2015 Tour of Austria

The 2015 Tour of Austria is the 67th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. It started in Wien on 4 July with a team time trial prologue, and concluded in Bregenz on 12 July. This was the first time in several years that the race consisted of 8 stages plus a prologue. It was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event.^[1]

2015 Tour of Austria

2015 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	4–12 July
Stages	8 + Prologue
Distance	1,452.9 km (902.8 mi)
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Schedule

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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Ref
P	4 July	Wien	5.3 km (3.3 mi)		Team time trial	Team Katusha	[3][4]
1	5 July	Mörbisch to Scheibbs	206.6 km (128.4 mi)		Flat stage	Sondre Holst Enger (NOR)	[5]
2	6 July	Litschau to Grieskirchen	196.1 km (121.9 mi)		Intermediate stage	David Tanner (AUS)	[6]
3	7 July	Windischgarsten to Gratwein-Straßengel	181.1 km (112.5 mi)		Intermediate stage	Rick Zabel (GER)
4	8 July	Stift Rein/Gratwein to Villacher Alpe/Dobratsch	207.4 km (128.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)
5	9 July	Villach/Dobrollach to Matrei in Osttirol	175 km (108.7 mi)		Flat stage	Johann Van Zyl (RSA)
6	10 July	Lienz to Kitzbühler Horn Alpenhaus	164.7 km (102.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)
7	11 July	Kitzbühel to Innsbruck	124.7 km (77.5 mi)		Flat stage	Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT)
8	12 July	Innsbruck-Völs to Bregenz	192 km (119.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Moreno Moser (ITA)
Total		1,452.9 km (902.8 mi)

Teams

20 teams were invited to the 2015 Tour of Austria: 6 UCI ProTeams, 7 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 UCI Continental Teams.^[7]

UCI WorldTeams

• Team Katusha
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Tinkoff–Saxo
• BMC Racing Team
• IAM Cycling
• Cannondale–Garmin

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Bardiani–CSF
• Cofidis
• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• MTN–Qhubeka
• Team Roompot
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• Cult Energy Pro Cycling

Continental teams

• Team Marseille 13 KTM
• Amplatz–BMC
• Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam
• Tirol Cycling Team
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• Team Vorarlberg
• WSA-Greenlife

Stages

Prologue

4 July 2015 — Wien, 5.3 km (3.3 mi) team time trial (TTT)

Result of prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 Team Katusha 5' 45" 2 MTN–Qhubeka +1" 3 BMC Racing Team +5" 4 Cofidis +8" 5 IAM Cycling +8" 6 Cannondale–Garmin +8" 7 Team Felbermayr - Simplon Wels +10" 8 AG2R La Mondiale +11" 9 Amplatz - BMC +13" 10 Team Roompot +14" Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification after prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Team Katusha 5' 45" 2  Vladimir Isaychev (RUS) Team Katusha +0" 3  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) Team Katusha +0" 4  Daniel Moreno (ESP) Team Katusha +0" 5  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Team Katusha +0" 6  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +0" 7  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha +0" 8  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Team Katusha +0" 9  Youcef Reguigui (ALG) MTN–Qhubeka +1" 10  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +1" Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 1

5 July 2015 – Mörbisch to Scheibbs, 206.6 km (128.4 mi)

Stage 1 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) IAM Cycling 5h 02' 07" 2  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF s.t. 3  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka s.t. 4  Grischa Janorschke (GER) Team Vorarlberg s.t. 5  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Amplatz–BMC s.t. 6  Sjoerd van Ginneken (NED) Team Roompot s.t. 7  Marco Marcato (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 8  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Team Katusha s.t. 9  Clément Koretzky (FRA) Team Vorarlberg s.t. 10  Troels Vinther (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka 5h 07' 49" 2  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Team Katusha +0" 3  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) IAM Cycling +1" 4  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Team Katusha +1" 5  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha +2" 6  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Team Katusha +3" 7  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +3" 8  Daniel Moreno (ESP) Team Katusha +3" 9  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +4" 10  Youcef Reguigui (ALG) MTN–Qhubeka +4"

Stage 2

6 July 2015 – Litschau to Grieskirchen, 196.2 km (121.9 mi)

Stage 2 results Cyclist Team Time 1  David Tanner (AUS) IAM Cycling 4h 53' 45" 2  Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis +1" 3  Péter Kusztor (HUN) Amplatz–BMC +2" 4  Troels Vinther (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling +2" 5  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Amplatz–BMC +2" 6  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) Tinkoff–Saxo +2" 7  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +2" 8  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis +2" 9  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka +2" 10  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +2"

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka 10h 01' 33" 2  David Tanner (AUS) IAM Cycling +2" 3  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha +5" 4  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Team Katusha +6" 5  Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis +7" 6  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Team Katusha +9" 7  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +11" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +11" 9  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +11" 10  Daniel Moreno (ESP) Team Katusha +11"

Stage 3

7 July 2015 – Windischgarsten to Judendorf-Straßengel, 181.1 km (112.5 mi)

Stage 3 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team 4h 23' 06" 2  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha s.t. 3  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Amplatz–BMC s.t. 4  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka s.t. 5  Romain Hardy (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Marco Marcato (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 7  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 8  Andi Bajc (SLO) Amplatz–BMC s.t. 9  Troels Vinther (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling s.t. 10  Clément Koretzky (FRA) Team Vorarlberg s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha 14h 24' 36" 2  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka +1" 3  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team +2" 4  David Tanner (AUS) IAM Cycling +5" 5  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Team Katusha +5" 6  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Team Katusha +7" 7  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +7" 8  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +8" 9  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +12" 10  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +12"

