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2017 Österreich Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria (HC)

69th edition: July 2 - July 8, 2017

Tour of Austria

2017 Tour of Austria

Friday, July 8: 6th & Final stage, Alpendorf - Wels, 203.9 km

Clement Venturini

Clement Venturini wins the final stage

The race: Here's the story from GC winner Stefan Denifl's Aqua Blue Sport team:

Stefan Denifl has won the 2017 Tour of Austria.

He rolled, victorious, into the Austrian town of Wels to clinch the yellow jersey after a hilly final day. It is Aqua Blue Sport’s first general classification victory.

Denifl seized control of the GC on Stage Four to Kitzbuheler Horn as he finished second behind stage winner Angel Lopez. It was Stage Five that he earned his jersey as he raced against the whole peloton over the Grossglockner Pass. He repeatedly responded to multiple attacks and a daredevil 18 kilometre long downhill pursuit of Lopez ensured that the jersey was his for the final stage.

Stage six travelled across 203 kilometres from Saint Johann – Alpenbdorf to the town of Wels. Multiple attacks went clear as the teams began to challenge Aqua Blue Sport. Several climbs put some order on the chaos but then on the final second category Hochlecken ascent Katusha rushed to the front. The information from the pack was that they were attempting to devastate the fast sprint Italian team of Elia Viviani. It split the peloton and there were multiple groups on the road. Some of the Aqua Blue Sport riders more suited to the flat lands were isolated but climber Dan Pearson stayed and protected Denifl.

The peloton stayed clear of the second group and rolled into the finish area – as they crossed the line for the first time Denifl showed the yellow jersey at the front as a tribute to the fans.

Two laps later he crossed the line and straight into the arms of his family and teammates. The local crowd went crazy with delight and chanted his name.

He said: “This is an amazing day – thanks to everyone on the team, my team mates, the sport directors, the soigneurs, the mechanics, the media staff, all the people that helped me. I want to say thanks to the Austrian fans, to my girlfriend – it was just amazing. It is my biggest win, it was about to happen for a long time. I am getting close to 30 years – I have been sometimes close to something big. Now I am just super happy and proud that I was able to finish it off today.”

Stephen Moore, team owner, said: “A rich congratulation to Stefan and the whole team – this is a great result for not only Stefan but also the whole team. The riders in Austria worked hard the whole week to achieve this and so did our staff. Stefan has been working hard to achieve this and we are delighted to give him the opportunity to show his class.”

Complete Results:

203.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.420 km/hr

1	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	4hr 29min 21sec
2	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
3	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
5	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
6	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	s.t.
7	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
8	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
9	BOIVIN Guillaume	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
10	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
11	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
13	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
14	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
15	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
16	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
17	VELASCO Simone	Italy	s.t.
18	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	s.t.
19	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
22	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
23	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
24	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	s.t.
25	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
26	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
27	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
28	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
29	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
32	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
33	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
34	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
35	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
36	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:00:16
37	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+00:00:17
38	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
39	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
40	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+00:00:20
41	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
42	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
43	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
44	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:00:31
45	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
46	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
47	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+00:00:36
48	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	s.t.
49	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:00:39
50	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
51	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
52	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
53	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
54	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:01:06
55	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+00:01:21
56	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+00:02:01
57	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:00:00
58	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+00:03:36
59	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+00:00:00
60	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	+00:00:00
61	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:05:06
62	SCHREURS Hamish	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	+00:06:21
64	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:06:45
66	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	+00:11:01
67	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	s.t.
68	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	s.t.
69	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
70	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
71	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
72	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
73	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
74	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	s.t.
75	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
76	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	s.t.
77	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
78	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
79	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
80	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
81	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
82	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
83	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
84	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
85	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
86	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
87	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
88	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
89	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
91	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
92	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
93	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
94	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
95	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
96	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
97	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
98	TUREK Daniel	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
99	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
100	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
101	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
102	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
103	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
104	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
105	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
106	DÍAZ José Manuel	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
107	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	s.t.
108	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
109	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
110	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
111	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
112	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
113	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
114	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
115	LOWNDES Jason	Isreal Cycling Academy	s.t.
116	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
117	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
118	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
119	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 6:

GC winner: Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport)
Points classification winner: Sep Vanmarcke (Cannondale-Drapac)
Mountains classification winner: Pieter Weening (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij)
Team classification winner: Dimension Data

1,119.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.21 km/hr

1	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	27hr 10min 7sec
2	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	@ 37sec
3	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	+ 00:00:59
4	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:01:00
5	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	+ 00:01:08
6	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	+ 00:02:06
7	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	+ 00:02:21
8	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:02:32
9	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:02:46
10	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:02:50
11	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:02:56
12	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:03:43
13	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:03:50
14	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:03:52
15	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:04:43
16	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:05:31
17	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:05:49
18	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+ 00:06:30
19	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+ 00:07:03
20	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:08:13
21	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:11:28
22	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:12:18
23	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:12:24
24	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:13:26
25	VELASCO Simone	Italy	+ 00:14:18
26	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:14:23
27	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+ 00:14:51
28	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+ 00:16:49
29	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:18:49
30	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	+ 00:19:52
31	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:21:24
32	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	+ 00:23:21
33	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:23:29
34	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:24:05
35	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	+ 00:25:13
36	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	+ 00:26:00
37	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:27:55
38	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:27:59
39	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:29:14
40	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:29:36
41	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:30:23
42	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:31:42
43	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:32:18
44	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:33:16
45	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:34:37
46	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:35:47
47	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:35:54
48	BOIVIN Guillaume	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 00:38:41
49	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:39:23
50	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 00:39:47
51	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:40:21
52	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:41:26
53	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:41:43
54	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:41:43
55	GATTO Oscar	Astana	+ 00:42:17
56	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:42:38
57	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:44:15
58	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	+ 00:44:28
59	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:44:35
60	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	+ 00:45:18
61	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:45:43
62	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:45:47
63	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:46:11
64	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:46:13
65	DÍAZ José Manuel	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 00:46:15
66	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	+ 00:48:06
67	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:50:00
68	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:50:09
69	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:50:11
70	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:51:05
71	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:51:06
72	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	+ 00:51:08
73	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	+ 00:51:17
74	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:51:36
75	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	+ 00:52:26
76	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:52:48
77	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+ 00:52:57
78	SCHREURS Hamish	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 00:53:30
79	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	+ 00:53:53
80	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:54:26
81	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:54:26
82	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:56:21
83	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:56:24
84	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	+ 00:56:59
85	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:57:02
86	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:57:24
87	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:57:41
88	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:58:09
89	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 01:00:25
90	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:01:33
91	TUREK Daniel	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 01:02:15
92	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 01:03:01
93	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 01:03:31
94	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	+ 01:05:18
95	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 01:05:48
96	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 01:05:58
97	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	+ 01:07:02
98	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 01:07:33
99	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 01:07:57
100	LOWNDES Jason	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 01:10:00
101	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:10:49
102	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:11:12
103	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	+ 01:11:18
104	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	+ 01:11:22
105	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:11:27
106	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 01:12:08
107	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	+ 01:13:04
108	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	+ 01:13:30
109	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:14:28
110	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Isreal Cycling Academy	+ 01:16:19
111	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	+ 01:17:52
112	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 01:18:28
113	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	+ 01:18:34
114	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:18:56
115	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 01:19:37
116	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+ 01:20:40
117	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 01:21:56
118	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:25:35
119	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:37:12

Friday, July 7: Stage 5, Kitzbühel - Alpendorf, 212.5 km

Stefan Denifl

Stefan Denifl (in leader's yellow/red jersey) maintained his GC lead in stage 5

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Ben O'Connor's Dimension Data team.

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s Ben O’Connor put in a huge performance on stage 5 of Tour of Austria. O’Connor was on the attack the whole day and at the end, he finished it off beautifully with a solo victory.

With 213 km and more than 3000 meters of climbing to overcome, today’s stage was definitely one of the hardest ones in this year’s Tour of Austria. However, it didn’t prevent O’Connor from attacking already on the first categorized climb of the day.

