2.HC Category Races
The prefix 2 indicates that these events are stage races.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour de Langkawi | Feb 9 - Feb 15 | José Serpa (COL) | Jai Crawford (AUS) | Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) |
| Tour of California | Feb 14 - Feb 22 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) | David Zabriskie (USA) | Michael Rogers (AUS) |
| Critérium International | Mar 28 - Mar 29 | Jens Voigt (GER) | František Raboň (CZE) | Danny Pate (USA) |
| Three Days of De Panne | Mar 31 - Apr 2 | Frederik Willems (BEL) | Joost Posthuma (NED) | Tom Leezer (NED) |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 6 - May 11 | Rui Costa (POR) | David Lelay (FRA) | Cyril Lemoine (FRA) |
| Tour of Belgium | May 27 - May 31 | Lars Boom (NED) | Bram Tankink (NED) | Dominique Cornu (BEL) |
| Bayern-Rundfahrt | May 27 - May 31 | Linus Gerdemann (GER) | Maxime Monfort (BEL) | David Lelay (FRA) |
| Tour de Luxembourg | Jun 3 - Jun 7 | Fränk Schleck (LUX) | Andreas Klöden (GER) | Marco Marcato (ITA) |
| Tour of Austria | July 5 - July 12 | Michael Albasini (SUI) | Ruslan Pidgornyy (UKR) | Stanislau Samoilav (BLR) |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 17–26 | Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) | Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Mitja Mahoric (SLO) |
| Tour de Wallonie | July 25 - July 29 | Julien El Fares (FRA) | Pavel Brutt (RUS) | Alexander Kolobnev (RUS) |
| Tour of Denmark | July 29 - Aug 2 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Maurizio Biondo (ITA) | Roger Hammond (GBR) |
| Vuelta a Burgos | Aug 5 - Aug 9 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Xavier Tondo (ESP) | Tom Danielson (USA) |
| Volta a Portugal | Aug 5 - Aug 16 | Nuno Ribeiro (POR) | David Blanco (ESP) | David Bernabeu (ESP) |
| Tour of Missouri | Sep 7 - Sep 13 | David Zabriskie (USA) | Gustav Larsson (SWE) | Marco Pinotti (ITA) |
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