Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria - June 30 to 8th

[Zam_Olyas]

The devil seems quite happy as well...he cant win a race so thats all he can do, i suppose. lol

 

[Ferminal]

Very strong break:

@TeamMTNQhubeka 2m

45km in: break of 9 riders: Kiserlovski, C.A. Sörensen, Frank, Wellens, Chiarini, Eibegger, Majka, Brändle and Brambilla have 1:25. #TOA

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Very strong break:

@TeamMTNQhubeka 2m

45km in: break of 9 riders: Kiserlovski, C.A. Sörensen, Frank, Wellens, Chiarini, Eibegger, Majka, Brändle and Brambilla have 1:25. #TOA

now we are talking.

Brambilla best placed rider +4:40

Let the fun begin.

Ticker:

http://liveticker.laola1.at/radsport/ticker.html

 

[roadbiker]

Astana should just set a fierce tempo on Grossglockner and then their top3 can just TTT off into the sunset. More likely to attack each other though

The crucial stage with new time differences will be tomorrow, not today.
Todays is quite easy to control (for the general contenders).

 

[trevim]

Very strong break:

@TeamMTNQhubeka 2m

45km in: break of 9 riders: Kiserlovski, C.A. Sörensen, Frank, Wellens, Chiarini, Eibegger, Majka, Brändle and Brambilla have 1:25. #TOA

More like very strong climbers in the break.

 

[roundabout]

bah, sounds like fun from the ticker

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

My favourite riders climbing like angles allways makes VAE happy

 

[Dazed and Confused]

bah, sounds like fun from the ticker

yea, some very dynamic racing today. Highlights will be worth while watching.

Hopefully a link will be posted here.

Only about 20km left, a little kicker coming.

11 leading the race:

Busche/RLT, Kiserlovski/RLT, Brambilla/OPQ, Boswell/SKY, Frank/BMC, Agostini/CAN, C.A.Sörensen/TST, Majka/TST, Facchini/AND, Eibegger/GSM, Kvasina/GSM.

Zoidl and Seeld +1:35 in small group behind.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

10km, gap 1:10

It will be close.

There seems to be a little hill up to the finish line.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Frank takes the stage win.

Awaiting further results.

edit: Sorensen then Kvasina 8s later.

 

[roundabout]

BMC are on a tear. Zoidl gets 21 seconds on Dyachenko.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=118671

 

[Ferminal]

More like very strong climbers in the break.

Yeh, climbing ability is generally what you'd measure a break on when they are going over arguably the hardest pass in European professional cycling.

 

[roadbiker]

Highlights of the previous days (maybe geo-restricted):
Stage 3: http://tvthek.orf.at/programs/6207949-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013/episodes/6228349-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013
Stage 2: http://tvthek.orf.at/programs/6207949-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013/episodes/6216147-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013
Stage 1: http://tvthek.orf.at/programs/6207949-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013/episodes/6206771-Oesterreich-Rundfahrt-2013

 

[Afrank]

Frank takes the stage win.

Awaiting further results.

edit: Sorensen then Kvasina 8s later.

Nice! Good win for Frank.

He's another guy that should have been included in the Tour squad.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

BMC are on a tear. Zoidl gets 21 seconds on Dyachenko.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=118671

Just expanding here. Result (stage 4):

1 FRANK Mathias BMC Racing Team 20 30 3:42:39
2 SORENSEN Chris Anker Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14 18 0:08
3 KVASINA Matija Team Gourmetfein - Simplon 8 12 ,,
4 BUSCHE Matthew RadioShack - Leopard 7 7 0:10
5 MAJKA Rafal Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6 4 0:12
6 AGOSTINI Stefano Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 5 3 0:16
7 KISERLOVSKI Robert RadioShack - Leopard 4 2 ,,
8 BOSWELL Ian Sky Procycling 2 1 0:19
9 FACCHINI Patrick Androni - Venezuela 0:20
10 BRAMBILLA Gianluca Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 0:26

GC:
1 (1) SEELDRAEYERS Kevin Astana Pro Team 10 14:59:42
2 (3) ZOIDL Riccardo Team Gourmetfein - Simplon 0:59
3 (2) DYACHENKO Alexandr Astana Pro Team 1:04
4 (4) DEVENYNS Dries Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 1:31
5 (8) BUSCHE Matthew RadioShack - Leopard 1:50
6 (6) EDET Nicolas Cofidis Solutions Crédits 2:01
7 (5) ARU Fabio Astana Pro Team 2:09
8 (7) IGNATENKO Petr Katusha Team 2:17
9 (9) CHERNETSKIY Sergey Katusha Team 2:24
10 (11) KVASINA Matija Team Gourmetfein - Simplon 2:49

Podium still wide open. Busche also going well, probably should have been at the tour.

Stage 5:

Anybody with details of the Sonntagberg climb/hill?

 

[jaylew]

Another good ride from Boswell. After that 1st stage, he's outperformed Dombro.

 

[Afrank]

Another good ride from Boswell. After that 1st stage, he's outperformed Dombro.

Yep, good riding by Boswell today. People always talk about Dombro, but both him and Boswell are really big talents. Good to see him riding well.

 

[whittashau]

This race seems more exciting than the Tour.

 

[Alpechraxler]

I also don't know why they didn't end at Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde in Marseille today. I think the french don't like Purito

 

[Gloin22]

This race seems more exciting than the Tour.

Tour has been pretty good so far considering it's usually way more boring in first week... been enjoying it myself.

Obviously, this would be better to watch anyway right now.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

This race seems more exciting than the Tour.

Been avoiding the tdf, only watching this race so far.

 

[Normandy]

Nice! Good win for Frank.

He's another guy that should have been included in the Tour squad.

I can imagine Frank and Hushovd results In Austria are making a few people in BMC feel uncomfortable.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The devil seems quite happy as well...he cant win a race so thats all he can do, i suppose. lol

Yeah, Oss looks like a complete **** imo.

Very good win by Frank. First win in fours years, can you believe?

 

[manafana]

Austria instead of tdf well thats just a bit silly really.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 5 in progress...

After 70km

Peloton still intact.

Racing is on again today.