The 21-year-old Australian jumped away from the peloton to join a small but strong group of riders at the front. When the breakaway started on the biggest challenge of the stage, the HC-climb Hochtor, the group began to split up as only two riders could follow O’Connor’s pace. Yesterday’s stage winner Miguel Ángel Lopez (Astana) attacked from the peloton and managed to bridge across, ultimately leaving only him and O’Connor at the front.

With about 40 km to go, O’Connor put in yet another attack to go solo. However, as the chase group behind him grew in size, he didn’t get too far ahead. Meanwhile, both Daniel Teklehaimanot and Mekseb Debesay had joined the group. If anybody thought the many attacks had left O’Connor empty for the final part of the stage, he proved that wasn’t the case. With 20 km left to go, he attacked once again together with Riccardo Zoidl (Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels). The duo quickly opened up a big gap and left the chase group behind for good.

As the two riders took on the final kilometer, the road started to kick up again. Soon after, a tireless O’Connor put in his final attack. This time, nobody was able to follow him and O’Connor soloed away to take his first victory in the colors of Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka. Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport) finished in 10th place to keep the yellow jersey, while O’Connor moved up to fifth place overall after today’s impressive performance. Teklehaimanot is seventh in the general classification.

Ben O’Connor: “This has been an absolutely magical stage for me. It was super long and super tough. I actually had a small crash at the start but I managed to get back on my bike right away. I then saw a chance and bridged across to the front group. We worked well together and later Lopez joined us. Then, in the headwind, we were able to sit in and save a little energy. In the final part of the stage, I managed to slip away with Zoidl since the group wasn’t very organized. As we started on the final climb, I knew Zoidl was suffering and since I felt really good myself, I took my chance with 600 meters to go and just went full gas. I managed to drop him and take the win. This is really incredible”.

Complete Results:

212.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.995 km/hr

1	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	5hr 35min 34sec
2	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	@ 11sec
3	WEENING Pieter	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+00:01:40
4	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	+00:01:46
5	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
6	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:01:58
7	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
8	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	TUSVELD Martijn	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+00:02:02
10	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
11	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
12	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
14	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:02:05
15	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	s.t.
16	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+00:03:21
17	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+00:03:57
18	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
19	VELASCO Simone	Italy	s.t.
20	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
22	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:04:05
23	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:04:26
24	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:04:44
25	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:05:31
26	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+00:10:49
27	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
28	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
29	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
31	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
32	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
34	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
35	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
36	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
37	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
38	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
39	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	+00:13:34
40	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:18:18
41	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:18:40
42	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
43	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
44	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
45	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
46	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
47	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
48	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
49	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
50	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
51	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
52	LIGTHART Pim	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
53	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	s.t.
54	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	s.t.
55	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	+00:19:51
56	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
57	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
58	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
59	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
60	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
61	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
62	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
63	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
65	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
66	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
67	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
68	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
69	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
71	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
73	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
74	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
75	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
76	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
77	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
78	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
79	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
80	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+00:20:16
81	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
82	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:22:05
83	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+00:26:45
84	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
85	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	s.t.
86	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
88	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
89	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	s.t.
90	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
91	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	s.t.
92	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
93	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
94	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	s.t.
95	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	s.t.
96	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
97	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	s.t.
98	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
99	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
100	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
101	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
102	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
103	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
104	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
105	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
106	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
107	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
108	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
109	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
110	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
111	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
112	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
113	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	s.t.
115	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	s.t.
116	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
117	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
118	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	+00:30:34
119	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:34:33
120	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
121	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

915.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.371 km/hr

1	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	22hr 40min 46sec
2	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	@ 37sec
3	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	+ 00:00:59
4	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:01:05
5	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	+ 00:01:08
6	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	+ 00:02:06
7	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	+ 00:02:21
8	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:02:32
9	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:02:46
10	TUSVELD Martijn	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:02:50
11	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:02:56
12	WEENING Pieter	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:03:19
13	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:03:43
14	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:03:52
15	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:04:23
16	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+ 00:04:29
17	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:05:31
18	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:05:49
19	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+ 00:06:46
20	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:07:57
21	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:11:29
22	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:11:45
23	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:11:47
24	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:13:06
25	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:13:47
26	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	+ 00:14:12
27	VELASCO Simone	Italy	+ 00:14:18
28	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+ 00:14:51
29	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:16:21
30	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+ 00:16:49
31	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:18:10
32	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	+ 00:19:52
33	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:21:17
34	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:23:29
35	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	+ 00:23:31
36	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:23:45
37	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:24:46
38	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:24:53
39	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	+ 00:26:04
40	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:27:20
41	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:27:24
42	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:28:22
43	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:29:14
44	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:29:36
45	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:30:29
46	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:30:42
47	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:30:42
48	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:31:37
49	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:31:42
50	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:32:59
51	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	+ 00:33:27
52	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:34:37
53	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:34:46
54	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:34:54
55	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:35:12
56	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:35:14
57	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:38:41
58	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:39:08
59	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:39:47
60	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:40:05
61	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:40:21
62	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	+ 00:40:27
63	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:40:47
64	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	+ 00:41:25
65	GATTO Oscar	Astana	+ 00:42:17
66	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	+ 00:42:52
67	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:43:15
68	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:43:25
69	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:43:25
70	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:44:15
71	LIGTHART Pim	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:44:35
72	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	+ 00:44:47
73	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	+ 00:45:01
74	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:45:20
75	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:45:23
76	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:45:43
77	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:45:54
78	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	+ 00:45:58
79	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:46:01
80	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:46:23
81	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:46:35
82	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:46:40
83	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:47:08
84	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	+ 00:47:30
85	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:48:24
86	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:49:24
87	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:49:59
88	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:50:32
89	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:51:14
90	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	+ 00:51:17
91	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:51:29
92	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:51:38
93	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:52:00
94	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:52:30
95	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+ 00:52:59
96	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	+ 00:54:17
97	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:54:47
98	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:54:57
99	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:56:01
100	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:56:32
101	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:58:59
102	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:00:11
103	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	+ 01:00:17
104	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	+ 01:00:21
105	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:00:26
106	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 01:01:07
107	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 01:01:36
108	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	+ 01:02:03
109	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	+ 01:02:29
110	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:03:27
111	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 01:05:18
112	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	+ 01:06:51
113	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 01:07:27
114	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	+ 01:07:33
115	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:07:55
116	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 01:08:36
117	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+ 01:09:39
118	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:10:10
119	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 01:10:55
120	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 01:14:34
121	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 01:26:11

Thursday, July 6: Stage 4, Salzburg - Kitzbüheler Horn, 82.7 km

Miguel Angel Lopez

New GC leader Stefan Denifl climbing to the finish

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Stefan Denifl's Aqua Blue Sport team.

Stefan Denifl is in the yellow jersey after finishing second on the stunning Kitzbuheler Horn stage.

It was an incredibly fast 82 kilometre stage from Salzburg Amadeus Airport to the mammoth peak. 32 degrees Celcius temperatures and blazing sunshine made the day in the Tyrol region all the more difficult.

Aqua Blue Sport devised a plan to place Denifl in the best position at the base of the climb.

Immediately after the flag dropped an attack went clear but they were doomed from the outset as Astana controlled the pack. They brought the break back and then Denifl rushed forward as Astana hit the throttle on the early slopes. There were 12 riders soon in a selection. With five kilometres remaining Astana rider Miguel Angel Lopez found his teammates burned off. He went clear and Denifl hit the 19 per cent, sheer cliff side, gradient with gusto as he pursued. Riding with a tempo that was unchanged he tracked the Colombian up along the switch back turns.

As they burst out of the tree line and into the rarefied air near the summit – Lopez emerged first to cheers. But then Denifl broke through the trees and the mountainside erupted. Fans ran alongside him, shouting encouragement for the local rider.

All the way up the ascent Denifl’s father, Earnest, a former Olympic mountain biker, had stencilled his son’s name. Also Denifl’s family and many of his friends were on the mountainside. The biggest welcome was from the fans who cheered every pedal stroke for the Austrian. He crossed the line just behind the Colombian climber – and is now in the yellow jersey – 41 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.

