Österreich-Rundfahrt, Cat 2.4

Austria, June 7-13, 1999

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Stage 2, Gröbming - Grossraming, 169 kms:

Italian Gianluca Bortolami won his second stage in a row and maintained overall leadership in the Tour of Austria. He managed to take the stage on the final uphill finish when he dropped Laurent Dufaux and Marcus Zberg in the last km.

The earlier action saw two unknown riders Fritz Berein and Josef Lontscharitsch attacking. But the first serious attack came from Dutchman Christian van Dartel with around 20 kms to go followed by Austrian Peter Wrolich, who attacked before the last finishing lap and was caught near the line. He later said: "I could probably have saved myself."

Once Wrolich was caught, it looked as though Bortalami won the stage easily. He said at the end: "No, it was not easy." Like all the riders, Bortalami suffered in the cold weather. Even though he now has won two stages he said that: "I still don't count my overall chances very much. The climbs on the last day are too long for me."

The fancied rider is now Swiss Laurent Dufaux who will benefit from the climbing in the later parts of this Tour. 

  1. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola                4.19.19 (39.10 km/h)
  2. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale
  3. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
  4. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
  5. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Austrian National Team
  6. Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger
  7. Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
  8. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch-Hausgeräte
  9. Valter Bonca (Slo) Bosch-Hausgeräte
 10. Saso Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
 11. Bernhard Gugganig (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte
 12. Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
 13. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 14. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Post Swiss Team                      0.09
 15. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     0.09
 16. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team            0.09
 17. Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                      0.09
 18. Arnold Eisel (Aut) Elk-Haus                               0.09
 19. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Czech National Team                    0.09
 20. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom               0.09
 21. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                       0.09
 22. Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner                      0.09
 23. Holger Siewers (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                         0.09
 24. Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Elk-Haus                       0.09
 25. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.09
 26. Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team               0.09
 27. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        0.09
 28. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                       0.09
 29. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                       0.09
 30. Helmut Dollinger (Aut) Stabil Graz                        0.09
 31. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.09
 32. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      0.09
 33. Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              0.09
 34. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     0.09
 35. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Stabil Graz                       0.09
 36. Florian Wiesinger (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                  0.09
 37. Rajko Petek (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          0.17
 38. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                          0.17
 39. Arno Kaspret (Aut) Elk-Haus                               0.17
 40. David Chassot (Swi) Swiss National Team                   0.17
 41. Sandi Smerc (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          0.17
 42. Hannes Hempel (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                      0.17
 43. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Elk-Haus                         0.17
 44. Danilo Klaar (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                           0.17
 45. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      0.17
 46. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Batavus                              0.17
 47. Carlo Finco (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                          0.17
 48. Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Stabil Graz                       0.17
 49. Jochen Sumner (Aut) Stabil Graz                           0.17
 50. Boris Premuzic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       0.17
 51. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger               0.17
 52. Christian Charriere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                 0.17
 53. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                             0.17
 54. René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.17
 55. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola                        0.17
 56. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     0.29
 57. Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) Czech National Team                   0.33
 58. Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                     0.39
 59. Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Cannondale                        0.41
 60. Kurt Schwarzlmüller (Aut) Austrian National Team          0.41
 61. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      0.41
 62. Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                         0.45
 63. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale                    0.53
 64. Michel Cerneus (Ned) Batavus                              0.54
 65. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.04
 66. Jean Nuttli (Swi) Swiss National Team                     1.04
 67. Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Acceptcard Pro Cycling          1.04
 68. Dimitri Sidarenko (Blr) Batavus                           1.04
 69. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                            1.04
 70. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     1.11
 71. Torsten Nitzsche (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                       1.11
 72. Patrik Kofler (Aut) Austrian National Team                1.11
 73. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard Pro Cycling                 1.11
 74. Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Swiss National Team                 2.52
 75. Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002               2.52
 76. Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Czech National Team                  2.52
 77. Frank Schinck (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       2.52
 78. Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                        2.52
 79. Klaus Diewald (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       2.52
 80. Franz Stocher (Aut) Elk-Haus                              2.52
 81. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                     3.01
 82. Petr Bencik (Cze) Czech National Team                     3.04
 83. Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Acceptcard Pro Cycling             3.28
 84. Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002               3.31
 85. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                6.54
 86. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                      6.54
 87. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Nürnberger                   6.54
 88. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola                 6.54
 89. Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola                    6.54
 90. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                    6.54
 91. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                6.54
 92. Ricco Schmidt (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                          6.54
 93. Valentino China (Ita) Saeco=Cannondale                    6.54
 94. Michael Anderson (Swe) Acceptcard Pro Cycling             6.54
 95. Jens Lehmann (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                           6.54
 96. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco=Cannondale                     6.54
 97. Christian Van Dartel (Ned) Team Nürnberger                6.54
 98. Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Acceptcard Pro Cycling               6.54
 99. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                              6.54
100. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom             6.54
101. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola                        6.54
102. Rolf Järmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        6.54
103. Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                       6.54
104. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                          6.54
105. Hugo Jenni (Swi) Swiss National Team                      6.54
106. Peter Jörg (Swi) Swiss National Team                      6.54
107. Matija Kotnik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                        6.54
108. Timo Scholz (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                            6.54
109. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) Czech National Team                 6.54
110. Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Czech National Team               6.54
111. Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte               6.54
112. Gerald Meinhardt (Aut) Stabil Graz                        6.54
113. Friedrich Berein (Aut) Elk-Haus                           9.21
114. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austrian National Team           15.04

