2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
Paolo Savoldelli's Astana team finished with only the minimum of five riders together, but their 33'51" was nearly good enough for the stage win. The winning team was Liquigas, coming home with six riders in 33'38". The big surprise of the day was that the first Liquigas rider across the line was not their team leader Danilo Di Luca, but rather sprinter Enrico Gasparotto. Di Luca was visibly upset to have not been granted first position as the squad approached the finish line.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
Though Gasparotto at first claimed it was the team's plan for him and not Di Luca to cross first, he later admitted that he had momentarily forgotten that the team's time was taken for the fifth rider across the line and not the first, explaining that he was simply excited to finish as quickly as possible once the finish line was in view. Along with the pink jersey, Gasparotto was awarded the white jersey for leading the youth classification; his teammate Vincenzo Nibali wore that jersey in stage 2.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
13 May 2007 — Tempio Pausania to Bosa, 205 km (127 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
Back on Sardinia, the first road race stage of the Giro was flat, heading west from Tempio Pausania along the Gulf of Asinara before going to the south and over the second-category Villanova Monteleone climb, which awarded the first green jersey. A sprint finish was the expectation.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
Five riders broke free of the peloton after 25 km (16 mi) of racing. These were Frédéric Bessy, Mauro Facci, Simone Masciarelli, Pavel Brutt and Arnaud Labbe. They worked well together, attaining a six-minute advantage by pounding out a 43.2 km/h (26.8 mph) pace after two hours. Liquigas set to making the chase, being joined briefly by Euskaltel–Euskadi. The time gap fell precipitously, despite Brutt's best effort to pace the breakaway. Brutt was the first over the Villanova Monteleone climb, and took the first green jersey on the podium after the stage.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
As the stage neared its conclusion, the teams of the primary sprinters joined in the chase. Brutt was the last rider left off the front. His solo attempt lasted until the 8 km (5.0 mi) to go mark, when the peloton was all together. Team Milram, Lampre–Fondital and Liquigas came to the front in the final 3 km (1.9 mi) to try to set up the sprint for Alessandro Petacchi, Damiano Cunego and race leader Enrico Gasparotto, but with 1,300 m (4,300 ft) to go, Quick-Step–Innergetic's Andrea Tonti crashed and brought down much of the main field with him. Gasparotto was among the riders to crash. Since the crash took place inside 3 km (1.9 mi) to the finish line, all riders who fell were given the same time as the stage winner.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
Predictor–Lotto's fast man Robbie McEwen was 15 or 20 riders deep in the bunch during the descent from the small bump in the road that preceded the finish. He managed to find Petacchi's wheel, and held it while his team Milram executed a leadout in the stage's final kilometer. The veteran Aussie came around Petacchi for the stage win, holding off Paolo Bettini, who had done the same. As Gasparotto finished 43rd on the stage and his team leader Danilo Di Luca 12th, Di Luca took the pink jersey for stage 3, though all the Liquigas riders who finished together in the team time trial were still tied in the overall standings at this point.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
14 May 2007 — Barumini to Cagliari, 181 km (112 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
The third stage was also flat, starting in the south-central of Sardinia. It did not have any categorized climbs. It ended in Cagliari, with the last 400 m (1,300 ft) on rough, uneven terrain. After this stage, the Giro took an uncommonly early rest day to transfer to Italy's mainland.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
Right away, a five-man breakaway formed, instigated by Mikhail Ignatiev and Elio Aggiano. Their eventual mates were Mickaël Buffaz, Alexandre Pichot, and Giovanni Visconti. Their maximum advantage was 7'40", as the leading team Liquigas did not mount a strong chase for much of the stage. Ignatiev and Visconti attacked at the 70 km (43 mi) to go mark, and the other three were left behind, quickly reabsorbed by the peloton.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
When the peloton realized that the breakaway had split, the teams of the sprinters, namely Team Milram and Predictor–Lotto, set to making the chase in earnest in order to be able to ensure a mass finish. Ignatiev and Visconti were caught with 4 km (2.5 mi) remaining after bravely fighting on as long as possible.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
Other inconsequential breakaway attempts took place in the next few minutes, but the group was all one for a mass finish, won by Alessandro Petacchi, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol test later in the race. Since Enrico Gasparotto contested the sprint and finished 74 places ahead of teammate and overnight race leader Danilo Di Luca, Gasparotto reclaimed the pink jersey while still holding the white. Nibali again wore the white jersey in his stead in the following stage.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
16 May 2007 — Salerno to Montevergine di Mercogliano, 153 km (95 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
After the transfer to the Italian mainland, the peloton faced a medium mountain stage that concluded with the first-category climb to Montevergine di Mercogliano. The finish was highly technical, with over a dozen switchbacks.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
With 33 km (21 mi) covered, AG2R Prévoyance's Yuriy Krivtsov instigated the day's breakaway, being joined by mountains classification leader Pavel Brutt, who was looking to add to his lead in that standing. Euskaltel–Euskadi's Markel Irizar joined them 5 km (3.1 mi) later. While Brutt did get maximum points on the third-category Picco San Angelo climb, the route prior to the Montevergine di Mercogliano climb was mostly flat, and the Saunier Duval–Prodir-paced main field caught the trio shortly after the climb began.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
Julio Alberto Pérez attacked for the stage win with 9 km (5.6 mi) left, and nearly held on to the finish line. With 800 m (2,600 ft) left, a group of nine passed up Pérez and contested the stage finish among themselves. Danilo Di Luca took off for the line with 200 m (660 ft) remaining to race. He had Riccardo Riccò and Damiano Cunego on his wheel, but neither came around him in the sprint, affording the Liquigas leader the stage win and, for the second time, the pink jersey. Di Luca had previously won a stage that ended on this climb in the 2001 Giro d'Italia. Being first on the category-one climb also gave Di Luca the green jersey; second-place man Riccò wore that jersey in the next two stages.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
17 May 2007 — Teano to Frascati, 173 km (107 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
Stage five was mostly flat, but a third-category climb 15 km (9.3 mi) from the finish line had the potential to break up the field. The descent into the wine country town of Frascati was technical, covering twisting, turning roads to the finish line.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
Tinkoff Credit Systems rider Mikhail Ignatiev was the day's first escapee. Mickaël Buffaz joined him after 15 km (9.3 mi), and the two quickly attained a five-minute advantage. Liquigas paced the main field for race leader Danilo Di Luca, and in the third hour of racing they tapped out a 45.1 km/h (28.0 mph) pace, cutting significantly into the breakaway's time gap. When Ignatiev realized that the main field was closing in on them, he attacked and came free of Buffaz, trying to solo to the finish line, but he was caught 18 km (11 mi) from the finish line.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
František Raboň, Matt White, Salvatore Commesso, and Elia Aggiano tried their luck within the final 10 km (6.2 mi), but none stayed away for more than a few minutes, and the widely expected mass sprint took place. Crédit Agricole's Angelo Furlan tried to execute a leadout for Thor Hushovd, but Alessandro Petacchi's train from Team Milram overran him. A chaotic sprint followed, with several riders having victory in their view. Gerolsteiner's Robert Förster was the first over the line for the win.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
18 May 2007 — Tivoli to Spoleto, 177 km (110 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
This medium mountain stage had three climbs, one in each category. The first-category Monte Terminillo crested a little after the halfway point of the stage, and with two climbs in the next 65 km (40 mi) afterward, pre-race analysis found this to be a stage conducive to a winning breakaway.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
Wildcard teams Tinkoff Credit Systems and Ceramica Panaria–Navigare were active in early breakaway attempts, but no riders got clear until over an hour spent racing and 45 km (28 mi) were covered. Daniele Contrini instigated the day's breakaway at that point, and Marco Pinotti, Christophe Kern, Hubert Schwab, and Luis Felipe Laverde joined him. The breakaway was riding cohesively through the Monte Terminillo climb, and the Liquigas-led main field did not chase very hard to bring them back. Pinotti was the best-placed man in the break, 3'11" back of race leader Danilo Di Luca on the day. The group's advantage quickly exceeded three minutes, meaning Pinotti stood to become race leader if they stayed away. Laverde took the mountains points at the top of the Terminillo, and took the green jersey on the podium at day's end.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
The group's advantage on the descent of the Terminillo was almost eight minutes, and it continued to rise for a time after that. Kern and Contrini had trouble keeping the pace with the leading group as the stage went on, with time trial specialist Pinotti setting a very fast pace. On the day's last climb, the second-category Forca d'Acero, Pinotti and Laverde distinguished themselves as the last remnants of the break, still seven minutes clear of the main field. Kern and Schwab were 90 seconds off the pace at the finish, with Contrini 3 minutes back. As the two leaders approached the finish line, Pinotti abided by an unwritten rule in cycling as he allowed Laverde to take the stage win, knowing that he (Pinotti) was going to take the overall race leadership. Alessandro Petacchi led the peloton home 7'09" behind Laverde.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
19 May 2007 — Spoleto to Scarperia, 254 km (158 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
This was a long, flat stage, winding through the regions of Umbria and Tuscany. It included the third-category Valico Croce a Mori, but this climb was a good 55 km (34 mi) from the finish line, meaning it was unlikely to prevent a mass sprint from happening.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
At the 9 km (5.6 mi) mark, a four-rider break formed, instigated again by a member of Tinkoff Credit Systems. This was Elio Aggiano, and he drew with him Swiss time trial specialist Rubens Bertogliati, Beñat Albizuri, and Fabien Patanchon. After 124 km (77 mi), they had 11 minutes on the main field. It was at this point that the teams of the sprinters set to making the chase. The time gap fell precipitously, and when Bertogliati topped Valico Croce a Mori in first position, the peloton was only one minute behind.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
Quick-Step–Innergetic and in particular their leader, reigning world champion Paolo Bettini, had made an aggressive chase on the ascent to try to soften the field. With 39 km (24 mi) left to race, the break was brought back into the main field. Matt White, Salvatore Commesso, and Fabian Cancellara tried to break away and solo to the finish line, but all were brought back. The Team Milram leadout train again delivered Alessandro Petacchi to the line first, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol test later in the race.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
20 May 2007 — Barberino di Mugello to Fiorano Modenese, 200 km (120 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
This stage had two distinct halves. The first was hilly, with two categorized climbs and several uncategorized rises in elevation. After descending from the third-category Sestola climb, the peloton took in a flat second half of the stage en route to Fiorano Modenese. Once there, the stage concluded with a lap on the Fiorano Circuit, the private test track for Ferrari sports cars. The stage commemorated 60 years since the introduction of the first Ferrari.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
At the 27 km (17 mi) mark, Predictor–Lotto rider Dario Cioni broke away, and instigated a big chase pack to come after him. Twenty-seven riders formed the day's principal break. The best-placed man in the group was Liquigas' Andrea Noè, who was 4' 47" back at the beginning of the day, meaning his position threatened that of race leader Marco Pinotti. The presence of Riccardo Riccò in the group meant that the peloton was likely to chase it down, as Riccò was an outside favorite for overall victory in the Giro.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
The other riders in the group repeatedly attacked to try to shed Riccò, and when his sporting director instructed him to drop back, Riccò rejoined the peloton. Five other riders also dropped back, leaving 21 out front. They worked cohesively to gain an advantage of seven minutes on the main field, keeping it at that gap for most of the stage. Pinotti's T-Mobile Team set to making the chase, but no other team helped, as they were the only team who had a vested interest in limiting the escape group's time gap.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
One team pulling the peloton was no match for 21 riders working together, and it quickly became clear that the breakaway would not be caught. They managed to pull back three minutes by the time the riders reached the Ferrari race track, meaning Pinotti was narrowly able to retain the pink jersey. Various members of the 21-strong leading group tried to attack for the stage win, with Tinkoff Credit Systems' Pavel Brutt away within the final kilometer, only to be overhauled by Emanuele Sella.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
Sella was in turn passed by world champion Paolo Bettini, but Team CSC's Kurt Asle Arvesen had ably held Bettini's wheel in the final kilometer and started his sprint at just the right time to win the stage. Pinotti's lead was reduced to under 30 seconds; he thanked teammates Lorenzo Bernucci, Axel Merckx and Aaron Olson for their hard pace-setting at the front of the peloton, but also noted that the team would need to ride better on subsequent days if they were to continue to keep the jersey.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
21 May 2007 — Reggio Emilia to Lido di Camaiore, 177 km (110 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
After the second-category Passo del Cerreto, the course descended almost all the way to sea level and was flat to the finish. The finish was in Camaiore on the Ligurian coast, in the Italian Riviera.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
The peloton took it easy for most of this stage. Their pace through two hours of racing was a paltry 27 km/h (17 mph). There was no significant breakaway in this time. Only the Passo del Cerreto climb spurred any combativity in the riders, as six, including mountains classification leader Luis Felipe Laverde broke away on the ascent. Four of them tried to soldier on for the stage win, but the teams of the sprinters, and the race leader's T-Mobile Team, worked well to keep the main field together.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
Team Milram tapped out a furious pace in the final  5 km (3.1 mi), reaching  61 km/h (38 mph) and forcing the peloton to ride single file. They continued their leadout in the last kilometer, for Alessandro Petacchi, but it was Danilo Napolitano who took the stage win. The overall standings were unchanged by the day's results.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
22 May 2007 — Camiaore to Santuario Nostra Signora della Guardia, 250 km (160 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
This was a difficult stage, long and with a lot of climbing. Two categorized climbs on course preceded the first-category summit stage finish at Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia. The course headed northwest from Camaiore through the Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast, finishing with a 8.8 km (5.5 mi) climb with a steady 8% grade, and stretches reaching 14%.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
In sharp contrast to the previous stage, the peloton rode very aggressively from the outset on this stage. Numerous breakaway attempts in the first two hours got free briefly, only to be brought back minutes later. The right move at the right time turned out to be Ivan Parra, George Hincapie, Alberto Losada, Mauricio Ardila, Fortunato Baliani, and Hubert Dupont forming a six-rider break at the 70 km (43 mi) mark. Their lead exceeded 4 minutes at times, and at those points Hincapie was the virtual race leader, having entered the day 3' 04" behind Marco Pinotti. This advantage did not last for very long, being whittled down by the pink jersey group. The day's hot weather also took its toll on Ardila and Dupont, as they fell from the leading group and into one of the various trailing groups on the road.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
The leaders had one minute on the Pinotti group as the ascent of the day's penultimate climb began. Hincapie flatted and was gapped between the two groups as the time gap was so small that team cars were not allowed between them. He managed to bridge back up to the remaining leaders Baliani, Parra, and Losada. Pinotti was dropped from the main chase group on this climb, finishing 36th on the stage and losing the pink jersey. The Liquigas had been pacing this group when their leader Danilo Di Luca attacked, which caused all group dynamics to be abandoned.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
Leonardo Piepoli responded to Di Luca's move and drew Andy Schleck with him. Piepoli stayed away for the stage win after shedding Schleck moments later. Di Luca passed Schleck for second on the stage, and with that result he regained the leadership of the mountains classification. His teammate Andrea Noè, the oldest rider in the Giro, was the new race leader.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
23 May 2007 — Serravalle Scrivia to Pinerolo, 198 km (123 mi)


