2019 Tour of Austria

The 2019 Tour of Austria (German: Österreich-Rundfahrt 2019) was the 71st edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. It began with a prologue in Wels and finished atop the Kitzbüheler Horn after six road stages, covering 876.5 kilometres (544.6 mi). The race was ranked 2.1 in the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.^[3]

2019 Tour of Austria

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	6–12 July 2019
Stages	6 + Prologue
Distance	876.5[1] km (544.6 mi)
Winning time	22h 31' 22"[2]
Results
Winner  Ben Hermans (BEL) (Israel Cycling Academy)   Second  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) (Movistar Team)   Third  Stefan De Bod (RSA) (Team Dimension Data) Points  Jonas Koch (GER) (Wanty–Gobert) Mountains  Georg Zimmermann (GER) (Tirol KTM Cycling Team) Youth  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (Vino–Astana Motors) Team Team Dimension Data
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Ben Hermans, of Belgium and the Israel Cycling Academy team, won the race overall for the second consecutive year. Argentine rider Eduardo Sepúlveda, on Movistar Team, finished second ahead of Team Dimension Data's Stefan De Bod, of South Africa, in third. Jonas Koch, of Germany and EF Education First, won the points classification, while his countryman riding for Tirol KTM Cycling Team, Georg Zimmermann, won the mountains classification. Unlike previous editions, the 2019 Tour of Austria included a youth classification for the under-23 rider placed highest in the general classification.^[4] Kazakh rider Vadim Pronskiy, riding for Vino–Astana Motors, won the youth classification. The team classification was won by Team Dimension Data.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the 2019 Tour of Austria, including three UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental Teams, and eight UCI Continental Teams. Most teams started with seven riders, except Wanty–Gobert, Arkéa–Samsic, and Wibatech Merx 7R, who started with six, and Vino–Astana Motors, starting with five riders.^[5][6] The list of teams competing is as follows.^[7]

UCI WorldTeams

• CCC Team
• Movistar Team
• Team Dimension Data

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Wanty–Gobert
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Wallonie Bruxelles
• Delko–Marseille Provence
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM

UCI Continental teams

• SPORT.LAND. Niederösterreich Selle SMP–St. Rich
• Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
• Wibatech Merx 7R
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• Team Vorarlberg Santic
• Tirol KTM Cycling Team
• Maloja Pushbikers
• Vino–Astana Motors

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[1][8]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	6 July	Wels	2.5 km (1.6 mi)		Individual Time Trial	Jannik Steimle (GER)
1	7 July	Grieskirchen to Freistadt	138.8 km (86.2 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Carlos Barbero (ESP)
2	8 July	Zwettl to Wiener Neustadt	176.9 km (109.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Tom Devriendt (BEL)
3	9 July	Kirchschlag to Frohnleiten	176.2 km (109.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)
4	10 July	Radstadt to Fuscher Törl	103.5 km (64.3 mi)		Mountain stage	Ben Hermans (BEL)
5	11 July	Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße to Kitzbühel	161.9 km (100.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Jannik Steimle (GER)
6	12 July	Kitzbühel to Kitzbüheler Horn	116.7 km (72.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)

Stages

Prologue

6 July 2019 – Wels, 2.5 km (1.6 mi), Individual Time Trial (ITT)

Prologue results^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	2' 50"
2	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 01"
3	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 03"
4	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 04"
5	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 04"
6	Josef Černý (CZE)	CCC Team	+ 05"
7	Tom Devriendt (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 05"
8	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 06"
9	Łukasz Owsian (POL)	CCC Team	+ 06"
10	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 06"

Stage 1

7 July 2019 – Grieskirchen to Freistadt, 138.8 km (86.2 mi)

Stage 1 results^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Carlos Barbero (ESP)	Movistar Team	3h 16' 00"
2	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 00"
3	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 00"
4	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 00"
5	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 00"
6	Romain Hardy (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 00"
7	Franck Bonnamour (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 00"
8	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 00"
9	Daniel Auer (AUT)	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 00"
10	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 00"

