2011 Tour of Austria

The 2011 Tour of Austria (German: 2011 Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) was the 63rd edition of the Tour of Austria, an annual bicycle race. Departing from Dornbirn on July 3, it concluded in Vienna on July 10. The 1136.9 km long stage race was part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event. Fredrik Kessiakoff of Astana won the general classification, his first title, and the first Swede to do so since 1957.

2011 Tour of Austria

2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
Route of the 2011 Tour of Austria
Race details
Dates	3–10 July
Stages	8
Distance	1,136.90 km (706.4 mi)
Winning time	26h 59' 26"
Results
Winner  Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden) (Astana)   Second  Leopold König (Czech Republic) (Team NetApp)   Third  Carlos Sastre (Spain) (Geox–TMC) Points  Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) (BMC Racing Team) Mountains  Nicolas Edet (France) (Cofidis)   Youth  Leopold König (Czech Republic) (Team NetApp)   Team Astana
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Teams

18 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 8 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 4 UCI Continental Teams.^[1]

UCI ProTeams Leopard Trek HTC–Highroad Saxo Bank–SunGard Team RadioShack BMC Racing Team Team Katusha Team Sky Astana

UCI Professional Continental Teams Androni Giocattoli Skil–Shimano Cofidis Geox–TMC Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli Team NetApp

UCI Continental Teams Arbö–Gebrüder Weiss–Oberndorfer Tyrol Team WSA-Viperbike Kärnten Team Vorarlberg

Stages

Stage 1

3 July 2011 – Dornbirn to Götzis, 139.7 km (86.8 mi)^[2][3]

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 3h 16' 34" 2  Christopher Sutton (AUS) Team Sky s.t. 3  Roberto Ferrari (ITA) Androni Giocattoli s.t. 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) Astana s.t. 5  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis s.t. 6  Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 7  Robert Wagner (GER) Leopard Trek s.t. 8  Roger Kluge (GER) Skil–Shimano s.t. 9  René Weissinger (GER) Team Vorarlberg s.t. 10  Daniel Schorn (AUT) Team NetApp s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 3h 16' 24" 2  Christopher Sutton (AUS) Team Sky + 4" 3  Roberto Ferrari (ITA) Androni Giocattoli + 6" 4  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 8" 5  Simon Clarke (AUS) Astana + 10" 6  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis s.t. 7  Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 8  Robert Wagner (GER) Leopard Trek s.t. 9  Roger Kluge (GER) Skil–Shimano s.t. 10  René Weissinger (GER) Team Vorarlberg s.t.

Stage 2

4 July 2011 – Innsbruck to Kitzbühel, 158.3 km (98.4 mi)^[4][5]

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 3h 50' 11" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 14" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 19" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 22" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 38" 6  Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 53" 7  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 01" 8  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 27" 9  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 39" 10  Oliver Zaugg (SUI) Leopard Trek + 2' 40"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 7h 06' 39" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 18" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 25" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 32" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 44" 6  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 11" 7  Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team + 2' 13" 8  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 37" 9  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 49" 10  Oliver Zaugg (SUI) Leopard Trek + 2' 50"

Stage 3

5 July 2011 – Kitzbühel to Prägraten am Großvenediger, 174.5 km (108.4 mi)^[6][7]

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis 4h 17' 08" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Team NetApp s.t. 3  Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 4  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 5  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 6  Daniele Ratto (ITA) Geox–TMC s.t. 7  Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) Team RadioShack s.t. 8  Dmitry Kozonchuk (RUS) Geox–TMC s.t. 9  Thierry Hupond (FRA) Skil–Shimano s.t. 10  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 11h 23' 47" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 18" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 25" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 32" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 44" 6  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 11" 7  Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team + 2' 23" 8  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 37" 9  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 49" 10  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 3' 09"

