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 StageRouteDistanceTypeDateStage WinnerTeamRace Leader 1Peachtree City – Macon153 km95.1 milesFlat stageApril 16 Daniele Contrini Tinkoff Credit Systems Daniele Contrini 2Thomaston – Rome217.2 km134.8 milesFlat stageApril 17 Ivan Stević Toyota–United Daniele Contrini 3Rome – Chattanooga190.2 km118.2 milesFlat stageApril 18 Gianni Meersman David Cañada 4Chickamauga - Lookout Mountain30.4 km18.9 milesMountain ITTApril 19 Levi Leipheimer Janez Brajkovič 5Dalton – Brasstown Bald172.1 km106.9 milesMountain stageApril 20 Levi Leipheimer Janez Brajkovič 6Lake Lanier Islands - Stone Mountain Park182.9 km113.6 milesFlat stageApril 21 Fred Rodriguez Janez Brajkovič 7Atlanta123.9 km77 milesCircuit stageApril 22 Juan José Haedo Janez Brajkovič Overall Janez Brajkovič
Final standings General classification
CyclistCountryTeamTime1Janez Brajkovič 25h 26' 33"2Christian Vande Velde + 0'12"3David Cañada +3'04"4Rubens Bertogliati +3'06"5Kevin Seeldraeyers +4'22"6Scott NydamBMC Racing Team +5'35"7Jeff LouderHealth Net – Maxxis +6'00"8Timothy JohnsonHealth Net – Maxxis +6'59"9Lucas EuserTeam Slipstream +10'08"10Ivan Santaromita +12'15"
Mountains classification CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Ryder HesjedalHealth Net – Maxxis 182Anthony ColbyColavita–Sutter Home 153Levi Leipheimer 12
Points classification Also known as the Sprint classification.
CyclistCountryTeamPoints1Juan José Haedo 412Fred Rodriguez 373Sergey LagutinNavigators InsuranceCycling Team 26
Team classification
TeamCountryTime1 76h 41'52"2Health Net – Maxxis +8' 42"3 +10'42"
References 2007 Tour de Georgia Official Site Tour de Georgia April 16-22, 2007 at Cycling News