GC after Stage 2 

  1. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola                7.49.30
  2. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                     0.15
  3. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                               0.17
  4. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch-Hausgeräte                    0.17
  5. Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Elk-Haus                       0.19
  6. Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         0.21
  7. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Austrian National Team            0.21
  8. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                     0.21
  9. Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                        0.21
 10. Saso Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          0.21
 11. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                 0.21
 12. Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger                       0.21
 13. Valter Bonca (Slo) Bosch-Hausgeräte                       0.21
 14. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                       0.24
 15. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     0.28
 16. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     0.30
 17. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Czech National Team                    0.30
 18. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team            0.30
 19. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Post Swiss Team                      0.30
 20. Arnold Eisel (Aut) Elk-Haus                               0.30
 21. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                       0.30
 22. Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                      0.30
 23. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.30
 24. Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Stabil Graz                       0.30
 25. Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              0.30
 26. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom               0.30
 27. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      0.30
 28. Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner                      0.30
 29. Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Austrian National Team               0.30
 30. Piotre Ugrumov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                       0.30
 31. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        0.30
 32. Helmut Dollinger (Aut) Stabil Graz                        0.30
 33. Holger Siewers (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                         0.30
 34. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.30
 35. Florian Wiesinger (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                  0.30
 36. René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                  0.35
 37. Arno Kaspret (Aut) Elk-Haus                               0.36
 38. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Elk-Haus                         0.38
 39. Rajko Petek (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          0.38
 40. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                          0.38
 41. Jochen Sumner (Aut) Stabil Graz                           0.38
 42. Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Stabil Graz                       0.38
 43. Hannes Hempel (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                      0.38
 44. David Chassot (Swi) Swiss National Team                   0.38
 45. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Batavus                              0.38
 46. Sandi Smerc (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          0.38
 47. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                             0.38
 48. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      0.38
 49. Danilo Klaar (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                           0.38
 50. Christian Charriere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                 0.38
 51. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola                        0.38
 52. Carlo Finco (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                          0.38
 53. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger               0.38
 54. Boris Premuzic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       0.38
 55. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     0.50
 56. Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) Czech National Team                   0.54
 57. Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                     1.00
 58. Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Cannondale                        1.02
 59. Kurt Schwarzlmüller (Aut) Austrian National Team          1.02
 60. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      1.02
 61. Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                         1.06
 62. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale                    1.14
 63. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.25
 64. Dimitri Sidarenko (Blr) Batavus                           1.25
 65. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                            1.25
 66. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard Pro Cycling                 1.32
 67. Patrik Kofler (Aut) Austrian National Team                1.32
 68. Torsten Nitzsche (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                       1.32
 69. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     1.51
 70. Klaus Diewald (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       3.13
 71. Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Czech National Team                  3.13
 72. Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002               3.13
 73. Franz Stocher (Aut) Elk-Haus                              3.13
 74. Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                        3.13
 75. Stefan Rütimann (Swi) Swiss National Team                 3.13
 76. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                     3.22
 77. Petr Bencik (Cze) Czech National Team                     3.25
 78. Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Acceptcard Pro Cycling             3.49
 79. Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002               3.52
 80. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom             7.09
 81. Hugo Jenni (Swi) Swiss National Team                      7.14
 82. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                          7.15
 83. Peter Jörg (Swi) Swiss National Team                      7.15
 84. Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Acceptcard Pro Cycling               7.15
 85. Michael Anderson (Swe) Acceptcard Pro Cycling             7.15
 86. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                              7.15
 87. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola                 7.15
 88. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola                        7.15
 89. Jaromir Purmensky (Cze) Czech National Team               7.15
 90. Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola                    7.15
 91. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) Czech National Team                 7.15
 92. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Nürnberger                   7.15
 93. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                7.15
 94. Timo Scholz (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                            7.15
 95. Rolf Järmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        7.15
 96. Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte               7.15
 97. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                7.35
 98. Frank Schinck (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       9.15
 99. Bernhard Gugganig (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                  9.59
100. Michel Cerneus (Ned) Batavus                             10.53
101. Jean Nuttli (Swi) Swiss National Team                    11.03
102. Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Acceptcard Pro Cycling         11.03
103. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austrian National Team           15.25
104. Jens Lehmann (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                          15.51
105. Gerald Meinhardt (Aut) Stabil Graz                       15.51
106. Christian Van Dartel (Ned) Team Nürnberger               16.48
107. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                     16.53
108. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                   16.53
109. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco=Cannondale                    16.53
110. Ricco Schmidt (Ger) DHFK Leipzig                         16.53
111. Valentino China (Ita) Saeco=Cannondale                   16.53
112. Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Ballan-Alessio                      16.53
113. Matija Kotnik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       16.53
114. Friedrich Berein (Aut) Elk-Haus                          19.15