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
This was a transitional stage, leaving the Ligurian coast, traveling through Langhe to end at the ancient crossroads city of Pinerolo.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
The peloton stayed together through the first hour of racing. Mickaël Buffaz formed the day's breakaway at the 38 km (24 mi) mark. His maximum advantage over the main field was more than nine minutes, but he was easily caught. With 11 km (6.8 mi) left to race, Team Milram and Lampre–Fondital were drilling out a hard pace at the front of the main field, and absorbed Buffaz back into the peloton.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
The finish was contested in a classic bunched sprint, won by Alessandro Petacchi, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given after this stage. Wet pavement in the final meters caused Nikolay Trusov to skid out and crash, taking many other riders down with him. Among them was race leader Andrea Noè, who tumbled across the finish line on his backside, but retained the pink jersey.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
Stage 12 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia took place on 24 May; the race concluded on 3 June. The second half of the Giro began with a challenging mountain stage that finished outside Italy, the first of three stages in this Giro that did so. This stage resulted in the race lead transferring from Andrea Noè to his teammate and team leader Danilo Di Luca, who did not relinquish this lead and finished the race as its champion.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The battle for the other two spots on the Giro podium also began in stage 12 but was not resolved until later in the race. Andy Schleck from Team CSC won the white jersey in Milan as the Giro's best rider under 25, and was in a competition with Eddy Mazzoleni, Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, and Riccardo Riccò to see who would round out the podium with Di Luca. It was in the marquee stages of the second half of the race that Schleck and Mazzoleni distinguished themselves as podium favorites, eventually finishing the race second and third overall, respectively. Saunier Duval–Prodir showed well, with Riccò and Simoni both taking mountain stage wins and Leonardo Piepoli winning the green jersey in Milan as the Giro's best climber.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
Alessandro Petacchi from Team Milram won two stages in the second half of the Giro, and the points classification, but his subsequent disqualification for a non-negative salbutamol test given earlier in the race nullified these victories.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
This was the first major mountain stage of the Giro. The course included two difficult first-category climbs, as the route passed from Italy into France. The first of these climbs was the Colle dell'Agnello, which crested just inside the French border. This was the Cima Coppi, the highest climb in the race. The climb took stretched for 21.3 km (13.2 mi) and reached a vertical elevation of 2,744 m (9,003 ft). The Col d'Izoard later on is only marginally shorter and less steep, reaching 2,360 m (7,740 ft) in elevation after 14.2 km (8.8 mi) on the road, for a steady 7.1% gradient. The finish came on a steep descent into Briançon, a popular host town for the Tour de France.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
This France-bound stage had a breakaway group consisting of two French riders each representing a French team: Yoann Le Boulanger of Bouygues Télécom and Christophe Riblon of AG2R Prévoyance. By the 55 km (34 mi) mark, the duo had a 17 and a half minute advantage on the peloton, as the other riders were conserving themselves for the big climbs ahead.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
The Saunier Duval–Prodir team, and in particular Leonardo Piepoli, did the pacemaking on the ascent of the Colle dell'Agnello, and after a few kilometers of the climb only a select group of overall favorites remained together as the first chase group. One surprising rider to crack was two-time Giro winner Paolo Savoldelli, who lost contact with the group of favorites 9 km (5.6 mi) from the summit of the Agnello and lost five minutes to them at day's end. Savoldelli was still hurt from the previous day's crash, and informed his lieutenant Eddy Mazzoleni that he should keep the pace for as long as he could and ride his own race, and that Savoldelli would look after himself.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
In the front of the race, Le Boulanger was the first over the Agnello, winning the prize that went with conquering the Cima Coppi. Riblon followed 1'30" behind him; the group of overall favorites was still 13 minutes behind at the summit of the climb. Piepoli's pacemaking on the ascent had succeeded in whittling the group down to just himself, Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, Danilo Di Luca, Mazzoleni, Andy Schleck, and Stefano Garzelli. Riccardo Riccò, Savoldelli, Yaroslav Popovych, and overnight race leader Andrea Noè had all been in this group at the beginning of the climb, but were all eventually cracked by the pace.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
Piepoli continued to pull the Simoni group through the descent from the Agnello and the beginning of the Iozard climb, absorbing Riblon in the process. Le Boulanger was alone in the front of the race as the ascent of the Iozard began, 3 minutes ahead of Simoni's group. With 11 km (6.8 mi) left in the climb, Piepoli broke away from the group he had been pacing, in a move to see who could match his acceleration.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
Di Luca and Schleck quickly made the bridge, with Simoni holding their wheels, but Cunego and Garzelli did not react as quickly and had to expend more energy to stay with the leaders. Later, Garzelli was dropped by this group's pace, and lost 2 minutes to them at the finish line. This group caught Le Boulanger 3.5 km (2.2 mi) before the summit of the Iozard.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
Seconds before reaching that summit, Di Luca attacked from the leading group and came free, taking maximum mountains points and, more importantly, opening up a time gap. He opened up a 13-second lead on Schleck, Simoni, and Mazzoleni, and 25 to Cunego. Piepoli faded further and out of contention, at last hitting the wall after doing some strenuous pacemaking for much of this difficult stage. Simoni's descending skills brought himself, Schleck, and Mazzoleni back together with Di Luca minutes later, and they were together in Briançon for the stage finish.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
Di Luca attacked for the stage win 900 m (3,000 ft) from the finish line, after a sharp right-hand turn, and drew Schleck with him. Simoni went à bloc in his attempt to reach them, and did pass Schleck, but could not come around Di Luca, who won the stage. The others in the leading group of five finished scattered behind them. Lampre–Fondital's Marzio Bruseghin, who had begun the day second in the overall standings, was in the second chase group most of the day and finished 2'33" back, retaining second overall. Noè was 9'45" off the pace and surrendered the pink jersey to his team leader Di Luca. Di Luca still held the green jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage; Piepoli wore it in the next three stages.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
The Giro's first individual time trial consisted entirely of the first-category climb to the Santuario di Oropa. The route was uphill all the way, gaining 734 m (2,408 ft) at an average gradient of 5.8%, with the steepest stretches reaching 13%. Though noted to be a difficult climb, it was expected that the short length of this stage would limit its effect on the overall standings.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
The first rider of the day to post a time under 30 minutes was Ceramica Panaria–Navigare's Julio Alberto Pérez. His 29'38" was eventually bettered by American time trial specialist David Zabriskie, who stopped the clock at 29'14". Leonardo Piepoli started slowly, well behind Zabriskie at the 5 km (3.1 mi) intermediate time check, but finished strongly, gaining 4 seconds on Zabriskie at the 9 km (5.6 mi) check and 18 at the finish line. Tinkoff Credit Systems' Evgeni Petrov posted the best time at the first intermediate time check, but faded as the course wore on and could not beat Piepoli's time. Riccardo Riccò, Franco Pellizotti, Andy Schleck, Damiano Cunego, and Gilberto Simoni all posted solid times, but all fell short of overtaking Piepoli.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
The last two men to take the course were Italian national time trial champion Marzio Bruseghin and race leader Danilo Di Luca. Bruseghin had the second best splits at the first two intermediate time checks and gained against Piepoli in the final 3 km (1.9 mi) where the others had lost time to him, winning the stage by a single second. Di Luca also rode well, finishing 8 seconds back of Bruseghin, and gaining time on his major rivals. After the stage, Simoni expressed disappointment that Piepoli was so narrowly defeated after having worked so hard the day before. Bruseghin held second overall after the stage and slightly narrowed his time gap to Di Luca, but made it clear that his focus going forward would be to work for team leader Cunego and not for any individual aspirations.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
The first 85 km (53 mi) of this stage were flat, but two categorized climbs followed. The second-category Passo di San Marco and the third-category La Trinità-Dossena had a 20 km (12 mi) descent between them. Though a flat stretch followed to the finish, it was not likely that any sprinters would be present in the leading group to contest the stage.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
The morning breakaway numbered eleven. During the flat stretch before the Passo di San Marco climb, Stefano Garzelli tried to use his team to soften the main field so he could attack and bridge up to the leaders, but team Liquigas, working for race leader Danilo Di Luca, nullified the move.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
The group thinned after cresting the climb, leaving only Iván Parra, Paolo Bettini, and Fortunato Baliani just less than two minutes ahead of the pink jersey group, which contained all of the race's overall favorites. Garzelli and teammate Massimo Codol came free of this group on the ascent of La Trinità-Dossena and drew Gilberto Simoni and the powerful Astana duo of Eddy Mazzoleni and Paolo Savoldelli with them. The three breakaway riders were able to stay with them, forming a leading group of seven, after Codol dropped after doing some strenuous pacemaking.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
They built a 30-second advantage over the pink jersey group, as Liquigas was spent from their earlier effort to keep the race together. They kept their advantage over the other race favorites at that level for most of the stage, contesting a sprint finish among themselves 38 seconds ahead of Di Luca in eighth. Simoni opened the sprint first, with 250 m (820 ft) to go to the finish line, but as is so often the case, the first to go was not the winner. Garzelli passed him up with 60 m (200 ft) left and won his first Giro stage in three years. Simoni moved up from eighth to fifth after the stage, and several time gaps tightened with the day's results.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
