward Jones Investments Points Classification Green Jersey	Michelob ULTRA Mountains Classification Gold Polka Dot Jersey	Build A Bear Best Young Rider Blue Jersey	Drury Hotels Most Aggressive Rider Red Jersey	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (Iván Domínguez)	Iván Domínguez	Iván Domínguez*	Jeff Louder	James Meadley	Gregorio Ladino	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
0Stage 2 (George Hincapie)	George Hincapie	George Hincapie*			William Frishkorn	Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle
0Stage 3 (ITT) (Levi Leipheimer)				Steven Cozza
0Stage 4 (Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca)		Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca			Darren Lill
0Stage 5 (Danny Pate)					John Fredy Parra
0Stage 6 / Final (Iván Domínguez)	George Hincapie	Iván Domínguez	Jeff Louder	Steven Cozza	John Fredy Parra	Team Slipstream 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 2006–07 UCI America Tour individual points standings.
• Throughout the race, Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) wore the red-white-blue jersey as 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 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Zach Bell Template:Flagu SYM s.t. 3 Kyle Wamsley Template:Flagu NIC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Zach Bell Template:Flagu SYM s.t. 3 Kyle Wamsley Template:Flagu NIC s.t.

Stage 2: 2007-09-12: Clinton–Springfield road race, 125 miles (201.2 km)

Stage 2 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 2 Frank Pipp Template:Flagu HNM s.t. 3 Dominique Rollin Template:Can NIC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 2 Frank Pipp Template:Flagu HNM 3 Dominique Rollin Template:Can NIC

Stage 3: 2007-09-13: Branson individual time trial, 18 miles (29 km)

Stage 3 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Levi Leipheimer Template:Flagu DSC 39'37" 2 Nathan O'Neill Template:Flagu HNM + 0'16" 3 Matti Helminen DFL + 1'27"

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 8:22:34 2 William Frischkorn Template:Flagu TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada Template:Flagu SDV + 2:22

Stage 4: 2007-09-14: Lebanon–Columbia road race, 133.4 miles (214.7 km)

Stage 4 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Luciano Pagliarini Template:Flagu SDV 39'37" 2 Andrew Pinfold Template:Flagu SYM s.t. 3 Iván Domínguez TUP s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 8:22:34 2 William Frischkorn Template:Flagu TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada Template:Flagu SDV + 2:22

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

Stage 5 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Danny Pate Template:Flagu TLS 4:50:21 2 John Parra TUA +0:08 3 Jeff Louder Template:Flagu HNM s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 18:23:13 2 William Frischkorn Template:Flagu TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada Template:Flagu SDV + 2:22

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

Stage 6 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Andrew Pinfold Template:Flagu SYM s.t. 3 Dominique Rollin Template:Can NIC s.t.

Final General Classification Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie Template:Flagu DSC 18:23:13 2 William Frischkorn Template:Flagu TSL + 1:40 3 Dominique Rollin Template:Can NIC

Teams

• Template:Flagicon Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (DSC)
• Template:Flagicon Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV)
• Template:Flagicon DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed (DFL)
• Template:Flagicon Team Sparkasse (TSP)
• Template:Flagicon Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis (HNM)
• Template:Flagicon Navigators Insurance Cycling Team (NIC)
• Template:Flagicon Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle (TSL)
• Template:Flagicon Symmetrics Cycling Team (SYM)
• Template:Flagicon Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara (TUA)
• Template:Flagicon Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team
• Template:Flagicon BMC Racing Team (BMC)
• Template:Flagicon Jelly Belly Cycling Team (JBC)
• Template:Flagicon KodakGallery.com – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (OSN)
• Template:Flagicon Colavita / Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light (COL)
• Template:Flagicon USA Cycling National Development Team (USA)

References

• Official site
• cyclingnews