2007 Tour de Georgia

Template:Short description 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

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date	Stage Winner	Team	Race Leader
1	Peachtree City – Macon	153 km 95.1 miles	Flat stage	April 16	Template:Flagicon Daniele Contrini	Template:Flagicon Tinkoff Credit Systems	Template:Flagicon Daniele Contrini
2	Thomaston – Rome	217.2 km 134.8 miles	Flat stage	April 17	Template:Flagicon Ivan Stević	Template:Flagicon Toyota–United	Template:Flagicon Daniele Contrini
3	Rome – Chattanooga	190.2 km 118.2 miles	Flat stage	April 18	Template:Flagicon Gianni Meersman	Template:Flagicon Template:Cycling data DSC	Template:Flagicon David Cañada
4	Chickamauga - Lookout Mountain	30.4 km 18.9 miles	Mountain ITT	April 19	Template:Flagicon Levi Leipheimer	Template:Flagicon Template:Cycling data DSC	Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič
5	Dalton – Brasstown Bald	172.1 km 106.9 miles	Mountain stage	April 20	Template:Flagicon Levi Leipheimer	Template:Flagicon Template:Cycling data DSC	Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič
6	Lake Lanier Islands - Stone Mountain Park	182.9 km 113.6 miles	Flat stage	April 21	Template:Flagicon Fred Rodriguez	Template:Flagicon Template:Cycling data OLO	Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič
7	Atlanta	123.9 km 77 miles	Circuit stage	April 22	Template:Flagicon Juan José Haedo	Template:Flagicon Template:Cycling data SBS	Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič
Overall							Template:Flagicon Janez Brajkovič

Final standings

General classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Janez Brajkovič		Template:Cycling data DSC	25h 26' 33"
2	Christian Vande Velde	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data SBS	+ 0'12"
3	David Cañada	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GEO	+3'04"
4	Rubens Bertogliati	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data GEO	+3'06"
5	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data QST	+4'22"
6	Scott Nydam	Template:Flagu	BMC Racing Team	+5'35"
7	Jeff Louder	Template:Flagu	Health Net – Maxxis	+6'00"
8	Timothy Johnson	Template:Flagu	Health Net – Maxxis	+6'59"
9	Lucas Euser	Template:Flagu	Team Slipstream	+10'08"
10	Ivan Santaromita	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data QST	+12'15"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Ryder Hesjedal	Template:Flagu	Health Net – Maxxis	18
2	Anthony Colby	Template:Flagu	Colavita–Sutter Home	15
3	Levi Leipheimer	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data DSC	12

Points classification

Also known as the Sprint classification.

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
1	Juan José Haedo		Template:Cycling data SBS	41
2	Fred Rodriguez	Template:Flagu	Template:Cycling data OLO	37
3	Sergey Lagutin		Navigators Insurance Cycling Team	26

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1	Template:Cycling data DSC	Template:Flagu	76h 41'52"
2	Health Net – Maxxis	Template:Flagu	+8' 42"
3	Template:Cycling data GEO	Template:Flagu	+10'42"

References

• 2007 Tour de Georgia Official Site
• Tour de Georgia April 16-22, 2007 at Cycling News