Austrian consolation for Norwegian champion after Tour de France disappointment After the disappointment of missing out on BMC Racing’s Tour de France team, Thor Hushovd will have to consolation of debuting his new Norwegian champion’s jersey at the Österreich-Rundfahrt, the […]
Danish rider in driving seat with just one day remaining Four days after he was confirmed for the Italian team for the London Olympics, Marco Pinotti underlined his improving form with a dominant win in today’s time trial at the […]
Filippo Pozzato and Oscar Gatto chasing summer success after an unlucky spring campaign With its biggest race of the year, the Giro d’Italia, out of the way, the Farnese Vini-Selle Italia team heads to the Österreich-Rundfahrt and the Tour of […]
Swedish rider gets career back on track with strong display The crash-fest taking place in France isn’t the only national tour taking place this month. High in the Tyrolean meadows the UCI 2.HC Tour of Austria was fought out over […]
Third overall continues upwards trend heading towards Vuelta Carlos Sastre has had a quiet season today date with his Geox TMC team but his form appears finally to be on the up after a strong display in the Tour of […]
Kessiakoff’s biggest success in his career Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) sprinted to victory in front of the famous Vienna Burgtheater on the eighth and final stage of the Tour of Austria. The Italian was a clear winner over Martin Velits […]
Spaniard moves up from fourth in his non-discipline, a flat time trial Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC) lost 2’26 on today’s flat time trial in the Tour of Austria to winner Bert Grabsch, but moved up from fourth to third in the […]
Kessiakoff remains firmly in overall lead with one day to go Bert Grabsch powered to a clear time time trial victory on the pancake flat 30-kilometer course in the seventh stage of the Tour of Austria. The German was 22 […]
Small break holds off peloton by a few seconds Greg van Avermaet took his first win since the 2008 Vuelta a España when he sprinted to victory in stage six of the Tour of Austria. Van Avermaet jumped to the […]
Briton wins out of break that dominated the day Team Sky’s Ian Stannard celebrated the fifth stage of the Tour of Austria with his first professional victory. The Briton squared off against Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad) and Stefan Denifl (Leopard Trek) […]
Young Frenchman survives feature break of the day Frenchman Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) put in a fine performance to win the Tour of Austria’s fourth stage today, earning himself the title of “King of the Glockner” for his efforts. The 23 […]
Former mountain biker rides away on the final ascent Astana’s Fredrik Kessiakoff seized his first professional victory today in stage two of the Tour of Austria. The Swedish rider conquered the mountain top finish of the Kitzbüheler Horn with over […]
RadioShack’s Robbie Hunter started the Tour of Austria off perfectly for the American team by sprinting to victory in the race’s opening stage. The South African powered to the finish line in Götzis ahead of Team Sky’s Christopher Sutton and […]