This was the Giro's queen stage, featuring four categorized climbs along with an uncategorized 800 m (2,600 ft) wall early on. It concluded at the picturesque Tre Cime di Lavaredo with a demanding final climb, only 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long but with a steady 7.6% grade and stretches of over 20%.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
After a flurry of morning attacks and counterattacks resulted in no group coming clear, the right combination formed after close to an hour and 28 km (17 mi) covered. By the 40 km (25 mi) mark, the 22-strong breakaway representing 17 teams had three minutes on the main field. Their advantage eventually grew to nearly seven minutes, but with such difficult parcours ahead, they stood little chance of staying away.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
After 5 km (3.1 mi) on the Passo di San Pellegrino, the day's first climb, Saunier Duval–Prodir sent Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Riccò on the attack. Iván Parra and Julio Alberto Pérez followed, and they quickly gapped the pink jersey group while trying to bridge up to the leaders. They reached the leading group after the descent of the San Pellegrino, holding four minutes on the pink jersey group at that time.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
Saunier Duval-Prodir rider David Cañada, part of the original big breakaway, set to the pacemaking once his two teammates joined the group, and tapped out a tempo that cracked about half of the group. When Cañada faded, Piepoli took his turn on the front of the group, at which time only Riccò, Pérez, Parra, and Michael Rasmussen were with him. Piepoli led them over the second-category Passo di Giau together, a little over three minutes ahead of the main field.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
The pink jersey group was, during the Giau climb, some 50 riders strong until Paolo Savoldelli took a pull on the front, working for the better-placed Eddy Mazzoleni, that absolutely shattered it. Race leader Danilo Di Luca lost all of his support riders from the group, and overall contenders Damiano Cunego and Marzio Bruseghin were also quickly gapped. With 2.7 km (1.7 mi) remaining to the summit of the Giau, Di Luca put in an attack that further broke up the field. Savoldelli was gapped for a time, but his aggressive descent from the Giau brought him back to the pink jersey group, where he again took a strenuous pull on the front, softening up the contenders enough for himself and Mazzoleni to break free.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
The intermediate sprint in Cortina d'Ampezzo resulted in Rasmussen coming out the back of the leading group. Savoldelli and Mazzoleni caught him in the road, and the Dutchman stayed with them to form a three-man chase group. Rain began to fall on the ascent of the Passo Tre Croci, the day's third climb, making the goings even more difficult. The leading group of four had 1'24" on the Mazzoleni group at the top of Passo Tre Croci and a further three minutes on the pink jersey group, meaning Mazzoleni was very nearly the virtual race leader on the road. Mazzoleni dropped Savoldelli and Rasmussen as the stage went on, and finished five minutes before them.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
On the last ascent of the day, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Di Luca made up much of the ground he had in deficit to Mazzoleni on the road, conceding a minute and 24 seconds to him at the finish line. Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, and Andy Schleck finished just behind him. In the front of the race, Riccò attacked as the Lavaredo climb began and quickly got a 15-second gap. The only rider to bridge to him was his teammate Piepoli. Piepoli, having taken the lead outright in the mountains classification, allowed Riccò the stage win. Their team leader Simoni reflected after the stage that he thought their early break was foolhardy, and that he had not followed because he was focused only on the overall and not stages, but that he was happy that the team took the Giro's marquee stage.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
The true difficulty of the stage was demonstrated by the time gaps and finishing groups. Most of the riders finished the stage alone; no more than five finished together. Only 18 other riders finished within ten minutes of Riccò's winning time, and 78 lost more than half an hour, with Bouygues Télécom's Franck Renier last on the day 40 minutes and 10 seconds off the pace.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
After the second rest day, the Giro returned with a rolling stage that entered Austria. The stage began with the second-category Passo di Campolongo and a long descent from it, but the remaining terrain was not difficult enough for any riders to open up significant time gaps. Pre -race analysis thus found it to be an ideal stage for a winning breakaway.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
The peloton's pace in this stage was extremely lax. Through the first hour, they covered only 25.1 km (15.6 mi). The second hour was even slower, covering 24.6 km (15.3 mi). No breakaways were attempted in this time, save for a quick sprint for the mountains points available on the Passo di Campolongo. Through three hours, there was still no breakaway.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
Finally, with only 70 km (43 mi) left in the stage, Benoît Joachim and Laurent Mangel came free. The Liquigas team at the head of the peloton was uninterested in chasing them down, since only a stage win was on offer this day, with the overall standings very unlikely to change. Little by little, sixteen others joined them. They did not work cohesively; Mangel, Stefano Garzelli, Ricardo Serrano, José Luis Rubiera, Pietro Caucchioli, and Pablo Lastras took two minutes' advantage over the other twelve.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
This mattered little, as the apathetic peloton let them all go to contest the stage amongst themselves. Garzelli put in an attack on the third-category Bannberg climb, 27 km (17 mi) from the end of the race, and stayed out front for the stage win. The main field, led home by László Bodrogi, was 8 minutes and 10 seconds back, but there was no significant change to the overall classification.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
This stage brought the riders back into Italy. It was short, but it ended at one of the most difficult climbs in the world, Monte Zoncolan. The climb gains 1,203 m (3,947 ft) in 10.1 km (6.3 mi) for a crushing average gradient of almost 12%, and stretches of up to 22%. The Giro previously passed over the Zoncolan in 2003, in a stage won by Gilberto Simoni en route to overall victory.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
Race leader Danilo Di Luca's Liquigas team covered many early breakaway attempts. After 25 km (16 mi), a dozen-strong breakaway group formed. Their pace was frantic, coming to the stage's intermediate sprint 20 minutes faster than the fastest time predicted by Giro organizers. They had five and a half minutes on the pink jersey group containing race favorites at this point, and three and a half minutes on them at the beginning of the Zoncolan climb.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
Jussi Veikkanen, Massimo Codol, and Mauricio Ardila took pulls at the front of the breakaway group, but 2 km (1.2 mi) into the climb, only Dario Cioni, Fortunato Baliani, and Mario Aerts remained out front. Another kilometer later, Cioni was the lone leader. Franco Pellizotti was the last Liquigas rider left for Di Luca in the group of favorites, before he cracked and also fell off the pace.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
With 5 km (3.1 mi) left in the climb, Simoni himself came to the front of the group and tapped out a pace that left everyone but teammate Leonardo Piepoli and best young rider Andy Schleck behind. They passed Cioni and chaser Codol on the road, and the Saunier Duval–Prodir duo left the young Luxembourger behind them to contest the stage themselves. Since the climb had personal significance for Simoni, Piepoli allowed him to cross the line first. They had covered the 10.1 km (6.3 mi) climb in 39'05", for a paltry pace of 15.05 km/h (9.35 mph). The win moved Simoni into a podium position, in third, and moved Schleck into second overall.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
The 18th stage was completely flat, and was sure to be contested by the Giro's remaining sprinters.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
A great number of early breakaways were attempted and neutralized in the stage's first hour. Finally, seven broke away at the 37 km (23 mi) mark. The seven, Addy Engels, Maxim Gourov, Patxi Vila, Franck Renier, Eric Berthou, Pedro Horrillo and Mikhail Ignatiev, got a maximum advantage of 2'30", but the peloton easily caught them 5 km (3.1 mi) from the finish line. AG2R Prévoyance tried to set up the sprint for Alexandre Usov, as did Quick-Step–Innergetic for Matteo Tosatto, who lived in the town where the stage finished.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
AG2R's leadout train took a left-hand turn in the final kilometer too sharply, and left a handful of riders to contest the stage alone. Since the crash occurred within the final 3 km (1.9 mi), no time was counted as lost. Alessandro Petacchi easily held off Maximiliano Richeze and Matti Breschel for the victory, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given earlier in the race. The overall standings were unchanged by the day's results.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
Two categorized climbs occurred on this course, but since the stage took place one day before a long and likely crucial individual time trial, pre-race analysis determined this stage likely to be decided by a breakaway.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
A breakaway group involving double stage winner Stefano Garzelli got away after 27 km (17 mi), but was brought back 34 km (21 mi) later after never having more than 45 seconds on the main field. Iban Mayo and Alberto Losada counter-attacked when the original break was brought in, and stayed out front for much of the stage. Liquigas rode tempo through the 98 km (61 mi) mark, until Leonardo Piepoli put in an attack for maximum mountains points on the second-category Pian del Fugazze. He was caught shortly thereafter, but the pace he set severely thinned the pink jersey group.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
A chase group of five riders formed between the pink jersey group and Mayo and Losada in the front of the race, but they were never able to make the bridge. Losada cracked on the day's final climb and finished 4 minutes behind Mayo, the stage winner. Evgeni Petrov, who began the day in eighth place overall, was part of the chase group and gained sufficient time to move into seventh place at day's end.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
The race's second individual time trial was fairly straightforward, albeit long. It was mostly flat and did not have many turns in the road, thus favoring traditional time trial specialists for the stage win.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Mikhail Ignatiev set the first competitive time of the day. His 54'21" was almost two minutes better than the times that had come before him. Not long after came United States national time trial champion David Zabriskie, who bettered Ignatiev's time at all three intermediate time checks and was over a minute better than him at the finish, the first rider under 53 minutes on the day. Paolo Savoldelli came a little later and stopped the clock in 52'20".


