Tour of Austria

Tour of Austria
Race details
Date Early July
Region Austria
Local name(s) Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt (in German)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1949 (1949)
Editions 69 (as of 2017)
First winner  Richard Menapace (AUT)
Most wins  Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT) (4 wins)
Most recent  Ben Hermans (BEL)
The 60th Tour of Austria in 2008
Victory podium at the 2009 Tour of Austria
Riccardo Riccò, winner at the 2010 Tour of Austria

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.

Winners

Rider Team
1949 Austria Richard Menapace (AUT)
1950 Austria Richard Menapace (AUT)
1951 Austria Franz Deutsch (AUT)
1952 Austria Franz Deutsch (AUT)
1953 Luxembourg Francis Gelhausen (LUX)
1954 Austria Adolf Christian (AUT)
1955 Sweden Lasse Nordvall (SWE)
1956 Sweden Roland Ströhm (SWE)
1957 Sweden Gunnar Göransson (SWE)
1958 Austria Richard Durlacher (AUT)
1959 Austria Stefan Mascha (AUT)
1960 Netherlands René Lotz (NED)
1961 Austria Stefan Mascha (AUT)
1962 Austria Walter Müller (AUT)
1963 Netherlands Jan Pieterse (NED)
1964 Luxembourg Edy Schütz (LUX)
1965 Austria Hans Furian (AUT)
1966 Austria Hans Furian (AUT)
1967 Netherlands Rini Wagtmans (NED)
1968 Netherlands Jan Krekels (NED)
1969 Netherlands Matthijs de Koning (NED)
1970 Austria Rudolf Mitteregger (AUT)
1971 Austria Roman Humenberger (AUT)
1972 Austria Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT)
1973 Austria Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT)
1974 Austria Rudolf Mitteregger (AUT)
1975 Austria Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT)
1976 Austria Wolfgang Steinmayr (AUT)
1977 Austria Rudolf Mitteregger (AUT)
1978 Norway Jostein Wilmann (NOR)
1979 Austria Herbert Spindler (AUT)
1980 Norway Geir Digerud (NOR)
1981 Austria Gerhard Zadrobilek (AUT)
1982 Austria Helmut Wechselberger (AUT)
1983 Austria Kurt Zellhofer (AUT)
1984 Switzerland Stefan Maurer (SUI)
1985 East Germany Olaf Jentzsch (DDR)
1986 Austria Helmut Wechselberger (AUT)
1987 Soviet Union Dimitri Konychev (URS)
1988 Austria Dietmar Hauer (AUT)
1989 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Valter Bonča (YUG)
1990 Austria Dietmar Hauer (AUT)
1991 Czechoslovakia Roman Kreuziger (TCH)
1992 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Valter Bonča (YUG)
1993 Austria Georg Totschnig (AUT)
1994 Austria Harald Morscher (AUT)
1995 Norway Steffen Kjærgaard (NOR)
1996 Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) Mapei–GB
1997 Italy Daniele Nardello (ITA) Mapei–GB
1998 Switzerland Beat Zberg (SUI) Rabobank
1999 Italy Maurizio Vandelli (ITA) Stabil Graz
2000 Austria Georg Totschnig (AUT) Team Telekom
2001 Australia Cadel Evans (AUS) Saeco Macchine per Caffè
2002 Austria Gerrit Glomser (AUT) Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Longoni Sport
2003 Austria Gerrit Glomser (AUT) Saeco Macchine per Caffè
2004 Australia Cadel Evans (AUS) T-Mobile Team
2005 Spain Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) Quick-Step–Innergetic
2006 United States Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
2007 Belgium Stijn Devolder (BEL) Discovery Channel
2008 Austria Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Elk Haus-Simplon
2009 Switzerland Michael Albasini (SUI) Team Columbia–HTC
2010 Italy Riccardo Riccò (ITA) Ceramica Flaminia
2011 Sweden Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Astana
2012 Denmark Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) RadioShack–Nissan
2013 Austria Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Gourmetfein–Simplon
2014 United Kingdom Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky
2015 Spain Victor de la Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg
2016 Czech Republic Jan Hirt (CZE) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2017 Austria Stefan Denifl (AUT) Aqua Blue Sport
2018 Belgium Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy
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