Tour of Austria

The Tour of Austria (German: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria.^[1] From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996.^[2] In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 2.HC event in 2007. The race will become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. Since 2005 it has usually been held in July. Before that, it was seen as an ideal preparation race for the Tour de France.^[3]

Tour of Austria

Race details
Date	Early July
Region	Austria
Local name(s)	Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt (in German)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Web site	tourofaustria.com
History
First edition	1949 (1949)
Editions	73 (as of 2024)
First winner	Richard Menapace (AUT)
Most wins	Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT) (4 wins)
Most recent	Diego Ulissi (ITA)

The 60th Tour of Austria in 2008

Victory podium at the 2009 Tour of Austria

Riccardo Riccò, winner at the 2010 Tour of Austria

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1949	Austria	Richard Menapace
1950	Austria	Richard Menapace
1951	Austria	Franz Deutsch
1952	Austria	Franz Deutsch
1953	Luxembourg	Francis Gelhausen
1954	Austria	Adolf Christian
1955	Sweden	Lasse Nordvall
1956	Sweden	Roland Ströhm
1957	Sweden	Gunnar Göransson
1958	Austria	Richard Durlacher
1959	Austria	Stefan Mascha
1960	Netherlands	René Lotz
1961	Austria	Stefan Mascha
1962	Austria	Walter Müller
1963	Netherlands	Jan Pieterse
1964	Luxembourg	Edy Schütz
1965	Austria	Hans Furian
1966	Austria	Hans Furian
1967	Netherlands	Rini Wagtmans
1968	Netherlands	Jan Krekels
1969	Netherlands	Matthijs de Koning
1970	Austria	Rudolf Mitteregger
1971	Austria	Roman Humenberger
1972	Austria	Wolfgang Steinmayr
1973	Austria	Wolfgang Steinmayr
1974	Austria	Rudolf Mitteregger
1975	Austria	Wolfgang Steinmayr
1976	Austria	Wolfgang Steinmayr
1977	Austria	Rudolf Mitteregger
1978	Norway	Jostein Wilmann
1979	Austria	Herbert Spindler
1980	Norway	Geir Digerud
1981	Austria	Gerhard Zadrobilek
1982	Austria	Helmut Wechselberger
1983	Austria	Kurt Zellhofer
1984	Switzerland	Stefan Maurer
1985	East Germany	Olaf Jentzsch
1986	Austria	Helmut Wechselberger
1987	Soviet Union	Dimitri Konychev
1988	Austria	Dietmar Hauer
1989	Yugoslavia	Valter Bonča
1990	Austria	Dietmar Hauer
1991	Czechoslovakia	Roman Kreuziger
1992	Slovenia	Valter Bonča
1993	Austria	Georg Totschnig
1994	Austria	Harald Morscher
1995	Norway	Steffen Kjærgaard
1996	Belgium	Frank Vandenbroucke	Mapei–GB
1997	Italy	Daniele Nardello	Mapei–GB
1998	Switzerland	Beat Zberg	Rabobank
1999	Italy	Maurizio Vandelli	Stabil Graz
2000	Austria	Georg Totschnig	Team Telekom
2001	Australia	Cadel Evans	Saeco
2002	Austria	Gerrit Glomser	Saeco–Longoni Sport
2003	Austria	Gerrit Glomser	Saeco
2004	Australia	Cadel Evans	T-Mobile Team
2005	Spain	Juan Miguel Mercado	Quick-Step–Innergetic
2006	United States	Tom Danielson	Discovery Channel
2007	Belgium	Stijn Devolder	Discovery Channel
2008	Austria	Thomas Rohregger	Elk Haus-Simplon
2009	Switzerland	Michael Albasini	Team Columbia–HTC
2010	Italy	Riccardo Riccò	Ceramica Flaminia
2011	Sweden	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana
2012	Denmark	Jakob Fuglsang	RadioShack–Nissan
2013	Austria	Riccardo Zoidl	Gourmetfein–Simplon
2014	Great Britain	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky
2015	Spain	Victor de la Parte	Team Vorarlberg
2016	Czech Republic	Jan Hirt	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2017	Austria	Stefan Denifl	Aqua Blue Sport
2018	Belgium	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy
2019	Belgium	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	No race due to financial problems
2023	Ecuador	Jhonatan Narváez	Ineos Grenadiers
2024	Italy	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates

External links

• Official website