Tour of Austria 2015
| 67th Tour of Austria 2015 | |
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| Racing series | UCI Europe Tour - Category 2.HC |
| Host country |
 Austria
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| Competition period | 4th to 12th July 2015 |
| Stages | 9 |
| overall length | 1,453 km |
| Starting field | 160 from 27 nations in 20 teams (109 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Víctor de la Parte 36:05:54 h 2. Ben Hermans + 1:21 min 3rd Jan Hirt + 1:32 min  
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| Team evaluation |
 BMC Racing Team 108: 13: 58 min
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Scoring
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 Jan Tratnik
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 Mountain scoring
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Felix Großschartner
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 Best Austrian
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Stefan Denifl
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| ← 2014 | 2016 → |
The 67th Tour of Austria was a cycling race that took place from July 4th to 12th, 2015. The stage race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2015 and was classified there in the highest category 2. Hors Catégorie . The tour led through all nine Austrian federal states.
Participating teams
Six UCI ProTeams and seven UCI Professional Continental Teams and UCI Continental Teams each started .
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Stages
The route of the tour was officially presented on May 20, 2015 at the headquarters of Opel Austria . For the first time, the tour will take place over nine days and will open with a prologue. This will be held in the form of a team time trial on Vienna's Ringstrasse . Instead, the individual time trial is no longer available. Also for the first time, the royal stage leads over the Großglockner and ends with a mountain finish on the Kitzbühler Horn . The jerseys for this year's tour are also new.
| stage | date | Start finish | Type | distance | Stage winner |
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| prolog | July 4th | Vienna (team time trial) |  |
5.4 |
 Team Katusha
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| 1. | 5th July | Mörbisch - Scheibbs |  |
206.6 |
 Sondre Holst Enger
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| 2. | July 6th | Litschau - Grieskirchen | |
196.1 |
 David Tanner
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| 3. | 7th of July | Windischgarsten - Gratwein street angel |  |
181.1 |
 Rick Zabel
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| 4th | 8th of July | Gratwein - Dobratsch (mountain arrival) |  |
210.2 |
Víctor de la Parte
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| 5. | July 9 | Villach - Matrei | |
175.0 |
 Johann van Zyl
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| 6th | 10th of July | Lienz - Kitzbüheler Horn (mountain arrival) | |
166.8 |
Víctor de la Parte
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| 7th | July 11th | Kitzbühel - Innsbruck | |
124.7 |
Lukas Pöstlberger
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| 8th. | July 12 | Innsbruck - Bregenz | |
184.3 |
 Moreno Moser
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Ratings in the course of the race
The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.
| stage |
 Overall rating |
 Scoring |
 Mountain scoring |
 Best Austrian |
Team evaluation |
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| prolog |
Rüdiger Selig ( Team Katusha ) |
not carried out | not carried out |
Matthias Krizek ( Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) |
Team Katusha |
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Gerald Ciolek ( MTN-Qhubeka ) |
Sondre Holst Enger ( IAM Cycling ) |
Daniel Lehner ( Team Vorarlberg ) |
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Gerald Ciolek ( MTN-Qhubeka ) |
Matthias Krizek ( Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) |
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| 3. |
Ángel Vicioso ( Team Katusha ) |
Jan Tratnik ( Amplatz-BMC ) |
Stephan Rabitsch ( Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) |
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| 4th |
Jan Hirt ( CCC Sprandi Polkowice ) |
Víctor de la Parte ( Team Vorarlberg ) |
Gregor Mühlberger ( Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) |
BMC Racing Team | |
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| 6th |
Víctor de la Parte ( Team Vorarlberg ) |
Felix Großschartner ( Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) |
Stefan Denifl ( IAM Cycling ) |
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prolog
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Team Katusha won the 5.4 km long team time trial in a time of 05:45 minutes, one second ahead of MTN-Qhubeka and five seconds ahead of BMC . After the prologue, Rüdiger Selig is the leader in the overall ranking of the tour.
1st stage
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The first stage of the Tour of Austria led from Mörbisch to Scheibbs . After a few kilometers, a leading group with Daniel Lehner, Lukas Pöstlberger , Yoann Paillot, Dejan Bajt and Guillaume Bonnafond was able to pull away from the main field and extend their lead to up to 8:30 minutes. The Katusha team took care of the follow-up work. Towards the Lauberbachmühle mountain classification, the leading group fell apart and Pöstlberger was alone at the top. The IAM driver David Tanner was able to catch up with Pöstlberger from the main field. After 180 km the field was closed again. The Norwegian Sondre Holst Enger won the mass sprint and thus the stage win.
