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 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 , and the Active Bay group of Manolo Saiz has lost its license, which was given to the . 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 .
2007 ProTour races DatesRaceWinnerProTour leaderMarch 11–18 Paris–Nice () ()March 14–20 Tirreno–Adriatico ()March 24 Milan–San Remo ()April 8 Tour of Flanders ()April 11 Gent–Wevelgem () ()April 9–14 Vuelta al País Vasco ()April 15 Paris–Roubaix () ()April 22 Amstel Gold Race () ()April 25 La Flèche Wallonne ()April 29 Liège–Bastogne–Liège ()May 1–6 Tour de Romandie ()May 21–27 Volta a Catalunya ()May 12–June 3 Giro d'Italia () ()June 10–17 Dauphiné Libéré ()June 16–24 Tour de Suisse ()June 24 TTT Eindhoven July 7–29 Tour de France ()August 4 Clásica de San Sebastián ()August 10–18 Deutschland Tour ()August 19 Vattenfall Cyclassics ()August 22–29 / Eneco Tour of Benelux ()September 2 GP Ouest-France ()September 1–23 Vuelta a España ()September 9–15 Tour de Pologne ()October 14 Paris–Tours ()October 20 Giro di Lombardia () ()
Züri-Metzgete race was scheduled in Switzerland for October 7, but the race was cancelled.
Teams CodeOfficial Team NameCountryWebsite ALM AST BTL GCE COF C.A CSC DSC PRL EUS FDJ GST LAM LIQ MRM QSI RAB SDV TMO -- UNI
Individual standings +Final classificationRankNameTeamPoints124721973191419051826172716581659159101451113512127
241 riders have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.
Team standings +Final classificationRankTeamNationalityPoints1392235433374324531063067300830092931025811227122181321214207151821617817177181481913720127
Nation standings +Final standingsRankNationPoints18492728352044375377633772938281921510180
Riders from 30 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point
2007 ProTour Points System PlaceTour de FranceGiro d'ItaliaVuelta a EspañaMilan–San RemoTour of FlandersParis–RoubaixLiège–Bastogne–LiègeGiro di LombardiaLesser stage racesLesser one-day racesEindhoven Time TrialOverall Classification1st100855040102nd7565403093rd6050352584th5545302075th5040251566th4535201157th403015748th352610539th302253210th251921111th201612th151313th121114th10915th8716th6517th5418th4319th3220th21Stage wins (if applicable)1st108 3 2nd5 4 2 3rd321
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.
References
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