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Later on, the race's overall favorites took to the road not expressly for the stage win, but rather to iron out the race's overall standings. Savoldelli's teammate Eddy Mazzoleni rode one of the best time trials of his career, 2 seconds better than Zabriskie and 36 back of his teammate to move up from fifth to third overall. Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni, both noted as relatively weak time trialists, lost out on their chances for the podium because of Mazzoleni's ride and settled among themselves the battle for fourth place.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
Cunego's 54'37" meant Simoni would have to come home better than 55'38" to stay better than his rival. Simoni's time was 55'03", and he remained ahead of Cunego. Danilo Di Luca and Andy Schleck also rode strong time trials, to preserve their places on top of the overall classification with a ceremonial final stage left to race.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
The final stage was flat, containing, per tradition, one early categorized climb. It ended with ten circuits on the Corso Venezia in Milan preceding a mass sprint finish.


2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
Kurt Asle Arvesen and Daniele Contrini briefly broke away early in the stage, but they did not seriously seek to stay away. The peloton was together into Milan. Various breakaway attempts occurred on the Milan circuit, but none succeeded. Alessandro Petacchi won the resultant field sprint, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given earlier in the race. There were no significant changes to the race's standings, so Danilo Di Luca became the Giro champion.


2007 Giro del Trentino
The 2007 Giro del Trentino was the 31st edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 24 April to 27 April 2007. The race started and finished in Arco. The race was won by Damiano Cunego.


2007 Giro di Lombardia
The 2007 Giro di Lombardia is the 101st edition of this single day road bicycle racing monument race. The 242 km event took place on 20 October 2007 and was won by Damiano Cunego, the Italian rider for Lampre-Fondital in 5 hours, 52 minutes 48 seconds at an average speed of 41.16 km/h.


2007 Gisborne earthquake
The 2007 Gisborne earthquake occurred under the Pacific Ocean about 50 kilometres (31 mi) off the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island at 8:55 pm NZDT on 20 December. The tremor had a moment magnitude of 6.7 and maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very Strong), and affected the city of Gisborne, but was felt widely across the country from Auckland in the north to Dunedin in the south.


2007 Gisborne earthquake, Effects
While the earthquake was initially reported to have caused no deaths, an elderly woman in Gisborne suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the quake. A number of buildings in central Gisborne were damaged. The central business district was closed off to allow building inspectors to assess buildings for damage; three buildings had collapsed. There were blackouts immediately after the earthquake hit. The town clock stopped at 8:55 pm. As of 14 January 2008, the Earthquake Commission had received over 3100 insurance claims amounting to $16 million. It was earlier estimated that the cost of damage caused by the earthquake could rise to $30 million.


