Tour of Austria 2016 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

July 08, 2016

Tour of Austria 2016 – Stage 6 – Graz – Stegersbach – 195,9 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.

Ruffoni wins Tour of Austria stage 6
Hirt keeps race lead

Results :
1 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 4:41:51
2 Daniel Auer (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
3 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Wibatech Fuji
4 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
5 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
7 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
8 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth
9 Francesc Zurita Martinez (Spa) Team Vorarlberg
10 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice

General classification after stage 6 :
1 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 27:28:21
2 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:17
3 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 0:01:29
4 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:31
5 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:49
6 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Amplatz – BMC 0:02:11
7 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:03:28
8 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:03:32
9 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Team Roth 0:03:50
10 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:03:58