2007 Clásico RCN

2007 Clásico RCN
Race details
Dates	October 13 – October 21
Stages	8
Distance	1,138.9 km (707.7 mi)
Winning time	29h 56' 59"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Team
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The 47th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from October 13 to October 21, 2007 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rating of 2.3 started with a prologue in Yopal and finished in Popayán.

Stages[]

2007-10-13: Yopal – Yopal (6.7 km)[]

Place	Prologue		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Javier Zapata (COL)	00:08.09	Javier Zapata (COL)	00:08.09
2.	Libardo Niño (COL)	+0.12	Libardo Niño (COL)	+0.12
3.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+0.15	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+0.15

2007-10-14: Yopal – Villanueva (145.3 km)[]

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Heberth Gutiérrez (COL)	03:26.53	Javier Zapata (COL)	03:35.20
2.	Juan Esteban Arango (COL)	+0.04	Libardo Niño (COL)	+0.12
3.	(COL)	—	Heberth Gutiérrez (COL)	+0.13

2007-10-15: Villavicencio – Bogotá (120.2 km)[]

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Ismael Sarmiento (COL)	03:28.25	Ismael Sarmiento (COL)	07:03.58
2.	Libardo Niño (COL)	+1.52	Javier Zapata (COL)	+1.07
3.	Flober Peña (COL)	—	Víctor Niño (COL)	+1.13

2007-10-16: Honda – Villamaría (130 km)[]

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Javier González (COL)	04:17.19	Libardo Niño (COL)	11:22.50
2.	Libardo Niño (COL)	+0.01	Javier González (COL)	+0.40
3.	Hernán Buenahora (COL)	+0.49	Hernán Buenahora (COL)	+1.10

2007-10-17: Manizales – Envigado (189.3 km)[]

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Urbelino Mesa (COL)	04:55.46	Libardo Niño (COL)	16:23.11
2.	Jairo Pérez (COL)	+0.16	Javier González (COL)	+0.40
3.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+0.36	Flober Peña (COL)	+3.10

2007-10-18: Caldas – Pereira (180.3 km)[]

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Castelblanco (COL)	04:56.47	Libardo Niño (COL)	21:21.01
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+1.03	Javier González (COL)	+0.55
3.	Carlos Ospina (COL)	—	Flober Peña (COL)	+3.10

2007-10-19: Pereira – Cali (214.4 km)[]

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jhon García (COL)	04:51.36	Libardo Niño (COL)	26:12.37
2.	Fredy González (COL)	—	Javier González (COL)	+0.55
3.	Javier Zapata (COL)	—	Flober Peña (COL)	+3.10

2007-10-20: Cali – Popayán (123.8 km)[]

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	03:05.06	Libardo Niño (COL)	29:20.19
2.	(COL)	+2.35	Javier González (COL)	+0.55
3.	Flober Peña (COL)	—	Flober Peña (COL)	+3.06

2007-10-21: Circuito Urbano en Popayán (28.9 km)[]

Place	Stage 8 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	00:36.37	Libardo Niño (COL)	29:56.59
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+0.01	Javier González (COL)	+2.21
3.	Libardo Niño (COL)	+0.03	Flober Peña (COL)	+4.58

Final classification[]

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	Libardo Niño (COL)	Coordinadora-Ebsa	29:56:59
2.	Javier González (COL)	UNE-Orbitel	+ 2.21
3.	Flober Peña (COL)	Gobernación de Casanare	+ 4.58
4.	Hernán Buenahora (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 5.00
5.	Elder Herrera (COL)	Indervalle-Frugos	+ 5.36
6.	José Castelblanco (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 9.38
7.	Javier Zapata (COL)	Orgullo Santuariano	+ 10.24
8.	(COL)	UNE−Orbitel	+ 12.55
9.	Manuel Mayorga (COL)	Colombia es Pasión	+ 18.23
10.	Urbelino Mesa (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 23.23