July 05, 2016
Tour of Austria 2016 – Prologue – Ardagger – Sonntagberg – 179,7 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.
Canty wins stage 3 of Tour of Austria
Eibegger moves into race lead
Results :
1 Brendan Canty (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 4:59:20
2 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels 0:00:10
3 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:16
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:17
5 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:20
6 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:21
7 Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM Cycling
8 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani – CSF Pro Team 0:00:25
9 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM 0:00:28
10 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani – CSF Pro Team 0:00:31
General classification after stage 3 :
1 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
 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.
Canty wins stage 3 of Tour of Austria
Eibegger moves into race lead
<strong style="line-height: 1.5;">Results :</strong>
1 Brendan Canty (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 4:59:20
2 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr - Simplon Wels 0:00:10
3 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:16
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:17
5 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:20
6 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:21
7 Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM Cycling
8 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro Team 0:00:25
9 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM 0:00:28
10 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani - CSF Pro Team 0:00:31
<strong style="line-height: 1.5;">General classification after stage 3 :</strong>
1 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr - Simplon Wels
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