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59th Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria - 2.HC
Austria, July 8-15, 2007
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The Stages
- Stage 1 - July 8: Mayrhofen - Mayrhofen, 131km
- Stage 2 - July 9: Mayrhofen - Salzburg, 198km
- Stage 3 - July 10: Salzburg -Kitzbüheler Horn, 185km
- Stage 4 - July 11: Kitzbühel - Prägraten, 182km
- Stage 5 - July 12: Lienz - Wolfsberg, 205km
- Stage 6 - July 13: Wolfsberg - Semmering, 191km
- Stage 7 - July 14: Podersdorf ITT, 25km
- Stage 8 - July 15: Podersdorf - Vienna, 129km
Riders prepared for Austria
By Susan Westemeyer
The Tour of Austria is going up against the Tour of France, as always, but is featuring its usual strong cast. Many famous names will be in the chase up and down the Austrian mountains for eight stages.
Stijn Devolder will lead Discovery Channel, the newly crowned Belgian champion is that unusual combination of a time trial specialist with good climbing abilities. Victor Hugo Pena (Unibet) and Oscar Sevilla (Relax) will also be eager to demonstrate their climbing abilities.
The native sons will also be well represented, as both Austrian Professional Continental Teams, Elk Haus and Volksbank will be there. Volksbank will send Gerrit Glomser, who has won the race twice, while Elk Haus will be led by Christian Pfannberger, the new Austrian champion.
The race features its two classic climbs - Stage 3's Kitzbuehler Horn and the Glocknere on the next day. The final stage is a time trial, which will be held for the 50th time in the capital city of Vienna.
Start list
Discovery Channel T-Mobile
1 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) 11 Michael Barry (Can)
2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) 12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
3 Matthew White (Aus) 13 Scott Davis (Aus)
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) 14 Andreas Klier (Ger)
6 Jason McCartney (USA) 15 Adam Hansen (Aus)
7 Gianni Meersman (Bel) 16 Servais Knaven (Ned)
8 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 17 Frantisek Rabon (Cze)
18 Thomas Ziegler (Ger)
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21 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
22 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) 32 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
23 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) 33 Nick Gates (Aus)
24 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) 34 Matthew Lloyd (Aus)
25 Andrea Tonti (Ita) 35 Olivier Kaisen (Bel)
26 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 36 Björn Leukemans (Bel)
27 Davide Viganò (Ita) 37 Geert Steurs (Bel)
28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) 38 Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
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41 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 51 Pieter Jacobs (Bel)
42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 52 Tom Criel (Bel)
43 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) 53 Gil Suray (Bel)
44 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) 54 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
45 David Loosli (Swi) 55 José Rujano (Ven)
46 Morris Possoni (Ita) 56 Arnaud Coyot (Fra)
47 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 57 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus)
48 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) 58 Matthew Wilson (Aus)
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61 Elia Rigotto (Ita) 71 Elio Aggiano (Ita)
62 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 72 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus)
63 Matej Jurco (Svk) 73 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
64 Björn Schröder (Ger) 74 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
65 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) 75 Steffen Weigold (Ger)
66 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 76 Sergey Klimov (Rus)
67 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) 77 Anton Mindlin (Rus)
68 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) 78 Alexander Serov (Rus)
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81 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) 91 Johan Coenen (Bel)
82 José Miguel Elías (Spa) 92 Benny De Schrooder (Bel)
83 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) 93 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel)
84 Jorge García (Spa) 94 Serge Pauwels (Bel)
85 Jesús Hernández (Spa) 95 Steven Caethoven (Bel)
86 Jan Hruska (Cze) 96 Tom Stubbe (Bel)
87 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 97 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
88 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) 98 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel)
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101 Mitchell Docker (Aus) 111 Andy Cappelle (Bel)
102 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) 112 Steven Kleynen (Bel)
103 Robert McLachlan (Aus) 113 Jan Kuyckx (Bel)
104 Stuart Shaw (Aus) 114 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra)
105 Casey Munro (Aus) 115 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel)
106 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) 116 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)
107 Robbie Williams (Aus) 117 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
108 Dean Windsor (Aus) 118 David Verheyen (Bel)
Wiesenhof-Felt Tenax-Salmilano
121 Artur Gajek (Ger) 131 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita)
122 Bas Giling (Ned) 132 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita)
123 Christian Leben (Ger) 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita)
124 Steffen Radochla (Ger) 134 Jure Golcer (Slo)
125 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 135 Sergio Lagana (Ita)
126 Robert Retschke (Ger) 136 Christian Murro (Ita)
127 Daniel Musiol (Ger) 137 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr)
128 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) 138 Cristiano Salerno (Ita)
Elk Haus-Simplon Volksbank
141 Stefan Denifl (Aut) 151 Gerrit Glomser (Aut)
142 Markus Eibegger (Aut) 152 Josef Benetseder (Aut)
143 Stefan Rucker (Aut) 153 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut)
144 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) 154 Harald Morscher (Aut)
145 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) 155 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
146 Jochen Summer (Aut) 156 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi)
147 Tomas Konecny (Cze) 157 Florian Stalder (Swi)
148 Jan Valach (Svk) 158 Christian Pömer (Aut)
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161 Andrew Bradley (Aut) 171 Mario Höller (Aut)
162 Petr Herman (Cze) 172 Christian Isak (Aut)
163 Adam Homolka (Cze) 173 Paul Kasis (Aut)
164 Rok Jerse (Slo) 174 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut)
165 Michael Knopf (Aut) 175 Mario Lexmüller (Aut)
166 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) 176 Hans Peter Obwaller (Aut)
167 Martin Riska (Svk) 177 Andreas Ortner (Ger)
168 Uros Silar (Slo) 178 Rubert Probst (Aut)
Past winners
2006 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2005 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 2004 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2003 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 2002 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 2001 Cadel Evans (Aus) Saeco 2000 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 1999 Maurizio Vandelli (Ita) Stabil Graz 1998 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1997 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
