| Third edition of the UCI ProTour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11 – October 20 |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | 26 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion | .svg.png){kind=small} Cadel Evans (AUS) (Predictor–Lotto) |
| Teams' champion | Team CSC |
| Nations' champion |  Spain |
The 2007 UCI ProTour is the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences. This meant the races counted towards the ProTour standings, although the organisers were not obliged to invite all 20 UCI ProTeams, notably not inviting Unibet.com.
After numerous doping scandals in previous years, culminating with Floyd Landis' doping scandal in the 2006 Tour de France, the Phonak team was disbanded when the new title sponsor, iShares, decided to cease sponsoring and pull out of cycling. As of December, 2006, the ProTour license abandoned by Phonak has been granted to the Unibet.com, and the Active Bay group of Manolo Saiz has lost its license, which was given to the Astana. The links between the ProTour and the organisers of the three Grand Tours (ASO, RCS MediaGroup and Unipublic) remain strained.
The 2007 Paris–Nice race was the focus of a dispute between (ASO) and the UCI. ASO have requested that the 2007 edition be downgraded from ProTour status to NE (national calendar status), therefore lacking UCI world-ranking points and threatening the participation of the ProTeams.[1] This was resolved to an extent though and Paris–Nice took place as the first ProTour race of the season, although without Unibet.com.
2007 ProTour races
| Dates | Race | Winner | ProTour leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 11–18 |  Paris–Nice | Alberto Contador (ESP) (Discovery Channel) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (Discovery Channel) |
| March 14–20 |  Tirreno–Adriatico |  Andreas Klöden (GER) (Astana) | |
| March 24 | Milan–San Remo | Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) | |
| April 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Tour of Flanders | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) (Lampre–Fondital) | |
| April 11 | Gent–Wevelgem | Marcus Burghardt (GER) (T-Mobile Team) | Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) |
| April 9–14 | Vuelta al País Vasco | Juan José Cobo (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Prodir) | |
| April 15 | Paris–Roubaix | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team CSC) | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team CSC) |
| April 22 |  Amstel Gold Race | Stefan Schumacher (GER) (Gerolsteiner) | Davide Rebellin (ITA) (Gerolsteiner) |
| April 25 | La Flèche Wallonne | Davide Rebellin (ITA) (Gerolsteiner) | |
| April 29 | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (Liquigas) | |
| May 1–6 |  Tour de Romandie | Thomas Dekker (NED) (Rabobank) | |
| May 21–27 | Volta a Catalunya |  Vladimir Karpets (RUS) (Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| May 12–June 3 | Giro d'Italia | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (Liquigas) | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (Liquigas) |
| June 10–17 | Dauphiné Libéré | Christophe Moreau (FRA) (Agritubel) | |
| June 16–24 | Tour de Suisse | Vladimir Karpets (RUS) (Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| June 24 | TTT Eindhoven | Team CSC | |
| July 7–29 | Tour de France | Alberto Contador (ESP) (Discovery Channel) | |
| August 4 | Clásica de San Sebastián | Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA) (Liquigas) | |
| August 10–18 | Deutschland Tour | Jens Voigt (GER) (Team CSC) | |
| August 19 | Vattenfall Cyclassics | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) (Lampre–Fondital) | |
| August 22–29 | / Eneco Tour of Benelux | Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| September 2 | GP Ouest-France | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) (Bouygues Télécom) | |
| September 1–23 | Vuelta a España | Denis Menchov (RUS) (Rabobank) | |
| September 9–15 |  Tour de Pologne | Johan Van Summeren (BEL) (Predictor–Lotto) | |
| October 14 | Paris–Tours | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (Team Milram) | |
| October 20 | Giro di Lombardia | Damiano Cunego (ITA) (Lampre–Fondital) | Cadel Evans (AUS) (Predictor–Lotto) |
Züri-Metzgete race was scheduled in Switzerland for October 7, but the race was cancelled.