At the finish he was swamped by fans and when he caught his breath he said: “It was a good day for us - for me and my teammates. We have worked so well, and so hard for the whole week. I am so happy for how the guys have helped me this week. This is one of my goals, the Tour of Austria. The climb today is close to my home place, the Kitzbüheler, it is a brutal climb. I paced myself pretty well and I was really close to the stage win. I want to say thanks so much to my DS Nicki Sørensen who helped who helped me keep everything under control. We do not have the stage win but we have the yellow jersey. I am pretty confident with my teammates for tomorrow.”

Complete results:

82.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.386 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	Astana	2hr 9min 16sec
2	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	@ 17sec
3	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	+00:00:50
4	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:00:52
5	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:00:54
7	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:01:14
8	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:01:26
9	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+00:01:31
10	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:01:33
11	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	+00:01:56
12	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	+00:02:10
13	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+00:02:18
14	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	+00:02:25
15	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+00:02:40
16	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	+00:02:44
17	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:03:05
18	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+00:03:09
19	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+00:03:12
20	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	+00:03:26
21	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	+00:03:48
22	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:03:53
23	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	+00:04:03
24	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:04:33
25	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+00:04:49
26	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:05:05
27	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:05:13
28	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:05:48
30	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:05:53
31	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+00:06:03
32	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+00:06:37
33	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	+00:07:01
34	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:07:52
35	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
36	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	+00:08:11
38	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
39	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
40	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	+00:08:25
41	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:08:57
42	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	+00:09:00
43	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
44	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
45	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	s.t.
46	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	+00:09:24
47	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
48	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:09:43
49	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:09:54
50	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:10:28
51	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	+00:10:34
52	VELASCO Simone	Italy	+00:10:41
53	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
54	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:11:15
55	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	+00:11:16
56	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:11:18
57	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	+00:11:20
58	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:11:37
59	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:11:53
60	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	+00:12:05
61	SCHINNAGEL Johannes	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+00:12:07
62	FOLIFOROV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:12:11
63	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
64	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:12:22
65	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	+00:12:30
66	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+00:12:41
67	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	+00:12:43
68	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
69	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
70	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
71	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
72	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
73	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	+00:12:55
74	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:12:58
75	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	+00:13:02
76	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:13:07
77	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
78	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
79	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
80	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	+00:13:29
81	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
82	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
83	BRAMMEIER Matthew	Aqua Blue Sport	+00:13:35
84	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
85	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
86	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
87	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+00:13:38
88	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
89	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
90	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
91	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
92	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+00:13:55
93	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:13:58
94	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:14:00
95	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
96	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	+00:14:02
97	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:14:07
98	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
99	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
100	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
101	KUEN Maximilian	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:14:11
102	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	+00:14:21
103	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	+00:14:24
104	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	+00:14:26
105	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
106	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	+00:14:30
107	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
108	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
109	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:14:44
110	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	s.t.
111	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:14:57
112	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	+00:14:59
113	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+00:15:28
114	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	+00:15:41
115	GATTO Oscar	Astana	+00:16:05
116	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	s.t.
117	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
118	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
119	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
120	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
121	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
122	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
123	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	s.t.
124	SCHLEMMER Lukas	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
125	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
126	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	+00:16:22
127	ARIESEN Tim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+00:17:11
128	GRICK Matthias	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
129	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+00:17:40
130	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
131	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

703.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.231 km/hr

1	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	17hr 3min 10sec
2	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	@ 41sec
3	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	Astana	+ 00:00:56
4	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:01:01
5	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:01:21
6	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	+ 00:02:21
7	CICCONE Giulio	Italy	+ 00:02:22
8	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:02:32
9	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:02:43
10	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:02:50
11	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:03:07
12	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	+ 00:03:22
13	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:03:43
14	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:03:45
15	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:03:56
16	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:04:12
17	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:04:19
18	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+ 00:04:33
19	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:04:39
20	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+ 00:04:51
21	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:04:53
22	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:05:00
23	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	+ 00:05:25
24	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:05:34
25	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:05:40
26	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+ 00:06:04
27	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:06:21
28	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	+ 00:06:53
29	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:07:34
30	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:08:00
31	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+ 00:08:02
32	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	+ 00:08:15
33	VENDRAME Andrea	Italy	+ 00:08:44
34	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:09:21
35	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:09:26
36	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:09:31
37	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:09:35
38	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:09:52
39	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:10:11
40	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:10:33
41	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	+ 00:11:05
42	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:11:25
43	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:12:13
44	VELASCO Simone	Italy	+ 00:12:23
45	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:12:40
46	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:12:55
47	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:13:53
48	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:13:58
49	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:14:04
50	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:14:25
51	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:14:28
52	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:14:59
53	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:15:04
54	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:15:59
55	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:16:21
56	BELLETTI Manuel	Italy	+ 00:16:42
57	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:17:23
58	GATTO Oscar	Astana	+ 00:17:34
59	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:17:59
60	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:20:40
61	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	+ 00:21:15
62	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:21:52
63	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:22:16
64	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:22:32
65	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:22:38
66	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	+ 00:22:47
67	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:23:41
68	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	+ 00:23:49
69	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	+ 00:25:03
70	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:25:14
71	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:25:16
72	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:25:26
73	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:25:40
74	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:25:59
75	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:26:27
76	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:26:31
77	BALLERINI Davide	Italy	+ 00:26:35
78	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:26:47
79	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	+ 00:26:58
80	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:27:47
81	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:27:57
82	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:27:59
83	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:28:05
84	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	+ 00:28:23
85	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:28:34
86	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:28:42
87	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:28:51
88	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:29:19
89	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:29:23
90	VIVIANI Elia	Italy	+ 00:29:34
91	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:30:04
92	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:30:14
93	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:31:18
94	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:31:35
95	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:31:49
96	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
97	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:32:00
98	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:33:40
99	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:33:49
100	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:34:16
101	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+ 00:34:45
102	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:35:22
103	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	+ 00:35:34
104	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:36:22
105	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:36:53
106	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Italy	+ 00:37:20
107	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:37:39
108	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:38:26
109	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:38:44
110	BRAMMEIER Matthew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:38:51
111	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:40:35
112	SCHINNAGEL Johannes	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:40:38
113	SCHLEMMER Lukas	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:40:41
114	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:41:45
115	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:42:03
116	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:42:08
117	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:42:22
118	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:42:37
119	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:42:44
120	KUEN Maximilian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:42:49
121	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:42:50
122	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:43:12
123	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:43:53
124	FOLIFOROV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:44:15
125	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:44:29
126	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:44:40
127	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:44:56
128	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:46:12
129	ARIESEN Tim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:50:01
130	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:53:40
131	GRICK Matthias	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:54:13

Wednesday, July 5: Stage 3, Wieselburg - Altheim, 226.2 km

Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani wins his second 2017 Tour of Austria stage

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Sep Vanmarcke's Cannondale-Drapac team.

Sep Vanmarcke sprinted to third place on stage three of the Tour of Austria on Wednesday. It’s Vanmarcke’s fourth top-five finish in as many days. The result in Altheim allowed him to hold tight to race leader’s yellow.

“I knew sprinting for podium would be the best I could do today, with Viviani in the bunch,” he said. “So I’m happy I did that. We aimed for the stage win again,” Vanmarcke added. “None of us can win a bunch sprint, so we attacked all day. The racing was tough for the first 50 kilometers, until eventually three riders got into a break.”

The trio remained under control of the peloton and was never given a bigger advantage than three minutes.

“We caught them back at 60 kilometers from the line, and then it started all over again: attack after attack,” Vanmarcke said. “My teammates were so strong and were represented in most of the breakaway attempts.”

The Italian national team, riding for Elia Viviani, on loan from Team Sky, closed down a late race three-rider escape as the stage reached its finale. “Unfortunately a sprint couldn’t be avoided,” Vanmarcke said. “So my teammates did a lead-out for me again.”

Viviani won the sprint. Israel Cycling Academy’s Jason Lowndes was able to throw his bike across the line just ahead of Vanmarcke, who took third.

Another podium for the Belgian. One more day in yellow. He’ll savor it on Thursday as he expects it to hand it over at the stage four finish in St. Johann – Alpenbdorf.

“The climb in tomorrow’s stage is really hard, way too hard for me,” he said. “I’m definitely going to lose the leader’s jersey. But that’s OK. I have thoroughly enjoyed wearing it for the first half of this tour.”