2nd stage
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The second stage was 196.1 km from Litschau to Grieskirchen . After about 40 km, the two Austrians Michael Taferner (WSA-Greenlife) and Matthias Krizek (Felbermayr Simplon Wels) were able to break away from the rest of the field. In the mountain classification Schindelberg Taferner lost the connection and Krizek was now on his own. About 35 km from the finish, Krieg was caught up again by the peloton. As with the first stage, there was a mass sprint. The victory won David Tanner (IAM) before Clément Venturini (Cofidis) and Péter Kusztor (Alplatz-Bmc). Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) continues to ride in the yellow jersey.
3rd stage
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After about 15 of 176.8 kilometers, a 3-man leading group was able to pull away. Johnny Hoogerland , Dominik Hrinkow and Michael Gogl were up to 6 minutes away from the field. Gatis Smukulis was able to catch up to the top after an attack. Hrinkow had to demolish after about 100 km. At the first crossing of the finish line, the lead had already melted to 1:15 minutes. The top was set shortly before the finish and there was another mass sprint in Judenburg . Rick Zabel ( BMC ), following in the footsteps of his father Erik, wins his first big win among professionals. On the other places followed Ángel Vicioso ( Katusha ), who also took over the overall lead, and Jan Tratnik ( Amplatz-BMC ).
4th stage
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The fourth stage from Gratwein to the Dobratsch was the longest section with over 210 kilometers and the first mountain arrival of the tour. The points leading Jan Tratnik ( Amplatz-BMC ) took the lead right from the start. After 80 km Luca and Simone Sterbini ( Bardiani CSF ) were able to catch up with Tratnik. The leaders were placed at the beginning of the Dobratsch. A 12-man lead formed from which Victor de la Parte ( Vorarlberg ) and Jan Hirt ( CDT ) were able to add further on the final climb. Third was Ben Hermans ( BMC ).
5th stage
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On the flat stage from Villach to Matrei , due to the high speeds of over 50 km / h, no group was able to break away from the main field for a long time. It was only after 85 km that some drivers were able to break away, but they were soon asked again. Shortly thereafter, Grischa Janorschke ( Vorarlberg ), Lukas Pöstlberger ( Tyrol ) and Johann van Zyl ( MTN-Qhubeka ) formed a breakaway group that quickly came to over 2 minutes ahead. Shortly before Lienz there was a mass crash with 40 drivers in the main field. Since the entire medical team was needed, the field had to be neutralized and then even stopped. After this short break, the leaders were allowed to start again with their lead. A few kilometers from the finish, Van Zyl was able to pull away and win the race. The others in the leading group were overtaken by the field. The other places went to David Tanner ( IAM ) and Rick Zabel ( BMC ).
6th stage
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This year's queen stage of the tour had a lot to offer with Großglockner and the mountain arrival on the Kitzbühler Horn with a total of 3721 meters of altitude. Shortly before the first mountain classification on Iselsberg , a leading group of eight riders formed. On the Großglockner High Alpine Road , the young Austrian Felix Großschartner ( Felbermayr Simplon Wels ) was the dominant driver who also crowned himself Glockner King and secured the mountain classification at Fuscher Törl. After the descent there was again a group of eight at the top. The last riders were placed on the ascent to the Alpenhaus am Horn. Dobratsch winner Victor de la Parte was again able to break away from the rest of the field and win with a new ascent record and a lead of 1:18 minutes on Ben Hermans ( BMC ) and 1:29 on Jan Hirt ( CDT ). He also took the lead in the overall standings.
7th stage
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After 22 kilometers of racing, a large group of 21 drivers was able to break away from the field. The entire time the lead remained under 2 minutes. Around 15 kilometers from the finish, Michael Gogl ( Tyrol ), Frederik Veuchelen ( Wanty ) and Troels Vinther ( Cult Energy ) attacked. In Innsbruck the two leading groups were together again. 8 kilometers before the finish, Lukas Pöstlberger ( Tyrol ) was able to pull away from the front and take victory with a 12-second lead. Behind him followed Eduard Vorganov ( Katusha ) and Moreno Moser ( Cannondale-Garmin ).
8th stage
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the prologue
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 1st stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 2nd stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 3rd stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 4th stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 5th stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 6th stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 7th stage
- ↑ Computer evaluation : results of the 8th stage