2007 Glasgow City Council election
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Green Party and for Solidarity.


2007 Glasgow City Council election, Ward results, Ward 11: Hillhead (4 seats)
N.B Neil Craig stood for the Nine Percent Growth Party rather than an independent.


2007 Glorietta explosion
The 2007 Glorietta explosion occurred in the Glorietta 2 section of the Glorietta shopping complex at Ayala Center in Makati, Metropolitan Manila, in the Philippines, on October 19, 2007, at around 1:25 PM PST. Initial reports indicated that the explosion originated from an LPG tank explosion in a restaurant in the mall. However, authorities were unable to confirm the true nature or source of the explosion. The blast killed eleven people and injured more than a hundred. Many of the victims were admitted at the Makati Medical Center and Ospital ng Makati.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
The explosion initially killed eleven people through shrapnel wounds, and at least 126 others were injured. The explosion was first reported to be due to an accidentally ignited LPG tank from Luk Yuen Noodle House. However, due to the extensive damage caused by the explosion, the Philippine National Police ruled this out and considered the cause to be a bomb. Whilst there are indications that it was an accident, the possibility of a terrorist attack cannot be discounted," the FCO said in the advisory.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
The United Kingdom also reiterated that there is a high threat of terrorism throughout the Philippines as terrorist groups continue to plan attacks and have the capacity and the intent to carry out these attacks at any time and anywhere in the country. The Makati Rescue deployed a total of 40 rescue personnel and four emergency medical services (EMS) doctors to conduct search and rescue operations. The initial team of 10 Rescue personnel arrived at the scene some five minutes after the explosion.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
As of 7:30 PM (UTC +8), the blast has reportedly claimed at least nine fatalities and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were rushed on to the Makati Medical Center and the Ospital ng Makati (transl. Makati's Hospital). The National Disaster Coordinating Council (as of 5 PM Friday), identified 5 of the 11 fatalities as Lester Peregrina, Jose Alan de Jesus, Liza Enriquez and Janine Marcos, and Maureen De Leon. The latters body was recovered by Philippine National Red Cross rescue teams led by Richard Gordon.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
Meanwhile, the United States and the United Kingdom embassies expressed sympathy for the victims of the explosion, promising assistance to the PNP and government in the investigation. Officials also reported that 10 people were reported missing. Police investigators identified 5 of the dead and officially released the names of 34 of the injured rushed to the Makati Medical Center (as of 3 PM Friday).


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
As the investigation continued four days after the incident, authorities are favoring the possibility that the blast was caused by an accident and not a terrorist attack. Although traces of RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) were found on-site, this does not form conclusive proof that a bomb was the cause, as RDX also has commercial applications. The most probable cause, according to authorities, was the accumulation of methane gas in the building's septic tanks and as well as other combustible materials in its basement. Authorities, however, are not ruling out the possibility of a terrorist attack and are still investigating the incident to discover the true cause of the explosion.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion
Finally, at November 22, 2007 the Philippine National Police had concluded that the explosion is caused by gas, and not a bomb. However they still did not know how it happened. The policemen are now working on the negligence angle.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
On January 8, 2008, Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI)'s commissioned foreign experts found that the explosion was caused by a bomb with RDX components - cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (used in military and industrial applications, in C-4, a plastic bomb).


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
On January 10, 2008, Chief Superintendent Luizo Ticman announced that criminal cases of "reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide, physical injuries and damage to property" will be filed against: engineers Arnel Gonzales, Jowell Velvez, and Marcelo Botenes of the Ayala Property Management Corporation, and Candelario Valqueza of the Makati Supermarket Corp.; engineer Clifford Arriola, Joselito Buenaventura, Charlie Nepomuceno, Jonathan Ibuna, and Juan Ricafort of Marchem Industrial Sales and Service Inc.; for violation of the Fire Code: engineer Ricardo Cruz, operations manager of Metalline Enterprises and its foreman, Miguel Velasco; gross neglect of duty causing undue injury: Makati Fire Station Senior Fire Officer 4 Anthony Grey, SFO2 Leonilo Balais, Senior Inspector Reynaldo Enoc, and Chief Inspector Jose Embang Jr.; Makati Fire Station chief - "for simple neglect of duty-for failure to review and validate before issuing fire safety inspection certificate."


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
Ticman stated that per final report signed by DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno - "no bomb components were found at the basement of Glorietta 2 mall; the absence of any crater, bomb/explosive residue, or improvised explosive device in the "seat of explosion; no soot or blackening on the concave ceiling.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
The Multi-Agency Investigation Task Force final report detailed that the 1st blast was a methane explosion, at 1:31 PM as the "gas accumulated after knee-deep water, diesel, human and kitchen waste at the mall's allegedly poorly ventilated basement was left unattended for 76 days"; the 2nd blast was "a diesel vapor explosion, at 1:32 PM; the National Bureau of Investigation "identified the possible source of ignition" - the motor control panel of waste pumps two and three at the basement; rise in temperature caused by the methane gas triggered the 2nd explosion.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
The Australian Federal Police and PowerPoint copy of US ambassador Kristie Kenney's statement confirming the US experts' findings similar to the police's investigation results supported the MAITF's findings. On January 11, 2008, Chief Supt. Luizo Ticman personally filed the complaint against the 15 accused at the Department of Justice in Manila.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
On January 16, 2008, Kit Collier, an International Crisis Group consultant / international terror and insurgency expert, told foreign media members at the Annual Prospects Forum, Mandarin Hotel, Makati, that he doubted the delayed final report of  the Philippine National Police's findings that Glorietta 2  blast was due to a gas explosion. Kit noted the traces of RDX, or cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, an explosive component, found in the site. Malaysian expert Aini Ling, commissioned by Ayala Land Inc.'s (ALI) paid investigation, stated in her report, that a bomb caused the explosion, due to RDX traces at the blast site. Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez will conduct the preliminary investigation on the criminal complaints filed by police.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
On January 22, 2008, Secretary Gonzalez absolved Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), the attached company of holding company for Real Estate Ayala Corporation, from liability in the 2007 Glorietta explosion. But Gonzalez stated that Ayala Property Management, Inc. (APMC) is still under investigation.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
The Department of Justice's "Task Force Glorietta" on May 22, 2008, recommended the filing of criminal cases of "reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and multiple physical injuries" against 8 accused : Candelario Valdueza, project engineer of Makati Supermarket Corp. (MSC), Clifford Arriola, operations manager of Marchem Industrial Sales and Services Inc.; Joselito Buenaventura, Marchem supervisor; Charlie Nepomuceno, Jonathan Ibuna, and Juan Ricaport, all Marchem maintenance personnel; Engr. Ricardo Cruz, operations manager of Metalline Enterprises, and foreman Miguel Velasco Jr. The report however cleared the other suspects.


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits
The 51-page resolution denied Ayala Land Inc. (ALI)'s  bomb explosion theory and upheld the police's biogas explosion evidence, but it absolved the Ayala mall owners, and Ayala Land engineers Marcelo Botanes, Jowell Velvez, and Arnel Gonzalez, for reasons: “It is uncontroverted that the Makati Supermarkt Building is owned by the Makati Supermarket Corporation (MSC) not by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), which are separate and distinct entities; None of the equipment in the [supermarket] basement is owned, supplied, or designed by ALI.”


2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits, Settlement
Ayala Land Inc. offered each of the families of the 11 blast victims a ₱4 million house and ₱1 million in cash by way of a settlement. Included were Marie de Jesus, Melanie Arroyo, Carlo Cruz, and Amado Pertas, among others.


2007 Glorietta explosion, Casualties
On October 21, 2007, the following information was officially released per the National Disaster Coordinating Council's report.


2007 Glorietta explosion, Casualties
Note: Out of the total injured persons, 95 have been discharged from the following hospitals:


2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Dir. Gen. Geary Barias officially stated on ANC’s Crossroads:


2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath
As of 8:00 this evening [October 19], we have accounted for eight casualties and 129 injured. They are scattered I think in two hospitals in Makati,


2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath
The day after the blast, normal operations continued in the Glorietta Malls after engineers inspecting the remaining parts of the mall found these structurally sound. Glorietta 2 remained closed, and some of the stores in the rest of the mall, mostly fast-food chains, remained closed.


2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath
On October 23, 2007, it was revealed on national television that closed-circuit TV cameras in the mall recorded actual scenes of the explosion. Camera 12 recorded scenes at the Glorietta 2 ground floor entrance, while Camera 10 recorded scenes of Glorietta 2's bookstore.


2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath
As part of the Ayala Center redevelopment, tenants of Glorietta 1 and 2 were given an option to relocate to the newly constructed Glorietta 5; Glorietta 1 and 2 underwent reconstruction, with the addition of two office buildings, Holiday Inn & Suites Makati, and a roof deck called Top of the Glo. Tenants accepted the option, moving them until January 1, 2010.