Overall Points:

  1. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola                     60
  2. Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                 41
  3. Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Bosch-Hausgeräte                      35
  4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                       26
  5. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom               26
  6. Igor Kranjec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                           25
  7. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                       20
  8. Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                   19
  9. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Austrian National Team              16
 10. René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                    16
 11. Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger                         15
 12. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Elk-Haus                           15
 13. Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) Czech National Team                     13
 14. Valter Bonca (Slo) Bosch-Hausgeräte                         12
 15. Klaus Diewald (Ger) Team Nürnberger                         12
 16. Saso Sviben (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            11
 17. Bernhard Gugganig (Aut) Bosch-Hausgeräte                    10
 18. Arno Kaspret (Aut) Elk-Haus                                 10
 19. Milan Kadlec (Cze) Czech National Team                      10
 20. Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                           9
 21. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                        8
 22. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austrian National Team               8
 23. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Post Swiss Team                         7
 24. Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) Elk-Haus                          7
 25. Arnold Eisel (Aut) Elk-Haus                                  7
 26. Jochen Sumner (Aut) Stabil Graz                              6
 27. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio                        5
 28. Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                         4
 29. Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Cannondale                           2
 30. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                  1
 31. Werner Faltheiner (Aut) Stabil Graz                          1

Overall Teams:

  1. Bosch-Hausgeräte                                      23.29.33
  2. Perutnina Ptuj                                            0.17
  3. Team Gerolsteiner                                         0.18
  4. Vlaanderen 2002                                           0.18
  5. Austrian National Team                                    0.18
  6. Rabobank                                                  0.26
  7. Vini Caldirola                                            0.26
  8. Elk-Haus                                                  0.35
  9. Stabil Graz                                               0.35
 10. Post Swiss Team                                           0.35
 11. Big Mat-Auber 93                                          0.35
 12. Ballan-Alessio                                            0.43
 13. Saeco-Cannondale                                          1.34
 14. DHFK Leipzig                                              1.37
 15. Team Nürnberger                                           3.09
 16. Czech National Team                                       3.34
 17. Swiss National Team                                       4.13
 18. Acceptcard Pro Cycling                                    5.43
 19. Team Deutsche Telekom                                     7.12
 20. Batavus                                                  11.53
 21. TVM-Farm Frites                                          33.04