2023 Czech Tour

The 2023 Czech Cycling Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 27 and 30 July 2023 in Czech Republic. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 13th edition of the Czech Cycling Tour.^[1]

2023 Czech Tour

2023 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	27–30 July 2023
Stages	4
Distance	669.6 km (416.1 mi)
Winning time	16h 32' 10"
Results
Winner  Florian Lipowitz (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Second  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Third  Jakub Otruba (CZE) (ATT Investments) Points  Florian Lipowitz (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Mountains  Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) (Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè) Youth  Tijmen Graat (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Team Bora–Hansgrohe
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Teams

Stage podium after Stage 1, 2023 Czech Tour, Uničov

Three of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, 11 UCI ProTeams, and seven UCI Continental teams made up the 21 teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Team Jumbo–Visma

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Bolton Equities Black Spoke
• Eolo–Kometa
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Team Corratec–Selle Italia
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• ATT Investments
• EF Education–Nippo Development Team
• Elkov–Kasper
• RRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• Team Lotto–Kern Haus
• Trinity Racing

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Elevation gain[4]	Type		Stage winner
1	27 July	Prostějov to Uničov	165 km (103 mi)	2,217 m (7,274 ft)		Hilly stage	Itamar Einhorn (ISR)
2	28 July	Olomouc to Pustevny	166.9 km (103.7 mi)	2,840 m (9,320 ft)		Intermediate stage	Florian Lipowitz (GER)
3	29 July	Moravská Třebová to Červenohorské sedlo [cs]	161.5 km (100.4 mi)	3,404 m (11,168 ft)		Mountain stage	Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR)
4	30 July	Šumperk to Šternberk	176.5 km (109.7 mi)	2,982 m (9,783 ft)		Intermediate stage	Adam Ťoupalík (CZE)
Total			669.6 km (416.1 mi)	11,443 m (37,543 ft)

Stages

Stage 1

27 July 2023 – Prostějov to Uničov, 165 km (103 mi)

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel–Premier Tech 3h 48' 15" 2  Milan Fretin (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 0" 3  Luke Lamperti (USA) Trinity Racing + 0" 4  Jonas Koch (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 7  Tim van Dijke (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 8  Taj Jones (AUS) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 9  Dominik Neuman (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 0" 10  Karl Patrick Lauk (EST) Bingoal WB + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel–Premier Tech 3h 48' 05" 2  Milan Fretin (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 4" 3  Luke Lamperti (USA) Trinity Racing + 6" 4  Milan Vader (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 5  Anders Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 8" 6  Matúš Štoček (SVK) ATT Investments + 9" 7  Jonas Koch (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 8  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 9  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 10" 10  Tim van Dijke (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10"

Stage 2

28 July 2023 – Olomouc to Pustevny, 166.9 km (103.7 mi)

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 06' 39" 2  Per Strand Hagenes (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2" 3  Anders Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 23" 4  Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 25" 5  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 25" 6  Elias Maris (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 25" 7  Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25" 8  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 25" 9  Michel Hessmann (GER) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25" 10  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 25"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 7h 54' 44" 2  Per Strand Hagenes (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 3  Anders Halland Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 27" 4  Alex Tolio (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 35" 5  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 6  Floris De Tier (BEL) Bingoal WB + 35" 7  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 35" 8  Luca Covili (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 35" 9  Mattia Bais (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 35" 10  Tijmen Graat (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 35"

Stage 3

29 July 2023 – Moravská Třebová to Červenohorské sedlo [cs], 161.5 km (100.4 mi)

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 12' 56" 2  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2" 3  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 4  Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 44" 5  Lukas Nerurkar (GBR) Trinity Racing + 1' 43" 6  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 1' 43" 7  Mason Hollyman (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 1' 45" 8  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 1' 45" 9  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 45" 10  Tijmen Graat (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 51"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 12h 07' 36" 2  Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 29" 3  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 2' 22" 4  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 24" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 2' 24" 6  Tijmen Graat (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 30" 7  Luca Covili (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 2' 39" 8  Mason Hollyman (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 3' 02" 9  José Félix Parra (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 3' 16" 10  Michel Hessmann (GER) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3' 26"