2007 Glorietta explosion, Reaction
Ayala Land has promised to cover the medical bills of all who were injured by the explosion. They have yet to return the vehicles stranded in the Glorietta 2 parking lot (Park Square 2) to the rightful owners. The United States and the United Kingdom, through their respective embassies expressed sympathy for the victims of the explosion, promising assistance to the Philippine government and Philippine National Police in the investigation. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stated that there would be a full investigation of the explosion. She also said that the Philippine police and military were on their highest alert status, and that an additional 2,000 security officers were being deployed in public areas.


2007 Glorietta explosion, In media
The 2007 blast was featured in a 2009 episode of GMA Network's Case Unclosed hosted by Arnold Clavio.


2007 Gloucester City Council election
The 2007 Gloucester City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. No party gained overall control of the council and still no overall control.


2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began  5 June and the election process was completed by 8 June.


2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
Indian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government.


2007 Gold Coast Titans season
The 2007 Gold Coast Titans season was the first in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 12th (out of 16).


2007 Gold Coast Titans season
At the end of the  season Luke Bailey and Anthony Laffranchi were named co-winners of the club's inaugural Paul Broughton Medal for best and fairest player of 2007.


2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary
The Gold Coast Titans' first ever trial match resulted in a 32-6 loss to the previous season's grand finalists Melbourne Storm, however wins over the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers later on led to predictions for a bright start to the Titans' premiership campaign.


2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary
Their first premiership match was played against the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Suncorp Stadium on 18 March. After at one stage leading, the Titans lost a cliffhanger, 20-18. But this disappointment was soon erased with the club registering its first ever win against Ricky Stuart's Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Carrara Stadium the following round.


2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary
There were mixed results in the first half of the season; highlights included wins over Preston Campbell's old club the Penrith Panthers at Penrith in round four, the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium (a Titans home game) in round five in a match which was marred by a horrible leg injury to Michael Henderson and the virus-struck Parramatta Eels by 38-12 in round seven. The Parramatta side had blamed its loss to the Titans on its preparation of its squad whom at least half of them had been struck with illness in the week leading up to the match.


2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary
By round fifteen, everything seemed to be coming together. However, injuries to many players, none more so than captain Scott Prince, struck the Titans at the wrong end of the season and lost eight of its last ten matches (including a 56-10 loss to Canberra in round 18 and a final round 50-6 loss to the Melbourne Storm in Melbourne) to fall to 12th at the end of its inaugural season. Despite this, their first season was deemed not a failure but not a success either. Only wins over the Wests Tigers and Sydney Roosters, both at home, saved the Titans from a lower finish.


2007 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 2007 Golden Globes (Portugal) were the 12th edition of the Golden Globes (Portugal). It was held on 1 April 2007 in Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno, and broadcast by SIC and presented by Bárbara Guimarães.


2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb
The 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 40th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom Sportova between November 8 and 11, 2007. Figure skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The Junior-level equivalent was the 2007 Golden Bear of Zagreb. The compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango.


2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Gombe State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Mohammed Danjuma Goje won the election, defeating Abubakar Habu Hashidu of the Democratic People's Party.


2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Results
Mohammed Danjuma Goje from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abubakar Habu Hashidu from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,410,234.


2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500
The 2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It was held on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at the 0.526 mile Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, the circuit's shortest (by distance) oval.


2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500
The event was the second to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow template, and the first in which the 2007 Top 35 teams (by owner points) were awarded exemptions.


2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500
The winner of the race was Jimmie Johnson of the Hendrick Motorsports team. His teammate, Jeff Gordon, placed second by less than a second after a battle between the two during the last laps of the race. Gordon attempted many times to take the lead from Johnson by passing on the inside, however Johnson held his position and managed to regain spacing ahead of Gordon on the straightaways.


2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500, Did not qualify
Michael Waltrip (No. 55), Brian Vickers (No. 83), Paul Menard (No. 15), Kenny Wallace (No. 78), Kevin Lepage (No. 37),and Ward Burton (No. 4).


2007 Governor General's Awards
The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented  December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".


2007 Governor General's Awards
The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate
The 2007 Gran Premio Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. It was held on November 11, 2007 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais in his last Champ Car race before joining the Scuderia Toro Rosso team in Formula One. With the merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series in 2008 it would turn out to be the final event run under the Champ Car banner, and 2nd last under the v8 turbo formula.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Qualifying results
24 hours after Sébastien Bourdais established a new track record in Friday qualifying at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, seven drivers were able to improve on that mark during Saturday's session. But Will Power was far and away the fastest of the fast on the day, finishing .594 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Robert Doornbos, thus clinching his fifth pole position of the year and second in succession. Power was driving with a broken wrist suffered in his home race three weeks ago in Australia. Bourdais was unable to better his Friday time, but started the race next to Will Power on the front row of the grid.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race
The final race of the season got off to a ragged start as Oriol Servià, Nelson Philippe, and Alex Tagliani all stalled on the grid. At the front, Will Power held off Sébastien Bourdais at the start and took charge of the field behind the pace car. A potential fight for second place in the championship standings between Justin Wilson and Robert Doornbos was blunted when Doornbos' car developed a clutch problem. Doornbos' mechanics valiantly worked to fix the problem in the hopes of securing the point for fastest lap, and after 51 minutes of work, Doornbos did exactly that, securing his third place in the championship over Will Power.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race
At the front of the race Bourdais was working with a bit of a disadvantage for the race because he and teammate Graham Rahal were docked 22 seconds off the allotted 75 seconds of Power-to-Pass time after they laid rubber down on their grid spots making practice starts during the Sunday morning session. But Bourdais was able to get the power down coming out of the Peraltada corner before Power could. This slight handling difference gave Bourdais a critical speed advantage at the end of the long main straight. Bourdais easily passed Power on the main straight on lap 24 and then held off the Australian for the rest of the race, even after a late race yellow flag tightened up the field.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race
Bourdais' victory in his final Champ Car race before heading off to Formula One for the 2008 season was his 31st overall, putting him into a tie for 6th on the all-time Champ Car victory list with Paul Tracy and Al Unser, Jr.


2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race
Highlighting the race behind the Bourdais and Power was the performance of Oriol Servià who recovered from the stall on the grid and fought through the entire field all the way to third place. His performance allowed him to leapfrog from ninth to sixth place in the final championship standings.


2007 Grand National
The 2007 Grand National (officially known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 160th official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 14 April 2007 and attracted the maximum permitted field of forty competitors for a total prize money of £700,000 including £399,140 to the winner.


2007 Grand National
33–1 shot Silver Birch, ridden by Robbie Power, edged out McKelvey to win the race by three-quarters of a length. Joint-favourite Point Barrow, at odds of 8–1, fell at the first fence. The meeting was attended by around 70,000 spectators at Aintree, and an estimated 16 million adults placed bets on the race.


2007 Grand National, Runners and betting
2005 Scottish Grand National winner Joe's Edge was the long-time ante-post favourite but public money on race day came for 2006 Irish Grand National winner Point Barrow after being tipped by several morning newspaper tipsters but the big plunge bets went on the heavyweight Monkerhostin who had recently run well in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Not surprisingly the two former winners in the race, Hedgehunter, under the 11 stone 12 lb top weight and Numbersixvalverde were both heavily supported, along with Longshanks who had twice been placed in the Topham Trophy over one circuit of the course, and the 2006 Summer National winner McKelvey.


2007 Grand National, The race
Cloudy Bays broke the tape when the runners were sent off for the first time, resulting in a false start. The long delay in getting the runners set again had many on their toes and they set off at a very fast pace second time. By then Cloudy Bays had little interest in taking part and was left by thirty lengths at the start.


2007 Grand National, The race
Joint-favourite Point Barrow caused a huge groan from the stands and for millions watching on television by falling at the first fence, ending debutant rider Philip Carberry's National within a minute of it starting. Another debut rider, Wayne Hutchinson was left hanging on to his mount Tikram until finally being unseated as the horse went to jump the second fence.


2007 Grand National, The race
The Outlier was the first to emerge as the leader and was tracked by Bewley's Berry, Naunton Brook and Ballycassidy as the field successfully negotiated the fences down to the sixth, Becher's Brook.


2007 Grand National, The race
At the famous brook, Dominic Elsworth found himself falling off his mount Le Duc when he shouted to nearby rival Mick Fiztgerald on board Kelami for help. Fitzgerald pushed Elsworth only for the rider to remain unbalanced and fall off the other side instead. At the same fence Jack High crumpled on landing and fell, while Davy Russell was also thrown from Livingstone Bramble, requiring a trip to hospital for precautionary X-rays on his back.


2007 Grand National, The race
As the field continued towards the seventh fence (Foinavon) Zabenz was pulled up, a stirrup leather having broken. Monkerhostin's rider Richard Johnson was also having to contend with a broken stirrup leather but his horse was not enjoying the experience and dug his heels in at Foinavon and refused.


2007 Grand National, The race
Naunton Brook was now in the lead as the field took the 90-degree Canal Turn with Bewley's Berry, Ballycassidy and The Outlier next. Only Tom Doyle was caught out by the sharp turn and was ejected from Knowhere out the side, while right behind them Kandjar D'allier was baulked by two loose horses and crashed into the fence, almost bringing down Homer Wells in the process.


