2007 in men's road cycle racing

:"See also: 2007 in sports, 2007 in cycle racing, 2006 in men's road cycle racing, 2008 in men's road cycle racing."

News

January

*1 - Gordon McCauley wins the first race of 2007, which is the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Vineyards. He finishes in front of a leading group existing of three riders with the others being Clinton Robert Avery and Heath Blackgrove. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10417486 nzherald.co.nz]
*1 - Shane Vasquez of Belize wins KREM New Years' Day Cycling Classic 2007 in his home country. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ritfiche.php?ritid=80132 dewielersite.net]
*2 - Ivan Basso receives the 40th Premio Sport Award, which is awarded by Enrico Morelli. Other nominees were Alfredo Martini, Franco Ballerini, Alessandro Petacchi, Francesco Chicchi, Michele Bartoli and Andrea Tafi. [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/dec06/dec30news cyclingnews.com]
*2 - With his win in the second stage of the 2007 Tour de Vineyards Gordon McCauley wins his second consecutive race of 2007 and remains the only rider to win a professional road cycling race for the year. [http://www.dunnersdan.com/PermaLink,guid,90565a5e-7ee7-4a1b-afc9-c548ddfeaf79.aspx dunnersdan.com]
*3 - Due to troubles in organizing the 2007 ENECO Tour the race through the Netherlands and Belgium might be cancelled later in the season as directors Rob Discart and Henk van Mulukom are fighting about the planned sacking of Van Mulukom. [https://shimano-benelux.nl/publish/content/cycle/sbx/nl/nl/news/geen_oplossing_in.html shimano-benelux.nl]
*4 - Heath Blackgrove wins two stages in a row to claim the overall win in the 2007 Tour de Vineyards. [http://www.sportzhub.com/site/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1596 sportzhub.com]
*6 - Brazilian Nilceu Santos wins the Copa America de Ciclismo in his home country. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ritfiche.php?ritid=80227 dewielersite.net]
*7 - Walter Bénéteau ends his career after seven years of professional cycling, finishing his career with a total of three wins. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5633 dewielersite.net]
*9 - Italian riders Nicolas Loda and Marco Milesi both end their career. [http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_003985.shtml cyclingpost.com]
*10 - Rabobank announces to remain the team's main sponsor until at least 2012. [http://www.rabobank.com/content/news/news_archive/0110cyclingteam.jsp rabobank.com]
*12 - Nathan O'Neill clinches the Australian time trial championship title by finishing one minute and eleven seconds in front of second placed Rory Sutherland. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21050007-2722,00.html theaustralian.news.com.au]
*11 - Unless signing doping accused Ivan Basso the team of Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team remains part of the Pro Tour. They were risking to be rejected for the 2007 season. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2007-01-11-discovery-to-stay_x.htm usatoday.com]
*12 - Pro Tour team Unibet.com Cycling Team is rejected to participate in Paris-Nice by the organisers. Instead of them continental team Agritubel is selected. The organisation behind the race is known to have troubles with the UCI and their Pro Tour system. [http://www.cyclingpost.com/other/article_004025.shtml cyclingpost.com]
*14 - Darren Lapthorne becomes Australian national road race champion after he finished 15 seconds ahead of a group riders led by Robert McLachlan. [http://www.cyclingpost.com/other/article_004033.shtml cyclingpost.com]
*15 - Former world champion Mario Cipollini will be taken to court or has to pay 1.5 million Euro's in a pending fraud case. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5657 dewielersite.net]
*18 - Le Monde reports that Óscar Pereiro, second in the Tour de France 2006 behind doping affected Floyd Landis also tested positive during the Tour. The substance found in his body, salbutamol is commonly used to cure asthma, and is allowed to be used in cycle racing if the cyclist can provide a medical prescription for the substance. It is alleged that the International Cycling Union gave Pereiro retroactive permission to use the substance on medical grounds after the positive tests. The French anti-doping agency questions the veracity of the medical grounds. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5669 dewielersite.net]
*19 - Baden Cooke wins the third stage in the 2007 Tour Down Under and celebrates the first victory of the Unibet.com Cycling Team as a member of the Pro Tour. [http://www.cyclingpost.com/other/article_004061.shtml cyclingpost.com]
*19 - Óscar Pereiro claims he is innocent and claims his use of salbutamol was legal. He said he has sent the correct documentation to the French doping agency to prove his words. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5674 dewielersite.net]
*19 - In the Cofidis doping case from 2004 seven people face punishments to a maximum of one year detention. Cyclists David Millar and Massimiliano Lelli were not pushined. [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cycling/story/0,,1994706,00.html guardian.co.uk]
*23 - Johan Museeuw reveals that he has used doping during the last years of his career. Patrick Lefevere is blamed to be stimulating cyclists to use doping. The UCI announces that the last speculations against Óscar Pereiro were based on nothing. According to the UCI Pereiro did not use doping. [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5681] , [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5680] , [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/nieuwsfiche.php?nieuwsid=5679 dewielersite.net]
*26 - Patrick Lefevere strikes back and takes the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws to court after their recent doping stories about the Quick Step-Innergetic manager. [http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_361601.html?wt.bron=kanaalArt2 hln.be]
*26 - The 2011 road cycling world championships will be held in Copenhagen according to a UCI official in Hooglede, Belgium. [http://www.telesport.nl/wielersport/1133726/WK_wielrennen_2011_in_Kopenhagen.html telesport.nl]
*27 - The 2007 Tour of Murcia originally scheduled from 7 to 11 March is cancelled and will not take place in 2007. [http://www.telesport.nl/wielersport/1138758/Ronde_van_Murcia_geschrapt.html telesport.nl]
*29 - Tony Houbrechts a former helper of Felice Gimondi is arrested and set to jail as he is suspected to have set up a drugs laboratorium. [http://www.telesport.nl/wielersport/1147509/Meesterknecht_Gimondi_opgepakt.html telesport.nl]

Pro Tour

Continental Tours

UCI Africa Tour

UCI Europe Tour

UCI Oceania Tour

Other single day time trials

National Championships

ee also

* List of doping cases in cycling