2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour
The 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the inaugural year of a professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.
Levi Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team won the overall individual and team titles respectively. Leipheimer finished the season with 381 points over teammate George Hincapie, Germany’s Bernhard Eisel, Juan José Haedo of Argentina and Slovenia’s Janez Brajkovič. The now-defunct Discovery Channel team earned the team title with 810 points over Team CSC, Slipstream–Chipotle, T-Mobile Team and Navigators Insurance.
Events
The 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 15 one-day races and stage races:
| Dates | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
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| February 18–25 | Tour of California | California | 2.HC |  Levi Leipheimer | Discovery Channel |
| April 7 | U.S. Open Cycling Championships | Richmond, Va. | 1.1 |  Svein Tuft | Symmetrics |
| April 16–22 | Tour de Georgia | Georgia | 2.HC |  Janez Brajkovič | Discovery Channel |
| June 3 | Lancaster Classic | Lancaster, Pa. | 1.1 |  Bernhard Eisel | T-Mobile Team |
| June 7 | Reading Classic | Reading, Pa. | 1.1 | Bernhard Eisel | T-Mobile Team |
| June 10 | Philadelphia International Championship | Philadelphia | 1.HC |  Juan José Haedo | Team CSC |
| June 17 | Austin Men's Invitational | Austin, Tx. | 1.1 | postponed till 2008 |
| June 23 | Rochester Twilight Criterium[1] | Rochester, N.Y. | 1.2 |  Hilton Clarke | Navigators Insurance |
| June 30–July 7 | Tour of Utah | Utah | 2.2 | postponed |
| August 19 | USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships | Downers Grove, Ill. | N/A | Martin Gilbert | Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast |
| September 1 | USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship | Greenville, S.C. | CN | David Zabriskie | Team CSC |
| September 2 | USA Cycling Professional Road Championship | Greenville, S.C. | CN | Levi Leipheimer | Discovery Channel |
| September 8 | Univest Grand Prix | Souderton, Pa. | 1.2 | Will Frischkorn | Slipstream–Chipotle |
| September 11–16 | Tour of Missouri | Missouri | 2.1 | George Hincapie | Discovery Channel |
| September 15 | Tour de Leelanau | Leelanau County, Mich. | 1.2 | Garrett Peltonen | Priority Health–Bissell |
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