2018 Tour of Austria

The 2017 Tour of Austria (German: Österreich-Rundfahrt 2018) was the 70th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. It began in Feldkirch and finished in Fels, covering a course of 1,163.7 kilometres (723.1 mi) over eight stages. The race was ranked 2.1 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour.

2018 Tour of Austria

2018 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	7–14 July 2018
Stages	8
Distance	1,163.7[1] km (723.1 mi)
Winning time	29h 11' 51"[2]
Results
Winner  Ben Hermans (BEL) (Israel Cycling Academy)   Second  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) (Bahrain–Merida)   Third  Dario Cataldo (ITA) (Astana) Points  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (Bahrain–Merida) Mountains  Aaron Gate (NZL) (Aqua Blue Sport)   Team Bahrain–Merida
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Belgian cyclist Ben Hermans, of the Israel Cycling Academy team, won the race overall. He finished eighteen seconds ahead of second-place Hermann Pernsteiner, of Austria and Bahrain–Merida, and forty-four seconds ahead of Italian Dario Cataldo, riding for Astana, in third. Pernsteiner's teammate, Giovanni Visconti, won the points classification, while Australian rider Aaron Gate, of the Aqua Blue Sport team, took home the mountains classification jersey. The teams classification was won by Bahrain–Merida.^[3]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the 2018 Tour of Austria, among them four UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental teams, and seven UCI Continental teams. Most teams started with seven riders; however, Vérandas Willems–Crelan and Adria Mobil started with only six.^[4]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Bahrain–Merida
• Team Dimension Data
• EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Aqua Blue Sport
• Bardiani–CSF
• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
• Vérandas Willems–Crelan
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert

UCI Continental Teams

• Adria Mobil
• My Bike–Stevens
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
• Team Vorarlberg Santic
• Tirol Cycling Team
• WSA–Pushbikers

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	7 July	Feldkirch to Feldkirch	152.8 km (94.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Matej Mohorič (SLO)
2	8 July	Feldkirch to Fulpmes/Telfes	181.5 km (112.8 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)
3	9 July	Kufstein to Kitzbüheler Horn	133.6 km (83.0 mi)		Mountain stage	Ben Hermans (BEL)
4	10 July	Kitzbühel to Prägraten	143 km (88.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)
5	11 July	Matrei to Grossglockner	92.9 km (57.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Pieter Weening (NED)
6	12 July	Knittelfeld to Wenigzell	167.4 km (104.0 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
7	13 July	Waidhofen/Ybbs to Sonntagberg	129.3 km (80.3 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Antonio Nibali (ITA)
8	14 July	Scheibbs to Wels	163.2 km (101.4 mi)		Flat stage	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)

Stages

Stage 1

7 July 2018 – Feldkirch to Feldkirch, 152.8 km (94.9 mi)

Stage 1 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida 3h 26' 02" 2  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 00" 3  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 00" 4  Floris Gerts (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 00" 5  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 00" 6  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 00" 7  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 00" 8  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 00" 9  Roland Thalmann (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 00" 10  Georg Zimmermann (GER) Tirol Cycling Team + 00"

General classification after Stage 1[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida 3h 25' 52" 2  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 04" 3  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 05" 4  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 05" 5  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 06" 6  Floris Gerts (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 10" 7  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 10" 8  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 10" 9  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 10" 10  Roland Thalmann (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 10"

Stage 2

8 July 2018 – Feldkirch to Fulpmes/Telfes, 181.5 km (112.8 mi)

Stage 2 result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida 4h 30' 32" 2  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 00" 3  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 00" 4  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 00" 5  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 03" 6  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 03" 7  Žiga Grošelj (SLO) Adria Mobil + 03" 8  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 03" 9  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 03" 10  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 03"

General classification after Stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida 7h 56' 18" 2  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 08" 3  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 09" 4  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 10" 5  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 14" 6  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 14" 7  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 16" 8  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 19" 9  Georg Zimmermann (GER) Tirol Cycling Team + 19" 10  Floris Gerts (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 19"

Stage 3

9 July 2018 – Kufstein to Kitzbüheler Horn, 133.6 km (83.0 mi)

Stage 3 result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 3h 30' 11" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 09" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 15" 4  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 25" 5  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 25" 6  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 35" 7  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 37" 8  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 43" 9  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 45" 10  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 50"