Teams
| Code | Official Team Name | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALM | AG2R Prévoyance | France | [1] |
| AST | Astana | Switzerland | [2] |
| BTL | Bouygues Télécom | France | [3] |
| GCE | Caisse d'Epargne | Spain | [4] |
| COF | Cofidis | France | [5] |
| C.A | Crédit Agricole | France | [6] |
| CSC | Team CSC |  Denmark | [7] |
| DSC | Discovery Channel |  United States | [8] |
| PRL | Predictor–Lotto | Belgium | [9] |
| EUS | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain | [10] |
| FDJ | Française des Jeux | France | [11] |
| GST | Gerolsteiner | Germany | [12] |
| LAM | Lampre–Fondital | Italy | [13] |
| LIQ | Liquigas | Italy | [14] |
| MRM | Team Milram | Italy | [15] |
| QSI | Quick-Step–Innergetic | Belgium | [16] |
| RAB | Rabobank | Netherlands | [17] (in Dutch) |
| SDV | Saunier Duval–Prodir | Spain | [18] |
| TMO | T-Mobile Team | Germany | -- |
| UNI | Unibet.com |  Sweden | [19] |
Individual standings
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Predictor–Lotto | 247 |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin (ITA) | Gerolsteiner | 197 |
| 3 | Alberto Contador (ESP) | Discovery Channel | 191 |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | 190 |
| 5 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | 182 |
| 6 | Denis Menchov (RUS) | Rabobank | 172 |
| 7 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Lampre–Fondital | 165 |
| 8 |  Kim Kirchen (LUX) | Team High Road | 165 |
| 9 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 159 |
| 10 | Vladimir Karpets (RUS) | Caisse d'Epargne | 145 |
| 11 | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Lampre–Fondital | 135 |
| 12 | Carlos Sastre (ESP) | Team CSC | 127 |
- 241 riders have scored at least one (1) point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.
Team standings
| Rank | Team | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team CSC | Denmark | 392 |
| 2 | Liquigas | Italy | 354 |
| 3 | Caisse d'Epargne | Spain | 337 |
| 4 | AG2R Prévoyance | France | 324 |
| 5 | Quick-Step–Innergetic | Belgium | 310 |
| 6 | Saunier Duval–Prodir | Spain | 306 |
| 7 | Discovery Channel | United States | 300 |
| 8 | Rabobank | Netherlands | 300 |
| 9 | Predictor–Lotto | Belgium | 293 |
| 10 | Lampre–Fondital | Italy | 258 |
| 11 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain | 227 |
| 12 | Astana | Switzerland | 218 |
| 13 | Team High Road | Germany | 212 |
| 14 | Gerolsteiner | Germany | 207 |
| 15 | Crédit Agricole | France | 182 |
| 16 | Bouygues Télécom | France | 178 |
| 17 | Cofidis | France | 177 |
| 18 | Team Milram | Italy | 148 |
| 19 | Française des Jeux | France | 137 |
| 20 | Unibet.com | Sweden | 127 |
Nation standings
| Rank | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 849 |
| 2 | Italy | 728 |
| 3 | Australia | 520 |
| 4 | Russia | 437 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 377 |
| 6 | Germany | 337 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 293 |
| 8 | Belgium | 281 |
| 9 | United States | 215 |
| 10 | France | 180 |
- Riders from 30 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point
2007 ProTour Points System
| Place | Tour de France | Giro d'Italia Vuelta a España | Milan–San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Lesser stage races | Lesser one-day races | Eindhoven Time Trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Classification | |||||
| 1st | 100 | 85 | 50 | 40 | 10 |
| 2nd | 75 | 65 | 40 | 30 | 9 |
| 3rd | 60 | 50 | 35 | 25 | 8 |
| 4th | 55 | 45 | 30 | 20 | 7 |
| 5th | 50 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 6 |
| 6th | 45 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 5 |
| 7th | 40 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
| 8th | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 9th | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11th | 20 | 16 | |||
| 12th | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13th | 12 | 11 | |||
| 14th | 10 | 9 | |||
| 15th | 8 | 7 | |||
| 16th | 6 | 5 | |||
| 17th | 5 | 4 | |||
| 18th | 4 | 3 | |||
| 19th | 3 | 2 | |||
| 20th | 2 | 1 | |||
| Stage wins (if applicable) | |||||
| 1st | 10 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2nd | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
- If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
- Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...1.
- Team time trials in stage races doesn't give points for riders.
- In Eindhoven time trial rider has to finish to earn points.
- In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.
References
- ^ "UCI instructs all ProTour teams to not race Paris–Nice". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ "Rankings as of 2007.10.20 updated after Paris-Tours". UCI. 2007-10-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ "Rankings as of 2007.10.20 updated after Giro di Lombardia". UCI. 2007-10-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ "Rankings as of 2007.10.20 updated after Giro di Lombardia". UCI. 2007-10-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2007-10-20.