Vanmarcke had one rider less to help protect his lead today. Australian Brendan Canty was forced sideline this morning after his stage one crash. A chainring pierced the skin of his lower leg, deep enough to take a minuscule chip from his shinbone.

Although Canty did take to the start in stage two, he had already expressed his doubts about being able to finish the Tour of Austria. “The problem is that the stages get harder from here,” he said. “And there’s also the concern of infection, since it was a dirty cut from a chainring.”

The decision was made for Canty. “Our sports director, Ken Vanmarcke, came to see me this morning and informed me that the team doctors made a decision that I shouldn’t start,” he said. “I think mostly to let the wound heal and limit the risk of infection.”

The neo-pro will fly home to Girona, Spain, to recover from his injuries. “I’ll probably take a couple of days complete rest, as there’s time before my next race,” he said. “There’s no need to rush back into training. I’ll find out what the doctors think regarding training lightly on it,” Canty added. “The road rash is pretty sore too, so I’d probably be happy letting that heal a little bit too!”

Complete results:

226.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.123 km/hr

1	VIVIANI Elia	Nazionale Italiana	5hr 22min 12sec
2	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
4	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
5	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	s.t.
6	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
8	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
9	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
10	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
11	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	REGUIGUI Youcef	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
14	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
15	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
16	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
17	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
18	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
19	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
20	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
21	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
22	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
24	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
26	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
27	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
28	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
29	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
30	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
32	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
33	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
34	VENDRAME Andrea	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
35	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
36	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
37	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
39	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
40	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
41	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
42	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
43	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
44	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
46	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
47	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
48	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
50	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
51	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
52	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
53	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
54	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
55	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
56	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
57	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
58	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
59	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
60	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	VELASCO Simone	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
63	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
64	CICCONE Giulio	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
65	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	s.t.
66	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
67	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
68	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
69	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
70	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	s.t.
71	BELLETTI Manuel	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
72	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
73	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
74	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
75	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
76	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	s.t.
78	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
79	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
80	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
81	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
83	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
84	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+00:00:25
85	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	+00:01:11
86	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	+00:01:33
87	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	s.t.
88	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
89	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	+00:02:24
90	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+00:04:04
91	BALLERINI Davide	Nazionale Italiana	+00:05:19
92	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+00:07:12
93	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
95	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+00:07:45
96	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
97	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
98	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
99	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+00:09:09
100	SCHLEMMER Lukas	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
101	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
102	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
103	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
104	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
105	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
106	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
107	MOSER Moreno	Astana	+00:09:32
108	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
109	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
110	BRAMMEIER Matthew	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
111	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
112	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	s.t.
113	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+00:12:54
114	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
115	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
116	ARIESEN Tim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
117	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
118	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
119	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
120	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
121	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
122	GRICK Matthias	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
123	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
124	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
125	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
126	KUEN Maximilian	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
127	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
128	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
129	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
130	SCHINNAGEL Johannes	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
131	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
132	FOLIFOROV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
133	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

1	VANMARCKE Sep	Cannondale-Drapac	14hr 53min 27sec
2	VENDRAME Andrea	Nazionale Italiana	@ 11sec
3	RABITSCH Stephan	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:00:14
4	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:00:15
5	SAVITCKII Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
6	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
7	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:00:16
8	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
9	VENTURINI Clement	Cofidis	+ 00:00:19
10	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	+ 00:00:23
11	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:00:25
13	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
14	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	+ 00:00:28
15	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	+ 00:00:31
16	TAARAMÄE Rein	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:00:34
17	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:00:44
18	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	Astana	+ 00:01:33
19	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:01:42
20	TUSVELD Martijn	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:01:46
21	DEBESAY Mekseb	Dimension Data	+ 00:01:48
22	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+ 00:01:52
23	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:01:54
24	GATTO Oscar	Astana	+ 00:01:56
25	MADRAZO RUIZ Angel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
26	HOWES Alex	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:01:57
27	GEISMAYR Daniel	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:01:59
28	ZOIDL Riccardo	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
29	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:02:00
30	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
31	CANECKY Marek	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:02:01
32	BRKIC Benjamin	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
33	BALDAUF Sebastian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:02:02
34	CICCONE Giulio	Nazionale Italiana	+ 00:02:03
35	MAGER Christian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:02:04
36	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	KRIZEK Matthias	Tirol Cycling Team	s.t.
38	SCHLEGEL Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:02:06
39	RYBALKIN Aleksei	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:02:07
40	DI GREGORIO Remy	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:02:08
41	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
42	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	FIRSANOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
44	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
45	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	+ 00:02:09
46	VELASCO Simone	Nazionale Italiana	s.t.
47	BELLETTI Manuel	Nazionale Italiana	+ 00:02:10
48	PLUCINSKI Leszek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
49	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:02:24
50	SCHELLING Patrick	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:02:27
51	LIENHARD Fabian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:03:36
52	FRIESECKE Gian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:03:39
53	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:03:40
54	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:03:54
55	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:04:00
56	BOSMAN Patrick	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:05:06
57	SALZMANN Jodok	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:06:43
58	BAGOT Yoann	Cofidis	+ 00:06:52
59	CHETOUT Loic	Cofidis	+ 00:07:00
60	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:07:02
61	REGUIGUI Youcef	Dimension Data	+ 00:07:03
62	SCULLY Thomas	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:07:53
63	FANKHAUSER Clemens	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:08:43
64	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:08:50
65	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:08:52
66	KACZMAREK Jakub	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:08:56
67	BISSINGER Florian	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:09:27
68	SCHREURS Hamish	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:10:08
69	COUSIN Jerome	Cofidis	+ 00:10:14
70	MUGERLI Matej	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:11:09
71	LEHNER Daniel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:12:51
72	NIKOLAEV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:13:00
73	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:14:00
74	VIVIANI Elia	Nazionale Italiana	+ 00:14:02
75	CLARKE William	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:14:06
76	BALLERINI Davide	Nazionale Italiana	+ 00:14:07
77	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:14:19
78	SMUKULIS Gatis	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:14:26
79	FENN Andrew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:14:36
80	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	+ 00:14:42
81	MULLEN Ryan	Cannondale-Drapac	+ 00:14:45
82	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	+ 00:14:56
83	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:16:04
84	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	+ 00:16:07
85	LODERER Timon	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:16:08
86	FORTIN Filippo	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:16:11
87	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
88	HUPOND Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:16:18
89	OVECHKIN Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:16:29
90	MARTINEZ Yannick	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:17:10
91	DIAZ Daniel	Delko Marseille Provence	+ 00:17:34
92	LEOPOLD Hans-Jörg	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:17:45
93	HAMMERLE Maximilian	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:18:09
94	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:18:20
95	KORSÆTH Truls	Astana	+ 00:18:21
96	LOWNDES Jason	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:18:38
97	KOROEC Rok	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:18:43
98	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	+ 00:19:44
99	EIBEGGER Markus	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:19:44
100	HONIG Reinier	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:20:12
101	STOSZ Patryk	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:20:26
102	PAULUS Dennis	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:20:44
103	KUSZTOR Péter	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:21:33
104	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:21:41
105	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Nazionale Italiana	+ 00:21:42
106	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:22:05
107	VICIOSO ARCOS Ángel	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:23:13
108	PALUTA Michal	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:24:50
109	SCHLEMMER Lukas	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:25:03
110	GAUGL Florian	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:25:15
111	SALVADOR Enrico	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:25:21
112	HOFER Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:25:36
113	BRAMMEIER Matthew	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:25:43
114	TRATNIK Jan	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:28:43
115	NEUHAUSER Marcel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:28:51
116	MEILER Lukas	Team Vorarlberg	+ 00:28:56
117	FRIEDRICH Marco	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:28:57
118	SCHINNAGEL Johannes	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+ 00:28:58
119	PÖLL Stefan	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:29:02
120	KUEN Maximilian	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:29:05
121	MROZEK Marcin	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+ 00:29:06
122	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00:29:09
123	GRAF Andreas	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:29:11
124	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	+ 00:29:50
125	MATHIS Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 00:30:04
126	HRINKOW Dominik	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
127	GAMPER Patrick	Tirol Cycling Team	+ 00:31:42
128	FOLIFOROV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	+ 00:32:31
129	UMHALLER Thomas	Amplatz-BMC	+ 00:32:42
130	ARIESEN Tim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+ 00:33:17
131	GRICK Matthias	WSA-Greenlife	+ 00:37:29
132	FRIEDL Nils	Hrinkow Advarics	+ 00:38:02
133	MOSER Moreno	Astana	+ 00:39:06

Tuesday, July 4: Stage 2, Vienna (Wien) - Pöggstall, 199.6 km

Tom-Jelte Slagter

Tom-Jelte Slagter wins stage two

The race: Here's the report from Cannondale-Drapac.