General classification after Stage 3[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 11h 26' 33" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 26" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 40" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 40" 6  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 47" 7  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 50" 8  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 58" 9  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 1' 00" 10  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 05"

Stage 4

10 July 2018 – Kitzbühel to Prägraten, 143 km (88.9 mi)

Stage 4 result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida 3h 14' 28" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 00" 3  Michael Bresciani (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 00" 4  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 00" 5  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 00" 6  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 00" 7  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 00" 8  Michel Kreder (NED) Aqua Blue Sport + 00" 9  Floris Gerts (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 00" 10  Daniel Geismayr (AUT) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 00"

General classification after Stage 4[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 14h 41' 01" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 26" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 40" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 40" 6  Mark Christian (GBR) Aqua Blue Sport + 47" 7  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 50" 8  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 58" 9  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 1' 00" 10  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 05"

Stage 5

11 July 2018 – Matrei to Grossglockner, 92.9 km (57.7 mi)

Stage 5 result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij 2h 50' 32" 2  Alexander Foliforov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 49" 3  Simone Sterbini (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 11" 4  Antonio Nibali (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 26" 5  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 36" 6  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 36" 7  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 1' 40" 8  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 40" 9  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 51" 10  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 1' 53"

General classification after Stage 5[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 17h 33' 13" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 48" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 53" 5  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 54" 6  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 01" 7  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 14" 8  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 45" 9  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 49" 10  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 2' 02"

Stage 6

12 July 2018 – Knittelfeld to Wenigzell, 167.4 km (104.0 mi)

Stage 6 result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana 4h 19' 25" 2  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 07" 3  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 50" 4  Lachlan Morton (AUS) Team Dimension Data + 54" 5  Simone Sterbini (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 59" 6  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 03" 7  Wout van Aert (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 1' 38" 8  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 2' 12" 9  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 2' 14" 10  Paweł Cieślik (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 2' 14"

General classification after Stage 6[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 21h 54' 52" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 48" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 53" 5  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 54" 6  Mark Padun (UKR) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 01" 7  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 12" 8  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 33" 9  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 45" 10  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 49"

Stage 7

13 July 2018 – Waidhofen/Ybbs to Sonntagberg, 129.3 km (80.3 mi)

Stage 7 result[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Antonio Nibali (ITA) Bahrain–Merida 3h 38' 57" 2  Paweł Cieślik (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 03" 3  Artem Nych (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 15" 4  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 35" 5  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 1' 08" 6  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 1' 12" 7  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 12" 8  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 12" 9  Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team Dimension Data + 1' 12" 10  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 1' 20"

General classification after Stage 7[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 25h 35' 01" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 44" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 1' 01" 5  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 12" 6  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 21" 7  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 41" 8  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 58" 9  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 2' 13" 10  Artem Nych (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 2' 18"

Stage 8

14 July 2018 – Scheibbs to Wels, 163.2 km (101.4 mi)

Stage 8 result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) Bahrain–Merida 3h 36' 01" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 00" 3  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 00" 4  Nikolay Mihaylov (BUL) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 00" 5  Lachlan Morton (AUS) Team Dimension Data + 00" 6  Wout van Aert (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 49" 7  Marco Maronese (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 49" 8  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 49" 9  Manuel Porzner (GER) Tirol Cycling Team + 49" 10  Shane Archbold (NZL) Aqua Blue Sport + 49"

General classification after Stage 8[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy 29h 11' 51" 2  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 3  Dario Cataldo (ITA) Astana + 44" 4  Patrick Schelling (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 1' 01" 5  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 1' 12" 6  Javier Moreno (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 21" 7  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 1' 41" 8  Giovanni Carboni (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 1' 58" 9  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 2' 13" 10  Artem Nych (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 2' 18"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Austrian rider classification	Team classification
1[6]	Matej Mohorič	Matej Mohorič	Matej Mohorič[a]	Aaron Gate	Stephan Rabitsch	Israel Cycling Academy
2[7]	Giovanni Visconti	Giovanni Visconti	Giovanni Visconti[b]			Aqua Blue Sport
3[8]	Ben Hermans	Ben Hermans			Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain–Merida
4[9]	Giovanni Visconti
5[10]	Pieter Weening
6[11]	Alexey Lutsenko
7[12]	Antonio Nibali		Matej Mohorič
8[2][13]	Giovanni Visconti		Giovanni Visconti
Final[3]		Ben Hermans	Giovanni Visconti	Aaron Gate	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain–Merida

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the Austrian rider classification