2007 Grand National, The race
Of the thirty-one remaining only Royal Auclair failed to negotiate the four fences along the canal side that took the field back onto the race course for the first time, falling at the first of those, Valentine's brook, badly hampering Eurotrek.


2007 Grand National, The race
Naunton Brook and Ballycassidy continued to set the pace as the runners came in front of the stands and made their way towards The Chair. Gallant Approach survived a bad mistake here which put him out of contention, while Cloudy Bays refused when tailed off. Dun Doire was also tailed off at this stage as the field of twenty-nine runners took the water jump and began the second circuit.


2007 Grand National, The race
The front running Naunton Brook began to show signs of fatigue as Ballcycassidy and Bewley's Berry now took the field over the fences down to Becher's. The Outlier unshipped his rider at the 19th fence (open ditch) as well as Idle Talk, who was already beaten when he dropped a foreleg into the ditch and failed to take off. Billyvoddan was the first of the tailenders to pull up before taking the fence, and the last of the disappointing joint-favourites, Joe's Edge, did the same before the 20th when he was found to have gone lame. Both Homer Wells and Eurotrek had been struggling since they were hampered earlier in the race by fallers. Now with their chances gone they were both pulled up before Becher's Brook along with another tail ender, Celtic Son to leave twenty-two runners still racing.


2007 Grand National, The race
Bewley's Berry was out in front and cantering when he was caught out by the steep drop at Becher's and fell, leaving Simon and Libertine in front while Graphic Approach was losing touch when he fell, while Naunton Brook was pulled up after jumping the brook.


2007 Grand National, The race
By the second jump of the Canal Turn, Bothar Na, Sonevafushi and Kelami were losing touch. Puntal, Clan Royal, Gallant Approach and Dun Doire were beaten and tailed off.


2007 Grand National, The race
Ballycassidy was beginning to slow when he turned too sharply and threw his rider, while at the next fence (Valentine's) Simon came down when in second place. Slim Pickings moved into the lead at the next and by the third-last was at the head of a group of ten runners that still carried chances of winning.


2007 Grand National, The race
The long run to the second-last flight spread the pack out with Slim Pickings taking the fence just ahead of Silver Birch. At the last, Silver Birch landed just in front and began to get away from Slim Pickings on the long run-in. At the elbow, Silver Birch began to labour and Slim Pickings fought back, with McKelvey finishing best. The finishing post came just in time for Silver Birch to win by three-quarters of a length, with McKelvey second by 1 1⁄4 lengths. Slim Pickings finished third, fifteen lengths in front of fourth placed Philson Run.


2007 Grand National, The race
Libertine was fifth, Numbersixvalverde sixth, Longshanks seventh, Puntal eighth and Hedgehunter ninth, a distance ahead of L'ami in tenth, Clan Royal in eleventh, and Gallant Approach the last of twelve to complete. Dun Doire pulled up three fences from home, Sonevafushi and Bothar Na bypassed the second-last, and Kelami and Thisthatandtother missed out the final flight.


2007 Grand National, Aftermath
The winning rider-trainer-owner combination were among the youngest and least experienced in the history of the race with just one National between them, being a previous ride for 25-year-old jockey Robbie Power. Trainer Gordon Elliott was the youngest in the race and won with his first National entrant while owner Brian Walsh had bought the horse for 20,000 guineas the previous year as the first horse to carry his colours in the race. With a 33/1 winner and only one horse placed at a shorter price it was also a good day for the bookmakers who retained much of the £250 million gambled in the United Kingdom alone on the race, as none of the three joint-favourites completed the course.


2007 Grand National, Aftermath
Starter Peter Haines came in for criticism for his handling of the start after the runners had charged the tape at the first attempt. Many race commentators felt that Haines was then too picky in trying to get a good line for the restart as he ordered the runners to turn back from the start five times before finally letting them go at the sixth attempt.


2007 Grand National, Aftermath
McKelvey was also found to have suffered an injury late in the race which would rule him out for almost the entire next season. The injury almost certainly cost him victory.


2007 Grand National, Aftermath
Winning jockey Robbie Power received a four-day ban from the stewards who found that during the run-in he had used his whip too often and also struck Silver Birch too near the stifle. Third-placed Barry Garaghty was also given a three-day ban for overuse of the whip on Slim Pickings.


2007 Grand National, Aftermath
Davy Russell required hospital treatment after being thrown from Livingstone Bramble at Becher's Brook on the first circuit for precautionary X-rays on his shoulder and back. 2007 was one of the warmest Nationals on record with temperatures at race time hitting 22 degrees Celsius.


2007 Grand National, Media coverage
The race was broadcast live on the BBC for the 48th consecutive year, but the first to not be run under the Grandstand banner as the final episodes would air earlier in the year on Saturday 27 January and Sunday Grandstand airing the next day on 28 January 2007. The televising of the race included cameras inside the first fence and two cameras inside jockey's caps (Jamie Moore on Thisthatandtother and Tom Doyle on Knowhere). The programme was presented by Sue Barker and Clare Balding with summary from John Parrott, Richard Pitman and Norman Williamson. The race commentary team was Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath who called the runners home for the tenth year.


2007 Grand National, Jockeys
With the retirement of Carl Llewellyn, Tony McCoy, Mick Fitzgerald and Paul Carberry took over as the most experienced riders in the weighing room, each taking their twelfth ride in the National. Fitzgerald had previously won in 1996 and Carberry in 1999 but McCoy became the eighth rider to have taken twelve rides without being winner or runner-up.


2007 Grand National, Jockeys
Eight riders made their Grand National debut, with Tom O'Brien finishing second, Daryl Jacob fourth and Sam Waley-Cohen fifth. Wayne Hutchinson and Philip Carberry's debuts both ended at the first fence, while Denis O'Regan, David Condon and Paul O'Neill also failed to complete the course.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker)
Dave Harold made 14 consecutive foul and misses during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker)
Marco Fu won the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 in the final.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Ranking points
The breakdown of ranking points for this year is shown below:


2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw, Round-robin stage
The first round used a round-robin format like last season. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw, Round-robin stage
Tom Ford made a maximum break in his match against Steve Davis. For this feat he won £24,000.


2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Qualifying
Qualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 at Pontin's Prestatyn using a round-robin format. The entries were placed into eight groups with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.


2007 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II was a men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour played in Casablanca, Morocco on clay sourts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from 23 April through 29 April. The event was won by Paul-Henri Mathieu in men's singles and Jordan Kerr and David Škoch in men's doubles.


2007 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
Jordan Kerr /  David Škoch defeated  Łukasz Kubot /  Oliver Marach 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–4]


2007 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2007 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Jordan Kerr and David Škoch won in the final 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–4], against Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach.


2007 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Albert Montañés 6–1, 6–1, to win the 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II singles event.


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Fés, Morocco that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 14 May until 20 May 2007. Unseeded Milagros Sequera won the singles title.


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Finals, Doubles
Vania King /  Sania Mirza defeated  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc /  Anastasia Rodionova 6–1, 6–2


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but neither chose to compete that year.


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Vania King and Sania Mirza won the title 6–1, 6–2 over Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova in the final.


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Meghann Shaughnessy was the defending champion, but chose not to play that year.


2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Milagros Sequera won the title, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2007 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2007 Grand Prix de Denain was the 49th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 19 April 2007. The race was won by Sébastien Chavanel.


2007 Grand Prix de Futsal
The 2007 Grand Prix de Futsal was the third edition of the international futsal tournament of the same kind as the FIFA Futsal World Cup but with invited nations that took place between 20 and 27 October 2007, in Santa Caterina, Brazil, in three locations:


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 22 October through 28 October 2007.


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The singles field featured ATP No. 5, Australian Open semifinalist, Queen's Club and Washington champion, 2005 Lyon winner Andy Roddick, Sopot and Metz titlist Tommy Robredo, and Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis winner Tommy Haas. Other seeded players were Wimbledon semifinalist, Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet, Doha and 's-Hertogenbosch Ivan Ljubičić, Juan Mónaco, Nicolás Almagro and Gilles Simon.


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles
Sébastien Grosjean /  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated  Łukasz Kubot /  Lovro Zovko 6–4, 6–3


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Arnaud Clément were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Benneteau partnered with Michaël Llodra, but retired in the first round against Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Clément partnered with Nicolas Mahut, but lost in the semifinals to Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 6–4, 6–3, against Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko.


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Richard Gasquet was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.