Stage 4

6 July 2011 – Matrei in Osttirol to Sankt Johann im Pongau/Alpendorf, 199.3 km (123.8 mi)^[8][9]

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) Skil–Shimano 5h 30' 09" 2  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) Skil–Shimano + 15" 3  Alexandre Pliuschin (MDA) Team Katusha + 36" 4  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana + 41" 5  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 6  Daryl Impey (RSA) Team NetApp + 42" 7  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky s.t. 8  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp s.t. 9  Nicolas Edet (FRA) Cofidis + 43" 10  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 16h 54' 37" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 18" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 26" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 34" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 46" 6  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 12" 7  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 46" 8  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 51" 9  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 3' 11" 10  Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team + 3' 17"

Stage 5

7 July 2011 – Sankt Johann im Pongau/Alpendorf to Schladming, 157.2 km (97.7 mi)^[10][11]

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 3h 33' 50" 2  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) HTC–Highroad s.t. 3  Stefan Denifl (AUT) Leopard Trek s.t. 4  Grégory Rast (SUI) Team RadioShack s.t. 5  Yannick Eijssen (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 8" 6  Christopher Sutton (AUS) Team Sky + 49" 7  Nikolay Trusov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 9  Roger Kluge (GER) Skil–Shimano s.t. 10  Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 20h 29' 16" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 18" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 26" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 34" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 46" 6  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 12" 7  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 46" 8  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 51" 9  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 3' 11" 10  Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team + 3' 17"

Stage 6

8 July 2011 – Hainburg an der Donau to Bruck an der Leitha, 155.0 km (96.3 mi)^[12][13]

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team 3h 19' 11" 2  Matt Brammeier (IRL) HTC–Highroad s.t. 3  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek s.t. 4  Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli s.t. 5  Daniele Ratto (ITA) Geox–TMC s.t. 6  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Astana s.t. 7  Nikolay Trusov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 8  Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) Cofidis s.t. 9  Jarosław Marycz (POL) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 10  Michael Barry (CAN) Team Sky + 3"

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 23h 48' 33" 2  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 18" 3  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 26" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 1' 34" 5  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 1' 46" 6  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 2' 12" 7  Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 46" 8  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli + 2' 51" 9  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 3' 11" 10  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) Team Vorarlberg + 3' 29"

Stage 7

9 July 2011 – Podersdorf am See to Podersdorf am See, 30.1 km (18.7 mi) individual time trial (ITT)^[14][15]

Stage 7 Result Rider Team Time 1  Bert Grabsch (GER) HTC–Highroad 34' 37" 2  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack + 23" 3  Patrick Gretsch (GER) HTC–Highroad + 33" 4  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 47" 5  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana + 56" 6  Jan Bárta (CZE) Team NetApp + 1' 11" 7  Mads Christensen (DEN) Saxo Bank–SunGard + 1' 12" 8  Tiago Machado (POR) Team RadioShack + 1' 18" 9  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) Team Katusha + 1' 19" 10  Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky + 1' 24"

General Classification after Stage 7 Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 24h 24' 05" 2  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 2' 28" 3  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 3' 05" 4  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 3' 59" 5  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 4' 02" 6  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 4' 34" 7  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 4' 36" 8  Jan Bárta (CZE) Team NetApp + 4' 46" 9  Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) Team RadioShack + 4' 59" 10  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Astana + 5' 09"

