2007 Tour of Missouri

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 Tourism General Classification Yellow Jersey	Edward Jones Investments Points Classification Green Jersey	Michelob ULTRA Mountains Classification Gold Polka Dot Jersey	Build A Bear Best Young Rider Blue Jersey	Drury Hotels Most Aggressive Rider Red Jersey	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (Iván Domínguez)	Iván Domínguez	Iván Domínguez*	Jeff Louder	James Meadley	Gregorio Ladino	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
0Stage 2 (George Hincapie)	George Hincapie	George Hincapie*			William Frishkorn	Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle
0Stage 3 (ITT) (Levi Leipheimer)				Steven Cozza
0Stage 4 (Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca)		Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca			Darren Lill
0Stage 5 (Danny Pate)					John Fredy Parra
0Stage 6 / Final (Iván Domínguez)	George Hincapie	Iván Domínguez	Jeff Louder	Steven Cozza	John Fredy Parra	Team Slipstream Powered 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 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez  Cuba TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Zach Bell  Canada SYM s.t. 3 Kyle Wamsley  United States NIC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez  Cuba TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Zach Bell  Canada SYM s.t. 3 Kyle Wamsley  United States NIC s.t.

Stage 2: 2007-09-12: Clinton–Springfield road race, 125 miles (201.2 km)

Stage 2 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 2 Frank Pipp  United States HNM s.t. 3 Dominique Rollin  Canada NIC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 2 Frank Pipp  United States HNM 3 Dominique Rollin  Canada NIC

Stage 3: 2007-09-13: Branson individual time trial, 18 miles (29 km)

Stage 3 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Levi Leipheimer  United States DSC 39'37" 2 Nathan O'Neill  Australia HNM + 0'16" 3 Matti Helminen  Finland DFL + 1'27"

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 8:22:34 2 William Frischkorn  United States TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada  Spain SDV + 2:22

Stage 4: 2007-09-14: Lebanon–Columbia road race, 133.4 miles (214.7 km)

Stage 4 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Luciano Pagliarini  Italy SDV 39'37" 2 Andrew Pinfold  Canada SYM s.t. 3 Iván Domínguez  Cuba TUP s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 8:22:34 2 William Frischkorn  United States TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada  Spain SDV + 2:22

Stage 5: 2007-09-16: Jefferson City–St. Charles, road race, 123 miles (198 km)

Stage 5 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Danny Pate  United States TLS 4:50:21 2 John Parra  Colombia TUA +0:08 3 Jeff Louder  United States HNM s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 18:23:13 2 William Frischkorn  United States TSL + 1:40 3 David Cañada  Spain SDV + 2:22

Stage 6: 2007-09-17: St. Louis circuit race, 74 miles (119.1 km)

Stage 6 result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Domínguez  Cuba TUP 3h 05'07" 2 Andrew Pinfold  Canada SYM s.t. 3 Dominique Rollin  Canada NIC s.t.

Final General Classification Cyclist Country Team Time 1 George Hincapie  United States DSC 18:23:13 2 William Frischkorn  United States TSL + 1:40 3 Dominique Rollin  Canada NIC

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