Tour of Austria 2011

63rd Tour of Austria 2011
Racing series	UCI Europe Tour  -  Category 2.HC
Host country	Austria
Competition period	3rd to 10th July 2011
Stages	8th
overall length	1,149.0 km
Starting field	142 from 23 nations in 18 teams (of which 127 arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Fredrik Kessiakoff 26:59:26 2. Leopold König 27:01:54 3. Carlos Sastre Candil 27:02:31
Team evaluation	Pro Team Astana 81.11.0
course
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The 63rd Tour of Austria was a cycling race that took place from July 3 to 10, 2011. The 1149-kilometer stage race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and was classified in the highest category 2. Hors Catégorie . The tour led through eight of the nine Austrian federal states, only Upper Austria was not crossed by it.

Stage overview

The stage plan was set in mid-May and presented on May 16, 2011 in Hainburg an der Donau .

stage	date	Type	Start finish	distance	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
1.	03.07.		Dornbirn - Götzis	147.8	Robert Hunter	Robert Hunter
2.	04.07.		Innsbruck - Kitzbüheler Horn (mountain arrival)	158.2	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Fredrik Kessiakoff
3.	05.07.		Kitzbühel - Prägraten am Großvenediger	179.3	Jens Keukeleire
4th	06.07.		Matrei in Osttirol - St. Johann / Alpendorf	199.5	Alexandre Geniez
5.	07.07.		St. Johann / Alpendorf– Schladming	157.2	Ian Stannard
6 ,.	08.07.		Hainburg - Bruck an der Leitha	155.0	Greg Van Avermaet
7th	0July 9.		Podersdorf (individual time trial)	030.1	Bert Grabsch
8th.	07/10		Podersdorf– Vienna, Burgtheater	122.8	Daniele Bennati

Participating teams

Eight ProTeams , six Professional Continental Teams and four Continental Teams started .

UCI ProTeams Pro team Astana Katusha team Team RadioShack	HTC highroad BMC Racing Team Leopard Trek	Saxo Bank SunGard Sky ProCycling
UCI Professional Continental Teams Cofidis Geox-TMC	Skil-Shimano Team NetApp	Androni Giocattoli Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
UCI Continental Teams ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer Tyrol team	WSA-Viperbike Carinthia Team Vorarlberg

Web links

• Website of the 2011 tour
• all results from the timekeeper

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour 2011 will be steep - May 16, 2011 , accessed on May 17, 2011
2. ↑ 3rd stage of the Austria Cycling Tour 2011 - Anniversary of the Felbertauernstraße , accessed on June 29, 2011
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: starter list ( MS Excel ; 790 kB), accessed on July 1, 2011
4. ↑ Start list Int. Tour of Austria 2011 , accessed on June 20, 2011