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Österreich-Rundfahrt
The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. 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 The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists .... Winners External links * {{Tour of Austria UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Austria Recurring sporting events established in 1949 1949 establishments in Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 . The race was ranked 2.1 in the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. Ben Hermans, of Belgium and the team, won the race overall for the second consecutive year. Argentine rider Eduardo Sepúlveda, on , finished second ahead of 's Stefan De Bod, of South Africa, in third. Jonas Koch, of Germany and , won the points classification, while his countryman riding for , 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. Kazakh rider Vadim Pronskiy, riding for , won the youth classification. The team classification was won by . Teams Eighteen teams competed in the 2019 Tour of Austria, including three UCI WorldTeams, sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 over eight stages. The race was ranked 2.1 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. Belgian cyclist Ben Hermans, of the team, won the race overall. He finished eighteen seconds ahead of second-place Hermann Pernsteiner, of Austria and , and forty-four seconds ahead of Italian Dario Cataldo, riding for , in third. Pernsteiner's teammate, Giovanni Visconti, won the points classification, while Australian rider Aaron Gate, of the team, took home the mountains classification jersey. The teams classification was won by . 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, and started with only six. UCI Continental Teams * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Tour Of Austria
The 2017 Tour of Austria (german: Österreich-Rundfahrt 2017) was the 69th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. The -long race started in Graz on 2 July with a prologue individual time trial up the Schloßberg hill, and concluded in Wels on 8 July. The race consisted of 6 road stages and the aforementioned prologue, one stage less than the 2016 edition. The race was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.1 event. The race was won by home rider Stefan Denifl (), who took the first victory of his professional career. Denifl finished 37 seconds clear of Spain's Delio Fernández, riding for the squad, while the podium was completed by Colombian Miguel Ángel López of , 59 seconds down on Denifl but a winner of the race's queen stage to the Kitzbüheler Horn. In the race's other classifications, Sep Vanmarcke () was the winner of the points classification, Pieter Weening of was the winner of the mountains classification, while were the winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Tour Of Austria
The 2016 Tour of Austria (german: Österreich-Rundfahrt) was the 68th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. The 1287.3 km (799.9 mi)-long race started in Vienna on 2 July with an individual time trial prologue, and concluded in Vienna on 9 July. This was the first time in several years that the race consisted of 7 stages plus a prologue. The race is part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour, and is rated as a 2.1 event. Schedule Participating teams Nineteen (19) team participated in the 2016 edition of the Tour of Austria. Stages Prologue ;2 July 2016 — Kitzbüheler Horn, , individual time trial (ITT) Stage 1 ;3 July 2016 — Innsbruck to Salzburg, Stage 2 ;4 July 2016 — Mondsee to Steyr, Stage 3 ;5 July 2016 — Ardagger Markt to Sonntagberg, Stage 4 ;6 July 2016 — Rottenmann to Edelweißspitze, Stage 5 ;7 July 2016 — Millstatt to Dobratsch, Stage 6 ;8 July 2016 — Graz to Stegersbach, Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Of Austria
The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. 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 The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists .... Winners External links * {{Tour of Austria UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Austria Recurring sporting events established in 1949 1949 establishments in Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a team time trial. Long races such as the Tour de France, Absa Cape Epic or the Giro d'Italia are known for their stages of one day each, whereas the boat sailing Velux 5 Oceans Race is broken down in usually four stages of several weeks duration each, where the competitors are racing continuously day and night. In bicycling and running events, a race with stages is known as a stage race. Bicycle race stage In an ordinary stage of road bicycle racing, all riders start simultaneously and share the road. Riders are permitted to touch and to shelter behind each other. Riding in each other's slipstreams is crucial to race tactics: a lone rider has little chance of outracing a small group of riders who c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Tour Of Austria
