After a week and 667-miles of racing, 23-year-old Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team maintained a 12-second advantage in the General Classification for the final three days and won the 2007 Tour de Georgia. Second place in the G.C. was won by American Christian VandeVelde of Team CSC, and Spain’s David Canada Gracia of Prodir-Saunier Duval finished third overall.

Top sprinters “Fast” Freddy Rodriguez (USA) of Predictor-Lotto
and Juan Jose Haedo (ARG) of Team CSC led the 108-man field sprint for a thrilling photo finish at Stone Mountain Park today. Rodriguez nosed past Haedo for his fourth Tour de Georgia

Peachtree City won the Community Challenge of the BriarRose Grand Peloton cancer fund raiser for the Georgia Cancer Coalition.

With less than two miles to the top of Brasstown Bald Mountain, American Levi Leipheimer of Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team made his move past a group of four riders to capture Stage Five of the 2007 Tour de Georgia. The victory, in a time of 4.33’33”, is Leipheimer’s second straight at the Tour de Georgia.

As Tour de Georgia cyclists race through the streets of Atlanta toward the finish Sunday, motorists on the downtown connector may need to seek alternative routes around two interstate ramps that will be closed for the event.

American Levi Leipheimer mastered the uphill Individual Time Trial of the 2007 Tour de Georgia for a second stage victory for his Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team. Leipheimer outdistanced American David Zabriskie of Team CSC by 41 seconds; Zabriskie finished improved from third place in last year’s ITT to second. Australian Nathan O’Neill of Health Net presented by Maxxis finished third in the stage at 1’18” back.

Belgian rider Giani Meersman of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team used fresh legs to sprint pass a group of eight riders with 700 meters to go to win Stage Three of the 2007 Tour de Georgia. David Canada Gracia (Spain) of Prodir-Saunier Duval finished second and Meersman’s teammate Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) finished third in the stage.

Ivan Stevic of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling team burst away from a pack of 80 riders up the 20 percent grade of Clocktower Hill and hung on the final 800 meters for a Stage Two victory at the 2007 Tour de Georgia. Top sprinters Juan Jose Haedo (Argentina) of Team CSC finished second and American Fred Rodriguez of Predictor-Lotto finished third in the stage, two seconds behind the winner.

Daniele Contrini (Italy) of Tinkoff Credit Systems broke away from four riders with about seven miles remaining to win the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Georgia, one of North America’s top cycling events.

The area around City Hall in Peachtree City was filled with cyclists, vendors, fans and more on Monday. Watch our video/slideshow of today's event.

The racers pass the crowd at Ga. Highway 54 and Peachtree Parkway during today's Tour De Georgia.

The 2007 Tour de Georgia kicked off with a press conference on Saturday afternoon. Chris Aronhalt of Medalist Sports and Mayor Harold Logsdon made some introductory remarks.

The 2007 Tour de Georgia kicks off in Peachtree City this year and, whether you are a cycling fan or not, that is just awesome.

Stage One (Peachtree City to Macon) of the 2007 Tour de Georgia will be held on Monday, April 16.

The race is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at the Peachtree City Municipal Plaza (City Hall/Library) and wind its way over 16 miles through Peachtree City, portions of unincorporated Fayette County and Brooks. The estimated travel time for the entire Fayette County portion of the race is approximately forty (40) minutes.

In a very unassuming building on Senoia Rd. in Tyrone Ga., the staff of Medalist Sports build cycling events. Not only have they put together events such as the Tour Du Pont and the Tour de Georgia, but they also work with the USA Cycling Pro Championships, and have established the Tour of California and the Tour of Missouri.

The Tour de Georgia, America’s premier cycling event, will visit Newnan on Tuesday, Apr. 17. Newnan has been named as a Sprint Line city, which is a “race within the race.” The actual sprint line will be located in front of the Coweta County Justice Center on Greenville Street.

There are 15 teams and eight riders per team in this year’s edition of the Tour de Georgia. How do you get your head around 120 cyclists and know who some of the contenders and cyclists to watch are, you ask Kevin Livingston, a consultant for Medalist Sports and a former professional cyclist himself. Livingston was Lance Armstrong’s main mountain lieutenant in Armstrong’s first two Tour de France wins in 1999 and 2000.

As part of the 2006 Tour de Georgia, 164 amateur cyclists completed the Inaugural BriarRose Grand Peloton, raising $51,700 for the Georgia Cancer Coalition. Riding the same 25-mile route as the professionals, these men and women from 11 different states took a more leisurely pace to the finish line, but the impression they made coming across that line made just as big a statement. For participants in the BriarRose Grand Peloton, who traveled from as far away as California, Colorado, and Michigan, the bicycle ride from Cumming was all about defeating cancer.

A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel will be singing the national anthem prior to the start of the 2007 Tour de Georgia.

For the third straight year, Emory Healthcare has been named the official health care provider for the Tour de Georgia. Each year world-class athletes descend on Georgia for one of the world’s premier cycling events, and this year they will again be joined by Emory’s world-class physicians and nurses providing health care to the participants.

As Fayette County prepares to roll out the welcome mat for the 2007 Tour de Georgia, the Peachtree City Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is pleased to announce that Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of cable entertainment and communications products and services, has been named one of the top local sponsors for the Stage One Overall Start of the 2007 Tour de Georgia.

Everyday Fuel. That’s the tagline of Athens-based coffee franchise Jittery Joe’s, which hopes that customers will see its brand as energetic, active and the key ingredient to get them through their day. Though the association of “fuel” with coffee may be an easy one to make, what many people may not be aware of is a sport that Jittery Joe’s has been “fueling” for over 5 years now, that connotes endurance, energy and vigor – professional cycling.

Pictured is the map that shows the Tour’s route through Peachtree City on Monday.

Tour De Georgia’s first stage — Peachtree City to Macon — will bring brief rolling road closures to ensure safety

ATLANTA – The 2007 edition of the exciting Tour De Georgia, North America’s premier cycling race, begins Monday, April 16, with the day’s “first stage” taking the competitors 96.7 miles from Peachtree City to Macon.