2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Sébastien Grosjean won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–4, against Marc Gicquel.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 59th F.I.M Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 10 March 2007 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 4 November.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class were allowed use up to 800 cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990 cc motorcycles. While the 800cc motorcycles had less power than their 990cc counterparts, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns due to their lighter weight (which actually increased their power to weight ratio) allowed them to break lap records in pre-season testing.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Casey Stoner won the MotoGP title, winning 10 of the 18 races to finish with a lead of 125 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo won his second 250cc title, and Gábor Talmácsi won the 125cc title.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Stoner had a breakthrough season on the Ducati, the team winning its first world title on the Grand Prix scene. It was also the first time since 1973 that the premiere category had not been won by a Japanese constructor. The new 800cc Ducati engine had a significant advantage over the other manufacturers in straight line speed but was tricky to ride through corners for Stoner's experienced teammate Loris Capirossi. Stoner was in strong contention early on but Valentino Rossi was very close for a long period of the season, before Stoner started to pull away at mid-season and sealed his title with several races to go, with Rossi's title challenge fading.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Up to the end of 2006, speculation suggested that Honda would have the advantage of the new 800cc engines, as they could modify their existing engines easier than other manufacturers. In practice, Honda suffered the most from the regulation change, with only Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri making any impression on the leaders. Stoner scored a string of wins for Ducati, Suzuki saw Chris Vermeulen take their first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and John Hopkins posted his first podium finish. The Kawasaki team also made progress with improved results.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
In addition to the capacity reduction, MotoGP teams were also restricted to 31 tires per race weekend per rider. This change seemed to have favored the Bridgestone's wider performance range over the more temperature- and track-specific Michelins. Pressure from top riders and declining viewership led Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta to propose a single-tire manufacturer for MotoGP. In the end, rules were amended to allow 9 more tires per weekend per rider, and Valentino Rossi switched to Bridgestone for the 2008 season while his FIAT Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo used Michelins.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
As of 2021, this was the only time since the introduction of MotoGP regulations that a rider and team from a non-Japanese manufacturer have won the season.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2007 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2007:


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes
The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2007 season:


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, MotoGP riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland
The 2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland is the fifth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on June 24 at the Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland, Ohio.


2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Qualifying results
Sébastien Bourdais lead both Friday and Saturday's qualification sessions. Rookie Simon Pagenaud missed the pole by .025 of a second to score his first Champ Car front row starting position next to Bourdais. Bourdais chose to start from the left side of the track, opposite the traditional inside position leading to Cleveland's often frantic first turn.


2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Race
An incident-filled race ended with a surprise winner in Paul Tracy, his first victory since the 2005 Cleveland Grand Prix and 31st overall. Despite two early crashes which forced him to pit and have his crew replace his nose cone twice, Tracy managed to stay on the lead lap. Tracy found himself in lead on lap 70 during the last yellow flag period. The extra fuel he gained by his two early pit stops allowed him to gamble on fuel strategy. Robert Doornbos, recovering from an early setback of his own after he was black-flagged for blocking, was catching up to him quickly in the final laps but was unable to pass Tracy before the checkered flag after 89 laps.


2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Race
Early in the race it looked as if the race would come down to a showdown between Will Power and Sébastien Bourdais as they raced nose to tail, with Bourdais leading from the standing start. Power, following the script Bourdais ran to in the Portland race, passed Bourdais after the first round of pit stops by staying out an extra lap. But the battle was aborted when Bourdais' car broke down on lap 67. Not long later, Power was forced to pit under green on lap 75 to change a tire that failed because of a broken valve.


2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Attendance
Attendance at the 3 day race weekend was 151,426 people with over 65,000 fans attending the Champ Car raceday main event. This represented a 28% increase over 2006.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston
The 2007 Grand Prix of Houston was the third round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 22 at JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Qualifying results
Sébastien Bourdais originally took pole but was penalised for blocking Will Power. Roberto Moreno substituted for Alex Figge beginning on Saturday after Figge was unable to race the bumpy parking lot circuit with lingering back pain resulting from a crash at Long Beach the previous week.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race
Pole sitter Will Power was passed by Sébastien Bourdais and Justin Wilson at the drop of the green flag. Bourdais short cut a chicane and was forced to drop back into 2nd behind Wilson. On lap 14 Bourdais regained the lead and built a long lead over Wilson. The first round of pit stops were done under a yellow caused by debris. Oriol Servia, substituting again for the injured Paul Tracy, left the pits in 2nd, while Bourdais' teammate Graham Rahal got out in 3rd.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race
The top three remained static until lap 66 when Oriol Servia's green flag pit stop was balked by his teammate Mario Dominguez, dropping him all the way to 7th. When Bourdais pitted on lap 68, Tristan Gommendy took the lead by staying out, gambling on a long-shot fuel strategy win.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race
When Gommendy's race ended at the entrance of pit lane with minutes remaining in the 1 hour, 45 minute timed race (all Champ Car races in the season were held as timed races that ran 1 hour, 45 minutes), Bourdais retook the lead and led the remainder of the race in front of teammate Rahal, who did not provide an undue amount of pressure. Robert Doornbos solidified his lead in the rookie standings with a 3rd-place finish, while Oriol Servia fought back from the pit stop mishap to a solid 4th-place finish.


2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Attendance
Race weekend attendance was 168,259 for the Houston edition of the Champ Car World Series in 2007. This represented a 31% increase in attendance over the previous year.


2007 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2007 Grand Prix of Mosport presented by Mobil 1 was the ninth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Canada on August 26, 2007.


2007 Grand Prix of Mosport, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season
The 2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season was the 10th season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 5–11 record. They went 4–12 record and missed the playoffs.


2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season, Coaching
Sparky McEwen was coach of the Rampage during this season.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2007 PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts was the inaugural staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts, held by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament invited the best performing players from the PDC and its rival the British Darts Organisation. There had been two previous head-to-head matches between the champions of the two organisations and a few tournaments have also featured BDO v PDC clashes. This tournament was the first of its kind to be held in the United Kingdom.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2007 tournament was staged at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England from 17–25 November 2007. Phil Taylor won the title, beating Andy Hamilton 18–11 in the final. In one of the early group matches which may not have stood out at the time, John Part narrowly beat Mark Webster 5–4 and less than two months later the two players became the World Champions of their respective organisations.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Format
The 32 players were split into eight groups of four players with the top two from each group qualifying for the last 16 knockout stages. Each player was therefore guaranteed three matches in the competition. Two points were awarded for a win. All group games were best of 9 legs, the second-round games were extended to best of 19 legs, the semi-finals best of 25 legs, and the final best of 35 legs.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Prize money
PartyPoker.net increased the prize fund for the event from the original announcement of £250,000 to £300,000 making it the second richest tournament in 2007 – ahead of both the Premier League and the BDO World Championship.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Controversy
Controversy hit the tournament in May when it was confirmed by the BDO that the Winmau World Masters had been moved from its original dates of 26–28 October to a new date of 16–18 November, clashing directly with the Grand Slam. This meant that players from the BDO were forced into a direct choice between competing at the Masters for valuable ranking points or taking their place at the Grand Slam for better prize money. BDO World Champion Martin Adams almost immediately confirmed that he would participate in the Masters, though he was the only BDO player to do so.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Controversy
Adams went out in the quarter-finals of the World Masters meaning his pay cheque of £1,250 was significantly less than the £4,000 he would have received simply for turning up at the Grand Slam. Adams also declined the chance to compete in 2008, even though the two tournaments did not clash as the Masters was moved to December.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers
The PDC Chairman Barry Hearn announced on 21 February 2007 that all major tournament finalists for the past two years from both the BDO and PDC will be invited to the event. Also World Championship semi-finalists from the same period would receive an invite.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers
The tournaments used for the qualifying criteria were the two World Championships, the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and World Masters (2006 only), UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic, Premier League, World Series of Darts, International Darts League and the World Darts Trophy with the field set at 32 players.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers
BDO players Gary Anderson, Mark Webster, Shaun Greatbatch, Niels de Ruiter, Phill Nixon and Scott Waites all accepted invites to the event leaving Martin Adams (the BDO World Champion) as the only player to have rejected the opportunity to play. He participated in the 2007 Winmau World Masters instead, losing at the quarter-final stage.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Draws, Group stages
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Television coverage
The tournament was televised by ITV. The first afternoon session on 17 November, the Sunday afternoon session on 18 November, the semi-finals, and the final were all be broadcast live on ITV1. The rest of the tournament was shown live on ITV4. It was ITV's first televised darts tournament since they ceased coverage of the Winmau World Masters in 1988 – although they did show the first Clash of Champions match between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld in 1999.


2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Television coverage
The ITV Sport team consisted of lead presenter Matt Smith, analysts Steve Beaton and Alan Warriner-Little, and commentators John Rawling from ITV Boxing, Stuart Pyke from Sky Sports and Nigel Pearson of talkSPORT.


2007 Grande Prairie municipal election
The 2007 Grande Prairie municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Grande Prairie, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Grande Prairie School District No. 2357 trustees (at large), and five of the Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28's seven trustees (as Ward 1). Of the 33,210 eligible voters, only 9,693 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 29.2%, and an average of 5.9 aldermen per ballot.


2007 Gravesham Borough Council election
The 2007 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.


2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Background
Before the election Labour had run the council since 1995 and since the 2003 election had 23 seats, compared to 21 for the Conservatives. The Conservatives had therefore needed to gain 2 seats to take control from Labour.


2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council from Labour, the first time the Conservatives had control of the council in 20 years. The Conservatives moved to 26 seats after winning 54% of the vote, while Labour dropped to 16 seats on a 40% vote share. Overall turnout at the election was 36.4%, up from 31% at the 2003 election.