The 2011 Tour of Austria (german: 2011 Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) was the 63rd edition of the Tour of Austria, an annual bicycle race. Departing from Dornbirn on July 3, it concluded in Vienna on July 10. The 1136.9 km long stage race was part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event. Fredrik Kessiakoff of Astana won the general classification, his first title, and the first Swede to do so since 1957. Teams 18 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 8 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 4 UCI Continental Teams. Stages Stage 1 3 July 2011 – Dornbirn to Götzis, Stage 2 4 July 2011 – Innsbruck to Kitzbühel, Stage 3 5 July 2011 – Kitzbühel to Prägraten am Großvenediger, Stage 4 6 July 2011 – Matrei in Osttirol to Sankt Johann im Pongau/ Alpendorf, Stage 5 7 July 2011 – Sankt Johann im Pongau/ Alpendorf to Schladming, Stage 6 8 July 2011 – Hainburg an der Donau to Bruck an de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Europe Tour Races
UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment and research institution in Kampala, Uganda * ''Unified Configuration Interface'', a set of scripts to unify and simplify the configuration the OpenWrt operating system * Union Correctional Institution, Florida, United States * Unione Cinematografica Italiana, an Italian film company of the silent era * Unit Compliance Inspection, a United States Air Force inspection * UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International), cinema company in Brazil, Germany, Italy and Portugal * Universal Chess Interface, a communications protocol for chess game software * Univision Communications Inc. TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqua Blue Sport
Aqua Blue Sport was an Irish UCI Professional Continental cycling team founded in January 2017 which folded at the end of the 2018 season. History The team was set up by businessman Rick Delaney, assuring funding for at least four seasons with two-year rolling contracts offered to the riders. The project was based on a self-sustaining finance model, with revenue generated from an online cycling marketplacwww.aquabluesport.combeing used to fund the professional team. Aqua Blue Sport featured a 16-rider roster for 2017. Having gained considerable success in the early months of its maiden season, Aqua Blue Sport was invited to the 2017 Vuelta a España. Despite losing their team bus to an arson attack, the team continued at the Vuelta. On stage 17 of their first Grand Tour, Stefan Denifl crossed the finish line first, ahead of Alberto Contador at the summit finish of Los Machucos, however his win was later striped after he confessed to blood doping. In its first year, the team won its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
CCC Development Team () is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Poland. Formerly CCC-Mat, the team became known as CCC-Polsat in 2002. In 2004 and 2005, the team was known as Hoop CCC-Polsat (), reverting to CCC-Polsat in 2006. From 2007 to 2011, the team was known as CCC-Polsat-Polkowice (abbreviated to CCC-Polsat), and team kit colours are orange and black. History 2002 In UCI rankings as of 13 November 2002, CCC Polsat was placed in division 2, in 5th place. The team comprised Cezary Zamana, Artur Krzeszowiec, Jarosław Rębiewski, Radosław Romanik, Krzysztof Szafrański, Quintino Rodrigues (Portugal), Andrei Tietieruk (Kazakhstan), Piotr Przydział, Ondřej Sosenka (Czech Republic), Dawid Krupa, Tomasz Kłoczko, Jarosław Zarębski, Dariusz Skoczylas, Felice Puttini (Switzerland), Serhiy Ushakov (Russia), and Jacek Mickiewicz. In 2002, Ondřej Sosenka won the Czech Championship (25 June 2002), the Course de la Paix (Peace Race) (10–18 May 2002), and the ASY Fiata AutoPola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Vorarlberg
Team Vorarlberg () is a cycling team based in Austria. The team was founded in 1999 by the twin brothers Thomas Kofler and Johannes Kofler and previously known as Team Volksbank. In 2009, the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg replaced Volksbank as title sponsor. In 2006 it became the first ever Austrian professional cycling team and was registered as a UCI Professional Continental team until June 2010, when their UCI license was suspended due to financial insecurity. The team was later re-registered as a UCI Continental team, and retained that status in 2011. In 2007, the team received international attention when former German Tour de France-winner Jan Ullrich announced to join the team in an official function after having been suspended by his T-Mobile Team due to his involvement in the Operación Puerto doping case. After pressure from the team's sponsors, the plan was discarded. Team Vorarlberg was the first Austrian cycling team to participate in events of the UCI ProT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Schedule Teams 20 teams were invited to the 2015 Tour of Austria: 6 UCI ProTeams, 7 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 UCI Continental Teams.(Deutsch"Österreich Rundfahrt 2015 – Teams", ''Österreich Rundfahrt – Official Website'', 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015 Stages Prologue ;4 July 2015 — Wien, team time trial (TTT) Stage 1 ;5 July 2015 – Mörbisch to Scheibbs, Stage 2 ;6 July 2015 – Litschau to Grieskirchen, Stage 3 ;7 July 2015 – Windischgarsten to Judendorf-Straßengel, Stage 4 ;8 July 2015 – Stift Rein/Gratwein to Dobratsch, Stage 5 ;9 July 2015 – Faaker See/Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