Stage 4

30 July 2023 – Šumperk to Šternberk, 176.2 km (109.5 mi)

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) Elkov–Kasper 4h 24' 32" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 4  Jacob Eriksson (SWE) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 8" 5  Luke Lamperti (USA) Trinity Racing + 16" 6  Francesco Busatto (ITA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 16" 7  Daniel Lima (POR) Israel–Premier Tech + 19" 8  Milan Vader (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 22" 9  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 22" 10  James Oram (NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke + 24"

Final general classification (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Florian Lipowitz (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 16h 32' 10" 2  Ben Zwiehoff (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 20" 3  Jakub Otruba (CZE) ATT Investments + 2' 44" 4  Kamiel Bonneu (BEL) Team Flanders–Baloise + 2' 45" 5  Tijmen Graat (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 53" 6  Luca Covili (ITA) Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 3' 02" 7  Mason Hollyman (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 3' 25" 8  José Félix Parra (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 4' 02" 9  Lukas Nerurkar (GBR) Trinity Racing + 4' 11" 10  Jon Agirre (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 4' 19"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Itamar Einhorn	Itamar Einhorn	Itamar Einhorn	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Milan Fretin	Israel–Premier Tech
2	Florian Lipowitz	Florian Lipowitz	Florian Lipowitz	Matěj Zahálka	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Jumbo–Visma
3	Johannes Staune-Mittet			Johannes Staune-Mittet	Johannes Staune-Mittet
4	Adam Ťoupalík			Samuele Zoccarato	Tijmen Graat	Bora–Hansgrohe
Final		Florian Lipowitz	Florian Lipowitz	Samuele Zoccarato	Tijmen Graat	Bora–Hansgrohe

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 young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Florian Lipowitz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	16h 32' 10"
2	Ben Zwiehoff (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2' 20"
3	Jakub Otruba (CZE)	ATT Investments	+ 2' 44"
4	Kamiel Bonneu (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	+ 2' 45"
5	Tijmen Graat (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 2' 53"
6	Luca Covili (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 3' 02"
7	Mason Hollyman (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 3' 25"
8	José Félix Parra (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 4' 02"
9	Lukas Nerurkar (GBR)	Trinity Racing	+ 4' 11"
10	Jon Agirre (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 4' 19"

Points classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Florian Lipowitz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	61
2	Adam Ťoupalík (CZE)	Elkov–Kasper	39
3	Ben Zwiehoff (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	39
4	Luke Lamperti (USA)	Trinity Racing	28
5	Jakub Otruba (CZE)	ATT Investments	23
6	Per Strand Hagenes (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	20
7	Milan Fretin (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	20
8	Milan Vader (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	18
9	Stian Fredheim (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	18
10	Kamiel Bonneu (BEL)	Team Flanders–Baloise	16

Mountains classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Samuele Zoccarato (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	16
2	Matěj Zahálka (CZE)	Elkov–Kasper	16
3	Michel Hessmann (GER)	Team Jumbo–Visma	14
4	Florian Lipowitz (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	10
5	Toby Perry (GBR)	EF Education–Nippo Development Team	10
6	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	8
7	Stian Fredheim (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	8
8	Fredrik Dversnes (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	6
9	Per Strand Hagenes (NOR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	6
10	Arthur Kluckers (LUX)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6

Young rider classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tijmen Graat (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	16h 35' 03"
2	Lukas Nerurkar (GBR)	Trinity Racing	+ 1' 18"
3	Francesco Busatto (ITA)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 2' 53"
4	Karel Camrda (CZE)	ATT Investments	+ 3' 05"
5	Michel Hessmann (GER)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 4' 42"
6	Mathieu Kockelmann (LUX)	Team Lotto–Kern Haus	+ 10' 39"
7	Alessio Nieri (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 10' 42"
8	Daniel Lima (POR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 12' 04"
9	Daniel Vysočan (CZE)	RRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol	+ 12' 11"
10	Tomáš Přidal (CZE)	Elkov–Kasper	+ 14' 38"

Teams classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bora–Hansgrohe	49h 44' 33"
2	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 3' 01"
3	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 6' 49"
4	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 7' 48"
5	ATT Investments	+ 17' 25"
6	Elkov–Kasper	+ 17' 31"
7	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 21' 45"
8	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 24' 49"
9	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 26' 06"
10	Bingoal WB	+ 27' 02"