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 TourismGeneral ClassificationYellow JerseyEdward Jones InvestmentsPoints ClassificationGreen JerseyMichelob ULTRAMountains ClassificationGold Polka Dot JerseyBuild A BearBest Young RiderBlue JerseyDrury HotelsMost Aggressive RiderRed JerseyTeam Classification Stage 1(Iván Domínguez) Iván Domínguez Iván Domínguez* Jeff Louder James Meadley Gregorio Ladino Colavita/Sutter Homep/b Cooking Light Stage 2(George Hincapie) George Hincapie George Hincapie* William Frishkorn Team SlipstreamPowered By Chipotle Stage 3 (ITT)(Levi Leipheimer) Steven Cozza Stage 4(Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca) Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca Darren Lill Stage 5(Danny Pate) John Fredy Parra Stage 6 / Final(Iván Domínguez) George Hincapie Iván Domínguez Jeff Louder Steven Cozza John Fredy Parra Team SlipstreamPowered 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 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Iván DomínguezTUP 3h 05'07"2Zach BellSYM s.t.3Kyle WamsleyNIC s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Iván DomínguezTUP 3h 05'07"2Zach BellSYM s.t.3Kyle WamsleyNIC s.t.
Stage 2: 2007-09-12: Clinton–Springfield road race, 125 miles (201.2 km)
Stage 2 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 2Frank PippHNM s.t.3Dominique RollinNIC s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 2Frank PippHNM 3Dominique RollinNIC
Stage 3: 2007-09-13: Branson individual time trial, 18 miles (29 km)
Stage 3 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Levi LeipheimerDSC 39'37"2Nathan O'NeillHNM + 0'16"3Matti HelminenDFL + 1'27"General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 8:22:342William FrischkornTSL + 1:403David CañadaSDV + 2:22
Stage 4: 2007-09-14: Lebanon–Columbia road race, 133.4 miles (214.7 km)
Stage 4 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Luciano PagliariniSDV 39'37"2Andrew PinfoldSYM s.t.3Iván DomínguezTUP s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 8:22:342William FrischkornTSL + 1:403David CañadaSDV + 2:22
Stage 5: 2007-09-16: Jefferson City–St. Charles, road race, 123 miles (198 km)
Stage 5 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Danny PateTLS 4:50:212John ParraTUA +0:083Jeff LouderHNM s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 18:23:132William FrischkornTSL + 1:403David CañadaSDV + 2:22
Stage 6: 2007-09-17: St. Louis circuit race, 74 miles (119.1 km)
Stage 6 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Iván DomínguezTUP 3h 05'07"2Andrew PinfoldSYM s.t.3Dominique RollinNIC s.t. Final General Classification CyclistCountryTeamTime1George HincapieDSC 18:23:132William FrischkornTSL + 1:403Dominique RollinNIC
Teams Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (DSC) Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV) DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed (DFL) Team Sparkasse (TSP) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis (HNM) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team (NIC) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle (TSL) Symmetrics Cycling Team (SYM) Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara (TUA) Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team BMC Racing Team (BMC) Jelly Belly Cycling Team (JBC) KodakGallery.com – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (OSN) Colavita / Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light (COL) USA Cycling National Development Team (USA)
References Official site cyclingnews