General classification after stage 1^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Wallonie Bruxelles	3h 18' 48"
2	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 01"
3	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 02"
4	Carlos Barbero (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 04"
5	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 06"
6	Tom Devriendt (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 07"
7	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 08"
8	Łukasz Owsian (POL)	CCC Team	+ 08"
9	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 08"
10	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 08"

Stage 2

8 July 2019 – Zwettl to Wiener Neustadt, 176.9 km (109.9 mi)

Stage 2 results^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Devriendt (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	4h 18' 35"
2	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 00"
3	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 00"
4	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 00"
5	August Jensen (NOR)	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00"
6	Daniel Auer (AUT)	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 00"
7	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 00"
8	Romain Hardy (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 00"
9	Florian Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 00"
10	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 00"

General classification after stage 2^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	7h 37' 19"
2	Tom Devriendt (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 01"
3	Emīls Liepiņš (LAT)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 04"
4	Matthias Krizek (AUT)	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 05"
5	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 05"
6	Carlos Barbero (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 08"
7	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 08"
8	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 10"
9	Sebastian Schönberger (AUT)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 11"
10	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 12"

Stage 3

9 July 2019 – Kirchschlag to Frohnleiten, 176.2 km (109.5 mi)

Stage 3 results^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	4h 53' 26"
2	Colin Stüssi (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 00"
3	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 00"
4	Ivan Rovny (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 00"
5	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 00"
6	Dimitri Peyskens (BEL)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 00"
7	Romain Combaud (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 00"
8	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 00"
9	Franck Bonnamour (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 00"
10	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 00"

General classification after Stage 3^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	12h 30' 49"
2	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 01"
3	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	+ 01"
4	Sebastian Schönberger (AUT)	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	+ 07"
5	Łukasz Owsian (POL)	CCC Team	+ 08"
6	Colin Stüssi (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 08"
7	Rubén Fernández (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 09"
8	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)	Team Dimension Data	+ 09"
9	Connor Swift (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 09"
10	Eliot Lietaer (BEL)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 09"

Stage 4

10 July 2019 – Radstadt to Fuscher Törl, 103.5 km (64.3 mi)

Stage 4 results^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	3h 31' 32"
2	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	+ 06"
3	Winner Anacona (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 09"
4	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 23"
5	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 38"
6	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 1' 02"
7	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 1' 19"
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 25"
9	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 1' 25"
10	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 1' 39"

General classification after Stage 4^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	15h 32' 23"
2	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	+ 08"
3	Winner Anacona (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 13"
4	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 34"
5	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 47"
6	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 1' 10"
7	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 1' 33"
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 35"
9	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 1' 40"
10	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 1' 56"

Stage 5

11 July 2019 – Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße to Kitzbühel, 161.9 km (100.6 mi)

Stage 5 results^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	4h 04' 09"
2	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	+ 00"
3	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 00"
4	August Jensen (NOR)	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00"
5	Dayer Quintana (COL)	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	+ 00"
6	Laurent Pichon (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 00"
7	Matthias Krizek (AUT)	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 00"
8	Johannes Schinnagel (GER)	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 00"
9	Colin Stüssi (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 00"
10	Eliot Lietaer (BEL)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 00"

General classification after Stage 5^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	19h 36' 32"
2	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	+ 08"
3	Winner Anacona (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 13"
4	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 34"
5	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 47"
6	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 1' 10"
7	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 1' 33"
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 35"
9	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 1' 40"
10	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 1' 56"

Stage 6

12 July 2019 – Kitzbühel to Kitzbüheler Horn, 116.7 km (72.5 mi)

Stage 6 result^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	2h 54' 12"
2	Patrick Schelling (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 02"
3	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 20"
4	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 24"
5	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 29"
6	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 38"
7	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 38"
8	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 38"
9	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 53"
10	Eliot Lietaer (BEL)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 59"