When race leader Sep Vanmarcke moved into the Tour of Austria race lead on Monday, he made it clear in post-race interviews that a stage win on Tuesday was the team’s next aim. It was mission accomplished in Pöggstall.

Tom-Jelte Slagter won a four-up sprint to take his first victory of the season. Vanmarcke was best of the rest, sprinting in for fifth place. The stage result was enough to keep Vanmarcke in yellow and add the green points jersey to his collection.

“Our sports director once again crafted a smart plan that we executed perfectly and which delivered us the win,” said Vanmarcke. “Lots of kudos to him. The plan was to let a small breakaway go, preferably a group of continental riders, to create a situation we could easily control and take initiative in the final,” Slagter added. “We executed the plan perfectly as a team.”

Five riders escaped early. None were a threat to the overall or a chance for the stage win, so Cannondale-Drapac granted the group a gap. “Ryan Mullen and Will Clarke led the peloton from that point and they worked tirelessly the entire day,” said Vanmarcke. “In the final, when we entered the climbing section, they had brought the breakaway back to the bunch.”

Kristijan Koren and Tom Scully went on the attack following the catch. Scully continued to attack until he slipped away on the last local lap. “Alex [Howes] bridged the gap to Scully on a steep climb,” explained Vanmarcke. “Tom kept the pace high and eventually Alex was on his own. He got 25 seconds, but because of the headwind and the attacks from the peloton, he was caught.”

Slagter picked up where Howes left off, throwing down an attack that eventually drew three other riders away with him. “The last kilometers were tough. The climbs were very steep, and there was wind all day,” Slagter said. “I could escape with three other riders and I felt it was going to be us who would contest the stage win. I hatched a plan for the last kilometer, started my sprint in second position and won.

“I am so happy and proud of the result,” he added. “It wouldn’t have been possible without a dedicated effort from the whole team.”

As for the yellow jersey, Vanmarcke controlled the reduced bunch as Slagter toiled away up the road. Heading into the final, Vanmarcke covered several late race moves. The defense kept him well-positioned on the run-in to the line. The energy he expended wasn’t enough to keep him from contesting, and winning, the chase group sprint. “It was a perfect day with the team,” said Vanmarcke. “We took complete control of the race.”

The stage win underscores Cannondale-Drapac’s intent at Tour of Austria. The team has already taken one stage win, two stage podiums and worn the leader’s jersey, mountain’s jersey and points jersey. “So far, the race has been treating us well. It’s a tough race with long stages, so we've still got some hard days ahead of us,” Slagter said. “But we’ll fight for it everyday. The long stages are beneficial to us, I think. Everyone has been doing his work great so far, which is motivating for us all. We’ll see if we can take another stage win this week.”

While stage wins remain the focus for Cannondale-Drapac’s Austria squad, Vanmarcke thinks he might be able to keep the leader’s jersey for another day.

“The stage tomorrow is flattish, with some hills in the final,” he said. “It will probably not be hard enough to prevent a bunch sprint. Which means I stand a good chance to keep the leader’s jersey for another day. After that, we enter the mountains where it will be near impossible to retain it.”

Complete results:

