2007 UCI ProTour

Template:Infobox cycling season The 2007 UCI ProTour was the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences. Races counted towards the ProTour standings, although the organisers were not obliged to invite all 20 UCI ProTeams, notably not inviting Unibet.com.

After numerous doping scandals in previous years, culminating with Floyd Landis' doping scandal in the 2006 Tour de France, the Template:Cycling data PHO team was disbanded when the new title sponsor, iShares, decided to cease sponsoring and pull out of cycling. As of December, 2006, the ProTour license abandoned by Phonak has been granted to the Template:Cycling data COS, and the Active Bay group of Manolo Saiz has lost its license, which was given to the Template:Cycling data AST. The links between the ProTour and the organisers of the three Grand Tours (ASO, RCS MediaGroup and Unipublic) remain strained.

The 2007 Paris–Nice race was the focus of a dispute between (ASO) and the UCI. ASO have requested that the 2007 edition be downgraded from ProTour status to NE (national calendar status), therefore lacking UCI world-ranking points and threatening the participation of the ProTeams. This was resolved to an extent though and Paris–Nice took place as the first ProTour race of the season, although without Template:Cycling data COS.

2007 ProTour races

Dates	Race	Winner	ProTour leader
March 11–18	Template:Flagicon Paris–Nice	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data DSC)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data DSC)
March 14–20	Template:Flagicon Tirreno–Adriatico	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data AST)
March 24	Template:Flagicon Milan–San Remo	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data RAB)
April 8	Template:Flagicon Tour of Flanders	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LAM)
April 11	Template:Flagicon Gent–Wevelgem	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data TMO)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data RAB)
April 9–14	Template:Flagicon Vuelta al País Vasco	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data FUJ)
April 15	Template:Flagicon Paris–Roubaix	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data SAX)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data SAX)
April 22	Template:Flagicon Amstel Gold Race	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GST)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GST)
April 25	Template:Flagicon La Flèche Wallonne	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GST)
April 29	Template:Flagicon Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LIQ)
May 1–6	Template:Flagicon Tour de Romandie	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data RAB)
May 21–27	Template:Flagicon Volta a Catalunya	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GCE)
May 12–June 3	Template:Flagicon Giro d'Italia	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LIQ)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LIQ)
June 10–17	Template:Flagicon Dauphiné Libéré	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data AGR)
June 16–24	Template:Flagicon Tour de Suisse	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GCE)
June 24	Template:Flagicon TTT Eindhoven	Template:Cycling data SAX
July 7–29	Template:Flagicon Tour de France	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data DSC)
August 4	Template:Flagicon Clásica de San Sebastián	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LIQ)
August 10–18	Template:Flagicon Deutschland Tour	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data SAX)
August 19	Template:Flagicon Vattenfall Cyclassics	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LAM)
August 22–29	Template:Flagicon /Template:Flagicon Eneco Tour of Benelux	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data GCE)
September 2	Template:Flagicon GP Ouest-France	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data BBO)
September 1–23	Template:Flagicon Vuelta a España	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data RAB)
September 9–15	Template:Flagicon Tour de Pologne	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data SIL)
October 14	Template:Flagicon Paris–Tours	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data MRM)
October 20	Template:Flagicon Giro di Lombardia	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data LAM)	Template:Flagathlete (Template:Cycling data SIL)

Züri-Metzgete race was scheduled in Switzerland for October 7, but the race was cancelled.

Teams

Code	Official Team Name	Country	Website
ALM	Template:Cycling data ALM		[1] Template:Webarchive
AST	Template:Cycling data AST		[2]
BTL	Template:Cycling data BBO		[3]
GCE	Template:Cycling data GCE		[4]
COF	Template:Cycling data COF		[5]
C.A	Template:Cycling data C.A		[6]
CSC	Template:Cycling data SAX		[7]
DSC	Template:Cycling data DSC		[8]
PRL	Template:Cycling data SIL		[9]Template:Category handler
EUS	Template:Cycling data EUS		[10]
FDJ	Template:Cycling data FDJ		[11]
GST	Template:Cycling data GST		[12]
LAM	Template:Cycling data LAM		[13]
LIQ	Template:Cycling data LIQ		[14]
MRM	Template:Cycling data MRM		[15]
QSI	Template:Cycling data QST		[16]
RAB	Template:Cycling data RAB		[17] Template:In lang
SDV	Template:Cycling data FUJ		[18]
TMO	Template:Cycling data TMO		--
UNI	Template:Cycling data COS		[19]

Individual standings

Final classification

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data OLO	247
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GST	197
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data DSC	191
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE	190
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB	182
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB	172
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	165
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data THR	165
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data Euskaltel	159
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data GCE	145
11	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	135
12	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data SBS	127

• 241 riders have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.

Team standings

Final classification

Rank	Team	Nationality	Points
1	Template:Cycling data SAX		392
2	Template:Cycling data LIQ		354
3	Template:Cycling data GCE		337
4	Template:Cycling data ALM		324
5	Template:Cycling data QST		310
6	Template:Cycling data FUJ		306
7	Template:Cycling data DSC		300
8	Template:Cycling data RAB		300
9	Template:Cycling data SIL		293
10	Template:Cycling data LAM		258
11	Template:Cycling data EUS		227
12	Template:Cycling data AST		218
13	Template:Cycling data THR		212
14	Template:Cycling data GST		207
15	Template:Cycling data C.A		182
16	Template:Cycling data BBO		178
17	Template:Cycling data COF		177
18	Template:Cycling data MRM		148
19	Template:Cycling data FDJ		137
20	Template:Cycling data COS		127

Nation standings

Final standings

Rank	Nation	Points
1		849
2		728
3		520
4		437
5		377
6		337
7		293
8		281
9		215
10		180

• Riders from 30 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point

2007 ProTour Points System

Place	Tour de France	Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España	Milan–San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Lesser stage races	Lesser one-day races	Eindhoven Time Trial
Overall Classification
1st	100	85	50	40	10
2nd	75	65	40	30	9
3rd	60	50	35	25	8
4th	55	45	30	20	7
5th	50	40	25	15	6
6th	45	35	20	11	5
7th	40	30	15	7	4
8th	35	26	10	5	3
9th	30	22	5	3	2
10th	25	19	2	1	1
11th	20	16
12th	15	13
13th	12	11
14th	10	9
15th	8	7
16th	6	5
17th	5	4
18th	4	3
19th	3	2
20th	2	1
Stage wins (if applicable)
1st	10	8	3
2nd	5	4	2
3rd	3	2	1

• If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
• Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...1.
• Team time trials in stage races doesn't give points for riders.
• In Eindhoven time trial rider has to finish to earn points.
• In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

External links

• Official Website