General classification after Stage 6^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	22h 31' 22"
2	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 20"
3	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 38"
4	Winner Anacona (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 41"
5	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 52"
6	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 08"
7	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 1' 10"
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 13"
9	Patrick Schelling (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 2' 29"
10	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 1' 48"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Austrian rider classification	Team classification
P[9]	Jannik Steimle	Jannik Steimle	Not awarded[a]	Not awarded[b]	Patrick Gamper	Matthias Brändle	Wallonie Bruxelles
1[10]	Carlos Barbero	Emīls Liepiņš	Carlos Barbero	Scott Davies		Patrick Gamper
2[11]	Tom Devriendt	Jannik Steimle	Emīls Liepiņš			Matthias Krizek
3[12]	Giovanni Visconti	Jonas Koch	Jonas Koch[c]	Georg Zimmermann	Georg Zimmermann	Sebastian Schönberger	Wanty–Gobert
4[13]	Ben Hermans	Ben Hermans			Vadim Pronskiy	Riccardo Zoidl	Team Dimension Data
5[14]	Jannik Steimle
6[2]	Aleksandr Vlasov
Final[2]		Ben Hermans	Jonas Koch	Georg Zimmermann	Vadim Pronskiy	Riccardo Zoidl	Team Dimension Data

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes winner of the general classification		Denotes winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes winner of the points classification		Denotes winner of the Austrian riders classification
	Denotes winner of the mountains classification		Denotes winner of the team classification

General classification

Final general classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	22h 31' 22"
2	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	+ 20"
3	Stefan De Bod (RSA)	Team Dimension Data	+ 38"
4	Winner Anacona (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 41"
5	Alexander Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 52"
6	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 08"
7	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	+ 1' 10"
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 13"
9	Patrick Schelling (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 2' 29"
10	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 1' 48"

Points classification

Final points classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	42
2	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	35
3	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	22
4	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	20
5	August Jensen (NOR)	Israel Cycling Academy	19
6	Matthias Krizek (AUT)	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	17
7	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	16
8	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	16
9	Colin Stüssi (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	15
10	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	15

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	45
2	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Israel Cycling Academy	24
3	Thibault Guernalec (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	24
4	Scott Davies (GBR)	Team Dimension Data	19
5	Alexander Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	15
6	Mario Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	15
7	Sebastian Schönberger (AUT)	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	15
8	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Movistar Team	12
9	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	Team Dimension Data	12
10	Brice Feillu (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	10

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	22h 46' 56"
2	Omar El Gouzi (ITA)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 1' 21"
3	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 14' 47"
4	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 24' 27"
5	Thibault Guernalec (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 28' 03"
6	Alexandr Ovsyannikov (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	+ 29' 25"
7	Samuele Rivi (ITA)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 29' 49"
8	Mario Gamper (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 33' 11"
9	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 37' 00"
10	Stefan Kolb (AUT)	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 49' 07"

Austrian riders classification

Final Austrian riders classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Riccardo Zoidl	CCC Team	22h 32' 32"
2	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 4' 56"
3	Sebastian Schönberger	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	+ 13' 08"
4	Hans-Jörg Leopold	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 13' 44"
5	Stephan Rabitsch	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 13' 47"
6	Benjamin Brkic	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 19' 37"
7	Matthias Krizek	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 31' 14"
8	Patrick Gamper	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 38' 51"
9	Mario Gamper	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 47' 35"
10	Lukas Schlemmer	Maloja Pushbikers	+ 50' 00"

Team classification

Final team classification (1-10)^[2]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Dimension Data	67h 37' 09"
2	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 5' 29"
3	CCC Team	+ 6' 24"
4	Movistar Team	+ 8' 04"
5	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 14' 31"
6	Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM	+ 20' 07"
7	Wanty–Gobert	+ 20' 57"
8	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 22' 33"
9	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 27' 53"
10	Wibatech Merx 7R	+ 33' 43"

Notes

1. Though no sprint points were awarded during the Prologue, the second-place rider in the general classification, Matthias Brändle, wore the points jersey on Stage 1.^[15]
2. Though no mountains points were awarded during the Prologue, the third-place rider in the general classification, Pieter Vanspeybrouck, wore the mountains jersey on Stage 1.^[16]
3. On Stage 4, the second-place rider in the points classification, Emīls Liepiņš, wore the points jersey, as Jonas Koch wore the red overall leader's jersey.