2007_Tour_of_California
2007 Tour of California
Cycling race
The Amgen Tour of California 2007 was the second edition of an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045 km) stage race that raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast. The road bicycle racing event was held February 18, 2007. The 2007 Tour of California was part of the 2006–2007 UCI America Tour and the inaugural 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour.[1]
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Quick Facts UCI America Tour, Race details ...
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| Dates | February 18–25, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7+Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 650 mi (1,046 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 28, 2006, the UCI upgraded the multi-day event from 2.1 (category 1) to 2.HC (French: Hors Categorie; English: beyond categorization).
Prologue: San Francisco
The Prologue was an individual time trial held Sunday, February 18, 2007, in San Francisco. Native Californian and last year's prologue champion Levi Leipheimer edged out Colorado's Jason Donald from Slipstream–Chipotle and former NCAA Road Champion Benjamin Jacques-Maynes.
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Stage 1: Sausalito to Santa Rosa
Stage 1 was held Monday, February 19, 2007. A breakaway of four riders including Adam Hansen of T-Mobile Team was reeled in shortly before the finish in Santa Rosa. During the second of the three finishing laps in Santa Rosa, a crash took down most of the peloton, including leader Levi Leipheimer. Those not involved in the crash fought for the stage victory, taken by Graeme Brown by mere millimeters.
Riders involved in the crash lost several minutes, but the race officials decided to credit most of them with the winner's time, meaning that Leipheimer retained the leader's jersey. This decision, which meant extending the "safety zone" to 6 miles (10 km) before the end, was criticized by some riders and team staff.
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Stage 2: Santa Rosa to Sacramento
Held Tuesday, February 20, 2007.
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Stage 3: Stockton to San Jose
Held Wednesday, February 21, 2007.
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Stage 4: Seaside to San Luis Obispo
Stage 4 was held Thursday, February 22, 2007. Reigning Olympic and World Champion Paolo Bettini captured Stage 4, the event's longest stage, edging Gerald Ciolek, Juan José Haedo, and Thor Hushovd in a sprint finish after the peloton reeled in a seven-man breakaway consisting of Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance), Aaron Olson (T-Mobile Team), Kirk O'Bee (Health Net–Maxxis), Alejandro Acton (Colavita–Sutter Home), Christophe Laurent (Crédit Agricole), Lucas Euser (Slipstream–Chipotle), and Sean Sullivan (Toyota–United).
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Stage 5: Solvang time trial
Held Friday, February 23, 2007, Stage 5 was an individual time trial. Yellow jersey holder Levi Leipheimer extended his lead over second place Jens Voigt and the rest of the field.
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Stage 6: Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita
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- Young Rider Classification
Robert Gesink (NED), Rabobank, 22.20.46
- Most Aggressive Rider
Stuart O'Grady (AUS), Team CSC
- Team classification
- Team CSC, 66.56.17
- Discovery Channel, +2.19
- T-Mobile Team, +3.20
Stage 7: Long Beach circuit race
Held Sunday, February 25, 2007.
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General Classification after Stage 7 (Final results)
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| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
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| 1 |  Levi Leipheimer (USA) |
Discovery Channel | 24h 57' 24" |
| 2 |  Jens Voigt (GER) |
Team CSC | + 21" |
| 3 | Jason McCartney (USA) |
Discovery Channel | + 54" |
| 4 | Bobby Julich (USA) |
Team CSC | + 1' 06" |
| 5 |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |
Team CSC | + 1' 16" |
| 6 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) |
Team CSC | + 1' 24" |
| 7 | Michael Rogers (AUS) |
T-Mobile Team | + 1' 32" |
| 8 | Ben Day (AUS) |
Navigators Insurance | + 1' 38" |
| 9 |  Franco Pellizotti (ITA) |
Liquigas | + 1' 41" |
| 10 |  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) |
Health Net–Maxxis | + 1' 57" |
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| Stage (Winner) |
General Classification |
Sprint Classification |
Mountains Classification |
Youth Classification |
Team Classification |
Most Aggressive |
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| 0Prologue (Levi Leipheimer) |
Levi Leipheimer | no award | Brian Sheedy | Taylor Tolleson | Discovery Channel | no award |
| 0Stage 1 (Graeme Brown) |
Allan Davis | Tom Peterson | Jurgen Van de Walle | |||
| 0Stage 2 (Juan José Haedo) |
Christophe Laurent | |||||
| 0Stage 3 (Jens Voigt) |
Matthew Lloyd | Team CSC | Jens Voigt | |||
| 0Stage 4 (Paolo Bettini) |
Juan José Haedo | Christophe Laurent | Alejandro Acton | |||
| 0Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer) |
Robert Gesink | no award | ||||
| 0Stage 6 (Juan José Haedo) |
Stuart O'Grady | |||||
| 0Stage 7 (Ivan Dominguez) |
Danny Pate | |||||
| 0Final |
Levi Leipheimer | Juan José Haedo | Christophe Laurent | Robert Gesink | Team CSC |
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- Zalewski, Mark. "California, here we come". Cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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