199.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.902 km/hr

1	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	5hr 0min 8sec
2	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
4	Martijn Tusveld	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
5	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	+9''
6	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
8	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
9	Manuel Belletti	Italy	s.t.
10	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
11	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
13	Ryan Gibbons	Dimension Data	s.t.
14	Nick van der Lijke	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
15	Matthias Krizek	Tirol	s.t.
16	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
17	Marek Canecký	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
18	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	Delio Fernández	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
21	Felix Großschartner	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
22	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
23	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
24	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	s.t.
25	Ángel Madrazo	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
26	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
27	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
28	Christian Mager	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
29	Andrea Vendrame	Italy	s.t.
30	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Sebastian Baldauf	Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
33	Mark Christian	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
34	Riccardo Zoidl	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
35	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	Leszek Plucinski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	Daniel Geismayr	Vorarlberg	s.t.
40	Artem Nych	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
41	Hermann Pernsteiner	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
42	Simone Velasco	Italy	s.t.
43	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
44	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Michal Schlegel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
46	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Oscar Gatto	Astana	+20''
48	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	+24''
49	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy	+31''
50	Etienne van Empel	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1' 47''
51	Daniel Lehner	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
52	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
53	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
54	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Daniel Pearson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
57	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
58	Sergey Nikolaev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	Dorian Godon	COFIDIS, Solutions Crédis	+3' 05''
60	Patrick Bosman	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
61	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+3' 30''
62	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	+4' 45''
63	Jodok Salzmann	Team WSA	+4' 53''
64	Daniel Díaz	Delko Marseille Provence	+6' 29''
65	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	+6' 50''
66	Davide Ballerini	Italy	s.t.
67	Youcef Reguigui	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Hans-Jörg Leopold	Team WSA	s.t.
69	Calvin Watson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
70	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
71	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
72	Florian Bissinger	Team WSA	s.t.
73	Loïc Chetout	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Truls Korsæth	Astana	s.t.
75	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
76	Péter Kusztor	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
77	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
78	Maximilian Hammerle	Vorarlberg	s.t.
79	Hamish Schreurs	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
80	Oscar Riesebeek	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
81	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
82	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
83	Tom Scully	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
84	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Artem Ovechkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
86	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+7' 16''
88	Matej Mugerli	Amplatz-BMC	+9' 20''
89	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+9' 58''
90	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+12' 36''
91	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 08''
92	Timon Loderer	Team WSA	s.t.
93	Matthias Grick	Team WSA	s.t.
94	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
95	Marco Friedrich	Team WSA	s.t.
96	Thomas Umhaller	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
97	Artyom Zakharov	Astana	s.t.
98	Marcel Neuhauser	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
99	Maximilian Kuen	Tirol	s.t.
100	Andreas Hofer	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
101	Thierry Hupond	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
102	Gerd Fidler	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
103	Gatis Smukulis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
104	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
105	Alexander Porsev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
106	Matt Brammeier	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
107	William Clarke	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
108	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
109	Lukas Schlemmer	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
110	Yannick Martinez	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
111	Johannes Schinnagel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
112	Enrico Salvador	Tirol	s.t.
113	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
114	Elia Viviani	Italy	s.t.
115	Riccardo Minali	Astana	s.t.
116	Filippo Fortin	Tirol	s.t.
117	Andreas Graf	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
118	Stefan Pöll	Team WSA	s.t.
119	Florian Gaugl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
120	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
121	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
122	Marcin Mrozek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
123	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
124	Marco Mathis	Katusha-Alpecin	+18' 34''
125	Tim Ariesen	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
126	Patrick Gamper	Tirol	s.t.
127	Rok Korošec	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
128	Dominik Hrinkow Advarics	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
129	Dennis Paulus	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
130	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
131	Nils Friedl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
132	Helmut Trettwer	Team WSA	s.t.
133	Peter Koning	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
134	Jason Lowndes	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
135	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
136	Moreno Moser	Astana	s.t.
137	Brendan Canty	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
138	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	9hr 31min 19sec
2	Andrea Vendrame	Italy	@ 7sec
3	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+10''
4	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Katusha-Alpecin	+11''
5	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
6	Felix Großschartner	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+11''
7	Delio Fernández	Delko Marseille Provence	+12''
8	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
9	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	+15''
10	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	+19''
11	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	Mark Christian	Aqua Blue Sport	+21''
13	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	+21''
14	Ryan Gibbons	Dimension Data	+27''
15	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha-Alpecin	+30''
17	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	+40''
18	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+1' 29''
19	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 38''
20	Martijn Tusveld	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1' 42''
21	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	+1' 44''
22	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	+1' 48''
23	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1' 50''
24	Oscar Gatto	Astana	+1' 52''
25	Ángel Madrazo	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
26	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	+1' 53''
27	Daniel Geismayr	Vorarlberg	+1' 55''
28	Riccardo Zoidl	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
29	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1' 56''
30	Hermann Pernsteiner	Amplatz-BMC	+1' 56''
31	Marek Canecký	Amplatz-BMC	+1' 57''
32	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
33	Sebastian Baldauf	Vorarlberg	+1' 58''
34	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	+1' 59''
35	Christian Mager	Hrinkow Advarics	+2' 00''
36	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	Matthias Krizek	Tirol	s.t.
38	Michal Schlegel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 02''
39	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	+2' 03''
40	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	+2' 04''
41	Artem Nych	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
42	Nick van der Lijke	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
44	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
45	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	+2' 05''
46	Manuel Belletti	Italy	+2' 06''
47	Leszek Plucinski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
48	Simone Velasco	Italy	+2' 07''
49	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 20''
50	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	+2' 23''
51	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	+3' 32''
52	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	+3' 35''
53	Daniel Pearson	Aqua Blue Sport	+3' 36''
54	Daniel Lehner	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+3' 38''
55	Etienne van Empel	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3' 42''
56	Sergey Nikolaev	Gazprom-RusVelo	+3' 47''
57	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha-Alpecin	+3' 50''
58	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha-Alpecin	+3' 56''
59	Patrick Bosman	Hrinkow Advarics	+5' 02''
60	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	+5' 06''
61	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	+5' 15''
62	Jodok Salzmann	Team WSA	+6' 39''
63	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	+6' 44''
64	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+6' 46''
65	Loïc Chetout	Cofidis	+6' 56''
66	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	+6' 58''
67	Youcef Reguigui	Dimension Data	+6' 59''
68	Tom Scully	Cannondale-Drapac	+7' 24''
69	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+7' 40''
70	Daniel Díaz	Delko Marseille Provence	+8' 21''
71	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis	+8' 37''
72	Péter Kusztor	Amplatz-BMC	+8' 37''
73	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	+8' 39''
74	Artem Ovechkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	+8' 40''
75	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	+8' 43''
76	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	+8' 44''
77	Oscar Riesebeek	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
78	Davide Ballerini	Italy	+8' 45''
79	Truls Korsæth	Astana	s.t.
80	Calvin Watson	Aqua Blue Sport	+8' 46''
81	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	+8' 48''
82	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+8' 52''
83	Hamish Schreurs	Israel Cycling Academy	+8' 53''
84	Maximilian Hammerle	Vorarlberg	+8' 57''
85	Florian Bissinger	Team WSA	+9' 23''
86	Hans-Jörg Leopold	Team WSA	+9' 56''
87	Matej Mugerli	Amplatz-BMC	+11' 05''
88	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+11' 52''
89	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+12' 28''
90	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+12' 42''
91	William Clarke	Cannondale-Drapac	+14' 02''
92	Elia Viviani	Italy	+14' 08''
93	Alexander Porsev	Gazprom-RusVelo	+14' 16''
94	Gatis Smukulis	Delko Marseille Provence	+14' 22''
95	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue Sport	+14' 32''
96	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+14' 41''
97	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+15' 48''
98	Lukas Schlemmer	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+15' 50''
99	Marcel Neuhauser	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+15' 53''
100	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	+15' 58''
101	Marco Friedrich	Team WSA	+15' 59''
102	Johannes Schinnagel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+16' 00''
103	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
104	Artyom Zakharov	Astana	+16' 03''
105	Timon Loderer	Team WSA	+16' 04''
106	Stefan Pöll	Team WSA	s.t.
107	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
108	Filippo Fortin	Tirol	+16' 07''
109	Matt Brammeier	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
110	Maximilian Kuen	Tirol	s.t.
111	Riccardo Minali	Astana	s.t.
112	Marcin Mrozek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+16' 08''
113	Enrico Salvador	Tirol	s.t.
114	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy	+16' 11''
115	Andreas Graf	Hrinkow Advarics	+16' 13''
116	Thierry Hupond	Delko Marseille Provence	+16' 14''
117	Andreas Hofer	Hrinkow Advarics	+16' 23''
118	Yannick Martinez	Delko Marseille Provence	+17' 06''
119	Rok Korošec	Amplatz-BMC	+18' 39''
120	Jason Lowndes	Israel Cycling Academy	+18' 40''
121	Patrick Gamper	Tirol	+18' 44''
122	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-RusVelo	+19' 33''
123	Thomas Umhaller	Amplatz-BMC	+19' 44''
124	Tim Ariesen	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20' 19''
125	Helmut Trettwer	Team WSA	+20' 20''
126	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+20' 22''
127	Brendan Canty	Cannondale-Drapac	+20' 27''
128	Marco Mathis	Katusha-Alpecin	+20' 28''
129	Peter Koning	Aqua Blue Sport	+20' 37''
130	Dennis Paulus	Hrinkow Advarics	+20' 40''
131	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha-Alpecin	+20' 45''
132	Dominik Hrinkow Advarics	Hrinkow Advarics	+22' 15''
133	Gerd Fidler	Amplatz-BMC	+22' 41''
134	Matthias Grick	Team WSA	+24' 31''
135	Nils Friedl	Hrinkow Advarics	+25' 04''
136	Florian Gaugl	Hrinkow Advarics	+25' 11''
137	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aqua Blue Sport	+27' 14''
138	Moreno Moser	Astana	+29' 30''

Monday, July 3: Stage 1, Graz - Vienna (Wien), 193.8 km

Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani wins stage one.

The race: Here's the story from new GC leader Sep Vanmarcke's Cannondale-Drapac's team.

Back-to-back top-five finishes on the two opening stages of Österreich Rundfahrt (Tour of Austria) put Sep Vanmarcke into the yellow race leader's jersey on Monday. The Belgian began his campaign with fifth place in the opening prologue, a short 800-metre uphill time trial, before sprinting to second place behind Elia Viviani (Team Italy) from a reduced bunch on stage two.

"I'm happy with second place today because I knew I couldn't beat Viviani," said Vanmarcke. "The jersey was a pleasant surprise."

Will Clarke sits second overall, three seconds behind his teammate. He time trialled to third in the opening prologue, which he won last year, and finished in the reduced peloton on stage two. “I trained a lot on my power for the short efforts leading up to the race, and had a target of doing well here,” said Clarke. “I would have liked to have repeated my win in the prologue from last year but I came up a bit short.”

Cannondale-Drapac didn’t go into the Tour of Austria with general classification ambitions. The eight-rider squad has been tasked with racing opportunistically in the pursuit of stage wins. The 1-2 punch overall is a result of the aggressive approach.

The open nature of the first road stage created a battle for the early break. Numerous attempts failed before an escape was allowed up the road. Cannondale-Drapac was represented in several early moves, but missed out on the one that was eventually granted a gap.

The peloton controlled the five-rider move while #GreenArgyle conserved energy in the bunch. The focus was then directed towards the end of the stage. “Our director had told us there would be a high chance of echelons after 160 kilometres,” said Vanmarcke. “We were prepared for that and had six riders in the first group of 30 that formed in the wind.”

Prepared may be an understatement. Cannondale-Drapac was integral in creating the move that ultimately positioned Vanmarcke to move into yellow. “The goal was to use the strong winds in the final to split the peloton,” sport director Ken Vanmarcke explained. “There was a five-kilometre section with open roads. We put in an all-or-nothing attempt there and created the split."

“We all attacked throughout the last 15 kilometres, because there were still a lot of sprinters in our group,” Sep said. “But no one was able to get away, partly because of the strong headwinds.”

Although the attacks proved unfruitful, a new plan was hatched to contest the stage win. “I was tapped to do the sprint,” said Sep. “Ryan Mullen and Tom Scully gave me a lead-out and I managed second. It was impossible to beat Elia Viviani, so second is the best I was going to do. I didn’t aim for the leader’s jersey specifically, because I was focused on the stage. It was only after the finish that my teammates told me I took the leader’s jersey.”

