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:

Award Jerseys

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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
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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
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Stages

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Stage 1: 2007-09-11: Kansas City, Missouri out-and-back road race, 85 miles (136.8 km)

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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: ClintonSpringfield road race, 125 miles (201.2 km)

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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)

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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: LebanonColumbia road race, 133.4 miles (214.7 km)

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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 CitySt. Charles, road race, 123 miles (198 km)

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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)

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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

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References

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