Stage 4

8 July 2015 – Stift Rein/Gratwein to Dobratsch, 181.1 km (112.5 mi)

Stage 4 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg 5h 43' 50" 2  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice s.t. 3  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +9" 4  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +14" 5  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +14" 6  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +22" 7  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) Cofidis +32" 8  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +46" 9  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels +46" 10  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +50"

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 20h 08' 41" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +2" 3  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +3" 4  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +15" 5  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +17" 6  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +23" 7  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) Cofidis +32" 8  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +38" 9  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +47" 10  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels +48"

Stage 5

9 July 2015 – Faaker See/Drobollach to Matrei in Osttirol, 175.0 km (108.7 mi)

Stage 5 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Johann van Zyl (RSA) MTN–Qhubeka 3h 42' 33" 2  David Tanner (AUS) IAM Cycling +6" 3  Rick Zabel (GER) BMC Racing Team +6" 4  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha +6" 5  Marco Marcato (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert +6" 6  Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis +6" 7  Clemens Fankhauser (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam +6" 8  Maciej Paterski (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice +6" 9  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +6" 10  Andrea Piechele (ITA) Bardiani–CSF +6"

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice 23h 51' 20" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +2" 3  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +3" 4  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +15" 5  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +17" 6  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +23" 7  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +38" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +47" 9  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels +48" 10  Thomas Degand (BEL) IAM Cycling +52"

Stage 6

10 July 2015 – Lienz to Kitzbüheler Horn, 164.7 km (102.3 mi)

Stage 6 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg 4h 54' 46" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +1' 18" 3  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice +1' 29" 4  Hubert Dupont (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +1' 51" 5  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +1' 54" 6  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team +2' 15" 7  Thomas Degand (BEL) IAM Cycling +2' 17" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +2' 17" 9  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +2' 17" 10  Stefan Denifl (AUT) IAM Cycling +2' 24" 11  Jure Golčer (SLO) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels +2' 40"

General Classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg 28h 45' 59" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +1' 21" 3  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice +1' 32" 4  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +2' 16" 5  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +3' 02" 6  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +3' 11" 7  Thomas Degand (BEL) IAM Cycling +3' 16" 8  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +3' 18" 9  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +3' 20" 10  Stefan Denifl (AUT) IAM Cycling +3' 34" 11  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team +4' 11"

Stage 7

11 July 2015 – Kitzbühel to Innsbruck, 124.7 km (77.5 mi)

Stage 7 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT) Tirol Cycling Team 2h 34' 09" 2  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Team Katusha +13" 3  Moreno Moser (ITA) Cannondale–Garmin +13" 4  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +13" 5  Gert Jõeäär (EST) Cofidis +13" 6  Sebastian Baldauf (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleangteam +13" 7  Troels Vinther (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling +13" 8  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Amplatz–BMC +13" 9  Marco Marcato (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert +13" 10  Michael Gogl (AUT) Tirol Cycling Team +13"

General Classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Team Time 1  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg 31h 21' 18" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +1' 21" 3  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice +1' 32" 4  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +2' 13" 5  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +2' 16" 6  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +3' 02" 7  Thomas Degand (BEL) IAM Cycling +3' 16" 8  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +3' 18" 9  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +3' 20" 10  Stefan Denifl (AUT) IAM Cycling +3' 34" 11  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team +4' 11"

Stage 8

12 July 2015 – Innsbruck to Bregenz, 184.3 km (114.5 mi)

Stage 8 results Cyclist Team Time 1  Moreno Moser (ITA) Cannondale–Garmin 4h 44' 36" 2  David Tanner (AUS) IAM Cycling s.t. 3  Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 4  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM s.t. 5  Romain Hardy (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Amplatz–BMC s.t. 7  Davide Villella (ITA) Cannondale–Garmin s.t. 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 9  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) Team Katusha s.t. 10  Florian Bissinger (GER) WSA–Greenlife s.t.

General Classification after Stage 8 Cyclist Team Time 1  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg 36h 05' 54" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team +1' 21" 3  Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice +1' 32" 4  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team +2' 13" 5  Natnael Berhane (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka +2' 16" 6  Egor Silin (RUS) Team Katusha +3' 00" 7  Pierre Latour (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +3' 12" 8  Thomas Degand (BEL) IAM Cycling +3' 16" 9  Paweł Poljański (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo +3' 20" 10  Stefan Denifl (AUT) IAM Cycling +3' 34" 11  Dylan Teuns (BEL) BMC Racing Team +4' 11"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Best Austrian Rider classification	Team classification
P	Team Katusha	Rüdiger Selig	not awarded	not awarded	Matthias Krizek	Team Katusha
1	Sondre Holst Enger	Gerald Ciolek	Sondre Holst Enger	Daniel Lehner
2	David Tanner		Gerald Ciolek	Matthias Krizek
3	Rick Zabel	Ángel Vicioso	Jan Tratnik		Stephan Rabitsch
4	Víctor de la Parte	Jan Hirt		Víctor de la Parte	Gregor Mühlberger	BMC Racing Team
5	Johann Van Zyl
6	Víctor de la Parte	Víctor de la Parte		Felix Großschartner	Stefan Denifl
7	Lukas Pöstlberger
8	Moreno Moser
Final		Víctor de la Parte	Jan Tratnik	Felix Großschartner	Stefan Denifl	BMC Racing Team