The new race leader expects to hand over the yellow jersey soon, potentially to a teammate. “There will be tough stages to come, too hard for me to keep the leader’s jersey,” Sep said. “With the team, we’re looking forward to tomorrow’s stage as it suits us, with a tough final. Our focus will be specifically on the stage win tomorrow, since we have several riders within the team that can win.”

“It is great that we have the jersey, but the Kitzbüheler Horn on Thursday is a 10-kilometer climb, with an average gradient of 12.7%. Neither Sep nor Will have a chance to lead after that stage,” Ken said. “Friday is a climber’s stage too. We know this and therefore won’t change our strategy. We'll continue to focus on stage wins.”

Complete results:

198.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.254 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	Italy	4hr 28min 50sec
2	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
3	Jason Lowndes	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
4	Rok Korošec	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
5	Youcef Reguigui	Dimension Data	s.t.
6	Alexander Porsev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
7	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Ryan Gibbons	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
10	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
11	Delio Fernández	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
12	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
14	Andrea Vendrame	Italy	s.t.
15	Gatis Smukulis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
16	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
17	Felix Großschartner	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Loïc Chetout	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
20	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
22	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
23	Mark Christian	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
24	Patrick Gamper	Tirol	s.t.
25	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
26	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	William Clarke	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
29	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
31	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
32	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+18''
34	Tom Scully	Cannondale-Drapac	+32''
35	Davide Ballerini	Italy	+1' 42''
36	Maximilian Kuen	Tirol	s.t.
37	Artyom Zakharov	Astana	s.t.
38	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
39	Marcel Neuhauser	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
40	Matija Kvasina	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
41	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
42	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
43	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	s.t.
44	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
45	Lukas Schlemmer	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
46	Maximilian Hammerle	Vorarlberg	s.t.
47	Florian Bissinger	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
48	Calvin Watson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
49	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Daniel Geismayr	Vorarlberg	s.t.
51	Patrick Bosman	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
52	Enrico Salvador	Tirol	s.t.
53	Filippo Fortin	Tirol	s.t.
54	Riccardo Zoidl	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
55	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
56	Manuel Belletti	Italy	s.t.
57	Oscar Gatto	Astana	s.t.
58	Matthias Krizek	Tirol	s.t.
59	Hermann Pernsteiner	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
60	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
61	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	Nick van der Lijke	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
63	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
64	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
65	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
66	Truls Korsæth	Astana	s.t.
67	Artem Nych	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
68	Dennis Paulus	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
69	Andreas Hofer	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
70	Jodok Salzmann	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
71	Timon Loderer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
72	Sebastian Baldauf	Vorarlberg	s.t.
73	Marco Friedrich	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
74	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	Tim Ariesen	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
76	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	Ángel Madrazo	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Daniel Lehner	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
79	Péter Kusztor	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
80	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
82	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
83	Martijn Tusveld	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
84	Daniel Díaz	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
85	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
86	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
87	Christian Mager	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
88	Johannes Schinnagel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
89	Stefan Pöll	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
90	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
91	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	Artem Ovechkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
93	Hamish Schreurs	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
94	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
95	Marco Mathis	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	Etienne van Empel	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
97	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
98	Marcin Mrozek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
99	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
100	Michal Schlegel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
101	Matej Mugerli	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
102	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
103	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
104	Peter Koning	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
105	Daniel Pearson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
106	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
107	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
108	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	s.t.
109	Leszek Plucinski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
110	Sergey Nikolaev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
111	Oscar Riesebeek	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
112	Andi Bajc	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
113	Andreas Graf	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
114	Marek Canecký	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
115	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Simone Velasco	Italy	s.t.
118	Helmut Trettwer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
119	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Thierry Hupond	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
121	Yannick Martinez	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
122	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
123	Riccardo Minali	Astana	s.t.
124	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
125	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
126	Matt Brammeier	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
127	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Brendan Canty	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
130	Hans-Jörg Leopold	WSA-Greenlife	+2' 59''
131	Dominik Hrinkow Advarics	Hrinkow Advarics	+3' 18''
132	Thomas Umhaller	Amplatz-BMC	+5' 12''
133	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+5' 14''
134	Nils Friedl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
135	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
136	Gerd Fidler	Amplatz-BMC	+8' 24''
137	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
138	Matthias Grick	WSA-Greenlife	+10' 00''
139	Florian Gaugl	Hrinkow Advarics	+10' 45''
140	Moreno Moser	Astana	+10' 48''
141	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha-Alpecin	+0''

GC after stage 1:

1	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	4hr 31min 2sec
2	William Clarke	Cannondale-Drapac	@ 3sec
3	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+5''
4	Andrea Vendrame	Italy	+7''
5	Elia Viviani	Italy	+9''
6	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+10''
7	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha-Alpecin	+11''
8	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
9	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
10	Felix Großschartner	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
11	Delio Fernández	Delko Marseille Provence	+12''
12	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
13	Rok Korošec	Amplatz-BMC	+14''
14	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	+15''
15	Jason Lowndes	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
16	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
17	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
18	Loïc Chetout	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	+17''
20	Alexander Porsev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
21	Youcef Reguigui	Dimension Data	+18''
22	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	+19''
23	Patrick Gamper	Tirol	s.t.
24	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	Mark Christian	Aqua Blue Sport	+21''
26	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
27	Gatis Smukulis	Delko Marseille Provence	+23''
28	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	+25''
29	Ryan Gibbons	Dimension Data	+27''
30	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha-Alpecin	+30''
32	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue Sport	+33''
33	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	+42''
35	Tom Scully	Cannondale-Drapac	+43''
36	Oscar Gatto	Astana	+1' 41''
37	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+1' 42''
38	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	+1' 48''
39	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1' 49''
40	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1' 50''
41	Lukas Schlemmer	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+1' 51''
42	Martijn Tusveld	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Ángel Madrazo	Delko Marseille Provence	+1' 52''
44	Matej Mugerli	Amplatz-BMC	+1' 54''
45	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Tim Ariesen	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
47	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
48	Jodok Salzmann	WSA-Greenlife	+1' 55''
49	Daniel Geismayr	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Riccardo Zoidl	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
51	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis	+1' 56''
52	Marcel Neuhauser	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
53	Péter Kusztor	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
54	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
55	Hermann Pernsteiner	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
56	Marek Canecký	Amplatz-BMC	+1' 57''
57	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
58	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
59	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
60	Sebastian Baldauf	Vorarlberg	+1' 58''
61	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
62	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Daniel Pearson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
64	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	+1' 59''
65	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	s.t.
66	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	Artem Ovechkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
68	Helmut Trettwer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
69	Marco Friedrich	WSA-Greenlife	+2' 00''
70	Christian Mager	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
71	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	Daniel Lehner	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
73	Matthias Krizek	Tirol	s.t.
74	Johannes Schinnagel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+2' 01''
75	Daniel Díaz	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
76	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 02''
77	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
78	Michal Schlegel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
79	Brendan Canty	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
80	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
81	Marco Mathis	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 03''
82	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	s.t.
83	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
84	Oscar Riesebeek	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
85	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
86	Davide Ballerini	Italy	+2' 04''
87	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Etienne van Empel	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
89	Andi Bajc	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
90	Artem Nych	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
91	Artyom Zakharov	Astana	s.t.
92	Nick van der Lijke	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
93	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
94	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
95	Truls Korsæth	Astana	s.t.
96	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	+2' 05''
97	Calvin Watson	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
98	Timon Loderer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
99	Stefan Pöll	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
100	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
101	Matija Kvasina	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
102	Manuel Belletti	Italy	+2' 06''
103	Patrick Bosman	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
104	Leszek Plucinski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
105	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 07''
106	Simone Velasco	Italy	s.t.
107	Filippo Fortin	Tirol	+2' 08''
108	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
109	Matt Brammeier	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
110	Maximilian Kuen	Tirol	s.t.
111	Riccardo Minali	Astana	s.t.
112	Marcin Mrozek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 09''
113	Enrico Salvador	Tirol	s.t.
114	Sergey Nikolaev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
115	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	+2' 10''
116	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2' 11''
117	Hamish Schreurs	Israel Cycling Academy	+2' 12''
118	Peter Koning	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
119	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
120	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
121	Andreas Graf	Hrinkow Advarics	+2' 14''
122	Thierry Hupond	Delko Marseille Provence	+2' 15''
123	Dennis Paulus	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
124	Maximilian Hammerle	Vorarlberg	+2' 16''
125	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 18''
126	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha-Alpecin	+2' 20''
127	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	+2' 23''
128	Andreas Hofer	Hrinkow Advarics	+2' 24''
129	Florian Bissinger	WSA-Greenlife	+2' 42''
130	Yannick Martinez	Delko Marseille Provence	+3' 07''
131	Hans-Jörg Leopold	WSA-Greenlife	+3' 15''
132	Dominik Hrinkow Advarics	Hrinkow Advarics	+3' 50''
133	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-RusVelo	+5' 34''
134	Thomas Umhaller	Amplatz-BMC	+5' 45''
135	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+5' 47''
136	Nils Friedl	Hrinkow Advarics	+6' 39''
137	Gerd Fidler	Amplatz-BMC	+8' 42''
138	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aqua Blue Sport	+8' 49''
139	Matthias Grick	WSA-Greenlife	+10' 32''
140	Moreno Moser	Astana	+11' 05''
141	Florian Gaugl	Hrinkow Advarics	+11' 12''