Stage 8

10 July 2011 – Podersdorf am See to Vienna, 122.8 km (76.3 mi)^[16][17]

Stage 8 Result Rider Team Time 1  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Leopard Trek 2h 35' 21" 2  Martin Velits (SVK) HTC–Highroad s.t. 3  Roger Kluge (GER) Skil–Shimano s.t. 4  Christopher Sutton (AUS) Team Sky s.t. 5  René Weissinger (GER) Team Vorarlberg s.t. 6  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Cofidis s.t. 7  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team RadioShack s.t. 8  Daryl Impey (RSA) Team NetApp s.t. 9  Nikolay Trusov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 10  Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) HTC–Highroad s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana 26h 59' 26" 2  Leopold König (CZE) Team NetApp + 2' 28" 3  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Geox–TMC + 3' 05" 4  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Leopard Trek + 3' 59" 5  Denis Menchov (RUS) Geox–TMC + 4' 02" 6  Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 4' 34" 7  Morris Possoni (ITA) Team Sky + 4' 36" 8  Jan Bárta (CZE) Team NetApp + 4' 46" 9  Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) Team RadioShack + 4' 59" 10  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Astana + 5' 09"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Robert Hunter	Robert Hunter	Robert Hunter	Greg Van Avermaet	Jens Keukeleire	HTC–Highroad
2	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Fredrik Kessiakoff		Leopold König	Astana
3	Jens Keukeleire		Jens Keukeleire	Nicolas Edet		Geox–TMC
4	Alexandre Geniez		Daryl Impey
5	Ian Stannard
6	Greg Van Avermaet		Greg Van Avermaet
7	Bert Grabsch					Astana
8	Daniele Bennati
Final		Fredrik Kessiakoff	Greg Van Avermaet	Nicolas Edet	Leopold König	Astana

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Astana	26h 59' 26"
2	Leopold König (CZE)	Team NetApp	+ 2' 28"
3	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	Geox–TMC	+ 3' 05"
4	Thomas Rohregger (AUT)	Leopard Trek	+ 3' 59"
5	Denis Menchov (RUS)	Geox–TMC	+ 4' 02"
6	Mauro Santambrogio (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 4' 34"
7	Morris Possoni (ITA)	Team Sky	+ 4' 36"
8	Jan Bárta (CZE)	Team NetApp	+ 4' 46"
9	Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA)	Team RadioShack	+ 4' 59"
10	Andrey Mizurov (KAZ)	Astana	+ 5' 09"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	43
2	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Team NetApp	32
3	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Astana	30
4	Jens Keukeleire (BEL)	Cofidis	28
5	Mauro Santambrogio (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	26
6	Christopher Sutton (AUS)	Team Sky	26
7	Gatis Smukulis (LAT)	HTC–Highroad	22
8	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Leopard Trek	20
9	Mads Christensen (DEN)	Saxo Bank–SunGard	20
10	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	18

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Nicolas Edet (FRA)	Cofidis	38
2	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	37
3	Mads Christensen (DEN)	Saxo Bank–SunGard	28
4	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	18
5	Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)	Skil–Shimano	17
6	Martin Kohler (SUI)	BMC Racing Team	17
7	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Astana	15
8	Gatis Smukulis (LAT)	HTC–Highroad	14
9	David Wöhrer (AUT)	Tyrol Team	14
10	Martin Schöffmann (AUT)	WSA-Viperbike Kärnten	13

Young rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Leopold König (CZE)	Team NetApp	27h 01' 54"
2	Petr Ignatenko (RUS)	Team Katusha	+ 3' 23"
3	Stefan Kirchmair (AUT)	Tyrol Team	+ 6' 21"
4	Alexandre Pliuschin (MDA)	Team Katusha	+ 7' 47"
5	Tanel Kangert (EST)	Astana	+ 8' 07"
6	Georg Preidler (AUT)	Tyrol Team	+ 10' 03"
7	Caleb Fairly (USA)	HTC–Highroad	+ 13' 30"
8	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	+ 13' 44"
9	Gatis Smukulis (LAT)	HTC–Highroad	+ 16' 07"
10	Chris Butler (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 18' 17"

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Astana	81h 11' 02"
2	Geox–TMC	+ 6"
3	BMC Racing Team	+ 4' 05"
4	Team NetApp	+ 4' 19"
5	Team RadioShack	+ 9' 37"
6	Team Sky	+ 10' 06"
7	Leopard Trek	+ 11' 41"
8	Tyrol Team	+ 13' 19"
9	Team Katusha	+ 16' 52"
10	Skil–Shimano	+ 17' 20"