Rhineland-Palatinate Tour 2007
| Final result after the 5th stage | ||
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| winner | Gerald Ciolek | 19:56:59 h (42.390 km / h) |
| Second | Luca Celli | + 0:05 min |
| Third | Johan Coenen | + 0:08 min |
| Fourth | Corey Sweet | + 0:15 min |
| fifth | Paul Martens | + 0:16 min |
| Sixth | Bert De Waele | + 0:18 min |
| seventh | Marco Marcato | + 0:21 min |
| Eighth | Gabriel Rasch | + 0:21 min |
| Ninth | Massimiliano Maisto | + 0:21 min |
| Tenth | Richard Faltus | + 0:22 min |
| Scoring | Gerald Ciolek | 20 p. |
| Second | Johan Coenen | 17 p. |
| Third | Andreas Schillinger | 15 p. |
| Mountain scoring | Lars Wackernagel | 29 p. |
| Second | Luca Celli | 12 p. |
| Third | Jörg Ludewig | 11 p. |
| Young talent evaluation | Gerald Ciolek | 19:56:59 h |
| Second | Paul Martens | + 0:16 min |
| Third | Marco Marcato | + 0:21 min |
| Team evaluation | Team LPR | 59:51:56 h |
| Second | Skil-Shimano | + 7:36 min |
| Third | Volksbank team | + 7:36 min |
The 42nd Rhineland-Palatinate Tour took place from May 16-20, 2007. The bike race was held in five stages over a distance of 845.7 kilometers. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2007 and classified there in category 2.1. The 21-year-old Gerald Ciolek from Team T-Mobile was able to oust the previous leader Luca Celli from first place on the last stage thanks to two time credits in intermediate sprints and secured the overall victory.
Participating teams
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Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Leader |
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| 1st stage | May 16 | Koblenz - Kaiserslautern | 176.9 |
 Sergey Lagutin
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Sergey Lagutin
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| 2nd stage | 17th of May | Landau - Worms | 145.5 |
 Steffen Radochla
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Sergey Lagutin
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| 3rd stage | May 18 | Worms - Mainz | 164.7 |
 Luca Celli
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Luca Celli
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| 4th stage | May 19th | Mainz - Bad Marienberg | 188.8 |
Bjorn Glasner
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Luca Celli
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| 5th stage | May 20th | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Koblenz | 169.8 |
 Andreas Dietziker
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Gerald Ciolek
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