Sunday, July 2: Prologue, Grazer Schlossberg .8km timed hill-climb

Oscar Gatto

Oscar Gatto on his stage winning ride

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Oscar Gatto's Astana team.

Oscar Gatto and Miguel Angel Lopez brought a nice double victory to Astana Proteam in the prologue of the Tour of Austria, which has started today in Graz.

In a very short (800 meters) uphill individual time trial (with 16% maximal gradient) Gatto and Lopez marked almost the same time, while Miguel Angel missed less than one second to his teammate.

"The prologue was very hard. Yes, it was only 800 meters, but the climb was very tough and the riders had to give their all to get a good result. We had an opportunity to try this route for several times yesterday and today in the morning, so we knew it quite well. Oscar Gatto did a perfect race, he is in a great shape right now. I think, this victory is well deserved by him. Also, Miguel Angel was very strong on the distance, he fully recovered and reached a high level. Tomorrow we will have a fast stage and we have Riccardo Minali in the roster, he can do well in sprint. And, of course, we will do our best to protect our leadership", explained sports director Bruno Cenghialta.

It was a day of very short (800 m), but very intensive prologue from Graz to Schlossberg. Oscar Gatto finished with the best time (2 minutes and 11 seconds), which finally brought him a victory. Miguel Angel Lopez was very close to his teammate and missed just a little to overpass him, taking second place in prologue.

After the prologue, Oscar Gatto took the lead in the mountain classification too, while Astana leads in team’s classification.

Tomorrow will be held the first normal stage of the race: 193,8 km from Graz to Vienna.

Results & GC:

0.8 km ridden at an average speed of 21.985 km/hr

1	Oscar Gatto	Astana	2min 11sec
2	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	@ 1sec
3	William Clarke	Cannondale-Drapac	+4''
4	Markus Eibegger	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+6''
5	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	+7''
6	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Andrea Vendrame	Italy	+8''
8	Jan Tratnik	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
9	Pieter Weening	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+9''
10	Lukas Schlemmer	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+10''
11	Martijn Tusveld	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
12	Ángel Madrazo	Delko Marseille Provence	+11''
13	Jhonatan Restrepo	Katusha-Alpecin	+12''
14	Tom Scully	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
15	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
16	Ivan Savitsky	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
17	Felix Großschartner	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Matej Mugerli	Amplatz-BMC	+13''
19	Yoann Bagot	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Tim Ariesen	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
21	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
22	Delio Fernández	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue	s.t.
24	Jodok Salzmann	WSA-Greenlife	+14''
25	Daniel Geismayr	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Riccardo Zoidl	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
27	Stephan Rabitsch	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	+15''
28	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Marcel Neuhauser	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
30	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
31	Rok Korošec	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
32	Hermann Pernsteiner	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
33	Marek Canecký	Amplatz-BMC	+16''
34	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
36	Alex Howes	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
37	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
38	Pim Ligthart	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
39	Benjamin Brkic	Tirol	s.t.
40	Loïc Chetout	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Péter Kusztor	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
42	Sebastian Baldauf	Vorarlberg	+17''
43	Clemens Fankhauser	Tirol	s.t.
44	Dennis van Winden	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
45	Daniel Pearson	Aqua Blue	s.t.
46	Moreno Moser	Astana	+18''
47	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
48	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	s.t.
49	Kristijan Koren	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
50	Artem Ovechkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
51	Mekseb Debesay	Dimension Data	s.t.
52	Helmut Trettwer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
53	Alexander Porsev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
54	Marco Friedrich	WSA-Greenlife	+19''
55	Youcef Reguigui	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	Christian Mager	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
57	Gerd Fidler	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
58	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	Daniel Lehner	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
60	Matthias Krizek	Tirol	s.t.
61	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	+20''
62	Jason Lowndes	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Hans-Jörg Leopold	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
64	Elia Viviani	Italy	s.t.
65	Johannes Schinnagel	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
66	Daniel Díaz	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	+21''
69	Patryk Stosz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Michal Schlegel	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
71	Brendan Canty	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
72	Sebastian Schönberger	Tirol	s.t.
73	Alexander Foliforov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
74	Marco Mathis	Katusha-Alpecin	+22''
75	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	s.t.
76	Mark Christian	Aqua Blue	s.t.
77	Michal Paluta	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
78	Oscar Riesebeek	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
79	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
80	Aleksey Rybalkin	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
81	Davide Ballerini	Italy	+23''
82	Rémy Di Gregorio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
83	Etienne van Empel	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
84	Andi Bajc	Amplatz-BMC	s.t.
85	Artem Nych	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
86	Artyom Zakharov	Astana	s.t.
87	Nick van der Lijke	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
88	Sergey Firsanov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
89	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
90	Truls Korsæth	Astana	s.t.
91	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	+24''
92	Calvin Watson	Aqua Blue	s.t.
93	Timon Loderer	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
94	Stefan Pöll	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
95	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
96	Matija Kvasina	Felbermayr-Simplon Wels	s.t.
97	Manuel Belletti	Italy	+25''
98	Patrick Bosman	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
99	Leszek Plucinski	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
100	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
101	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	+26''
102	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
103	Simone Velasco	Italy	s.t.
104	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Aqua Blue	s.t.
105	Gatis Smukulis	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
106	Filippo Fortin	Tirol	+27''
107	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
108	Matt Brammeier	Aqua Blue	s.t.
109	Maximilian Kuen	Tirol	s.t.
110	Riccardo Minali	Astana	s.t.
111	Marcin Mrozek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+28''
112	Enrico Salvador	Tirol	s.t.
113	Ryan Gibbons	Dimension Data	s.t.
114	Sergey Nikolaev	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
115	Patrick Gamper	Tirol	s.t.
116	Florian Gaugl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
117	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	+29''
119	Jakub Kaczmarek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+30''
120	Hamish Schreurs	Israel Cycling Academy	+31''
121	Peter Koning	Aqua Blue	s.t.
122	Pavel Kochetkov	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
123	Roy Goldstein	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
124	Rein Taaramäe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
125	Andreas Graf	Hrinkow Advarics	+33''
126	Matthias Grick	WSA-Greenlife	s.t.
127	Dominik Hrinkow Advarics	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
128	Thomas Umhaller	Amplatz-BMC	+34''
129	Andrew Fenn	Aqua Blue	s.t.
130	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	Thierry Hupond	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
132	Dennis Paulus	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
133	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
134	Maximilian Hammerle	Vorarlberg	+35''
135	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha-Alpecin	+37''
136	Ángel Vicioso	Katusha-Alpecin	+39''
137	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	+42''
138	Andreas Hofer	Hrinkow Advarics	+43''
139	Florian Bissinger	WSA-Greenlife	+1' 01''
140	Nils Friedl	Hrinkow Advarics	+1' 26''
141	Yannick Martinez	Delko Marseille Provence	+1' 26''

2017 Österreich Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria (HC)

69th edition: July 2 - July 8, 2017

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