Tour of Austria 2016 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

July 04, 2016

Tour of Austria 2016 – Prologue – Mondsee – Steyr – 194,3 km

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. Since 2005 it has usually been held in July. Before that, it was seen as an ideal preparation race for the Tour de France.

Venturini wins stage 2 in Tour of Austria
Pasqualon takes race lead

Results :
1 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:48:25
2 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth
3 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
4 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
5 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
6 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Wibatech Fuji
7 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
9 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth
10 Florian Bissinger (Ger) WSA – Greenlife

General classification after stage 2 :
1 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth 8:50:18
2 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:04
3 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Wibatech Fuji 0:00:10
4 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
5 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:12
6 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Amplatz – BMC
7 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
9 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:15
10 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:16