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Tour of Austria 2009

Date range:
July 5-12, 2009

July 5, Stage 1: Dornbirn - Messepark Dornbirn 141.9km

Greipel wins Austria's opening stage

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Cyclingnews
Published:
July 5, 2009, 14:48,
Updated:
July 6, 2009, 12:52

German takes 11th season win

Andrè Greipel (Team Columbia-Highroad) wins stage two in Sittard, the German's eighth victory of the season.

Andrè Greipel (Team Columbia-Highroad) wins stage two in Sittard, the German's eighth victory of the season.

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While Mark Cavendish was winning stage two of the Tour de France for Columbia-HTC, the American squad was enjoying a double success with Andre Greipel taking the first stage of the Tour of Austria. He proved his strength yet again for his 11th win of the 2009 season.

"We had to fight hard for this victory because two dangerous moves got away during the stage and both of them were difficult to pull back," said Greipel. "It was a hilly course, and we didn't get back the last two breakaways until eight kilometres to go.

"After that [teammates] Marcel Sieberg and Marcus Burghardt gave me the lead-out I needed and I went for it with about 200 metres to go."

The combination of speed bumps and a spirited challenge from Australian rider Graeme Brown meant the finish was challenging for the big German sprinter. "There was a headwind and we left it till quite late to start the sprint, so it ended up being close," he said.

"But it's never easy, a lot of the guys see that I'm going well and they want to get on my back wheel. I don't get given any margin for error!"

Greipel now boasts an impressive record in 2009 - the German has won half the races he has started, and has one eye on his 2008 total of 14 victories. "I think I can do it, although here in Austria I'm not optimistic about holding the leader's jersey tomorrow, the stage finishes with a seven kilometre climb. But there are more sprint stages later on in the race, and if we can keep the breaks from opening up too big a gap, then I'll try and win some more."

 

Results
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 3:15:03  
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank    
3 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus    
5 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto    
7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank    
8 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram    
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha    
10 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
12 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream    
13 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD    
14 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus    
15 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD    
16 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD    
17 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step    
18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
19 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
21 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram    
22 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam    
23 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto    
24 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step    
25 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha    
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC    
27 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step    
28 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers    
29 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha    
30 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step    
31 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha    
32 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
33 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
34 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram    
35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank    
36 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
37 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step    
38 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
39 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam    
40 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto    
41 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank    
43 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
45 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
46 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
47 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram    
48 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step    
49 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
50 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
51 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram    
52 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers    
53 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
54 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
55 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC    
56 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus    
57 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
58 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus    
59 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
60 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
61 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram    
62 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step    
63 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
64 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank    
65 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
66 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
67 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank    
68 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus    
69 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
70 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
71 Hannes Gründlinger (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
72 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
73 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
74 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
75 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
76 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC    
77 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram    
78 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
79 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
80 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto    
81 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam    
82 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream    
83 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram    
84 Javier Echarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
85 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
86 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD    
87 Björn Thurau (Ger) ELK Haus    
88 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD    
89 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus    
90 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
91 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank    
92 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
93 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
94 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC    
96 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD    
97 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
98 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
99 Claudio Jose Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
100 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus    
101 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
102 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC    
103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
104 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
105 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream    
106 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
107 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step    
108 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam    
109 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha    
110 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
111 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
112 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
113 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
114 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
115 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha    
116 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
117 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD    
118 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD    
119 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank    
120 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
121 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha    
123 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam    
124 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream    
125 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
126 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
127 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
129 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
130 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 0:00:31  
131 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein 0:00:46  
132 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC 0:03:28  
Sprint - km 57 2
1 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 pts
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2  
3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 1  
Sprint - km 69.2
1 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 pts
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2  
3 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers 1  
Sprint - km 117.5
1 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 pts
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2  
3 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers 1  
Sprint - Finish
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 15 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12  
3 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10  
4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus 8  
5 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 7  
6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 6  
7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5  
8 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4  
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3  
10 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein 2  
Mountain (Cat. 3) km 34.7
1 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam 5 pts
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 3  
3 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1  
Mountain (Cat. 4) km 60.1
1 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3 pts
2 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2  
3 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1  
Mountain (Cat. 4) km 89.6
1 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 3 pts
2 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2  
3 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam 1  
Teams
1 Silence-Lotto 9:45:09  
2 Rabobank    
3 ISD    
4 Team Milram    
5 Team Katusha    
6 Quick Step    
7 ELK Haus    
8 Team Columbia-HTC    
9 Garmin-Slipstream    
10 Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
11 Contentpolis-Ampo    
12 Cervelo TestTeam    
13 Vorarlberg - Corratec    
14 KTM - Junkers    
15 Fuji-Servetto    
16 RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
17 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
General classification after stage 1
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 3:14:52  
2 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0:00:02  
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:05  
4 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream    
5 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0:00:07  
6 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers 0:00:10  
7 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus 0:00:11  
9 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
10 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto    
11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank    
12 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram    
13 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha    
14 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
15 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
16 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream    
17 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD    
18 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus    
19 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD    
20 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD    
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step    
22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
23 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
24 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
25 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram    
26 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam    
27 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto    
28 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step    
29 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha    
30 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC    
31 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step    
32 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers    
33 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha    
34 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step    
35 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha    
36 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
38 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram    
39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank    
40 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
41 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step    
42 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam    
44 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto    
45 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank    
47 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
48 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
49 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
50 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
51 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram    
52 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step    
53 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
54 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers    
55 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
56 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC    
58 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus    
59 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
60 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus    
61 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
62 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
63 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram    
64 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step    
65 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    
66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank    
67 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
68 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
69 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank    
70 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus    
71 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
72 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
73 Hannes Gründlinger (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
74 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
75 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
76 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto    
77 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
78 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC    
79 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram    
80 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
81 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
82 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto    
83 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam    
84 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream    
85 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram    
86 Javier Echarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
87 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
88 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD    
89 Björn Thurau (Ger) ELK Haus    
90 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD    
91 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus    
92 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
93 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank    
94 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
95 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
96 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - HTC    
97 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD    
98 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
99 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
100 Claudio Jose Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo    
101 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus    
102 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
103 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC    
104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto    
105 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
106 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream    
107 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
108 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step    
109 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam    
110 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha    
111 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
112 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
113 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
114 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec    
115 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
116 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha    
117 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam    
118 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD    
119 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD    
120 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank    
121 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
122 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
123 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha    
124 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam    
125 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers    
126 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto    
127 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
129 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    
130 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 0:00:42  
131 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein 0:00:57  
132 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC 0:03:39  
Points classification
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC 16 pts
2 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 12  
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12  
4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10  
5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus 8  
6 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 7  
7 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 6  
8 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 6  
9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5  
10 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4  
11 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3  
12 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein 2  
13 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers 1  
14 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers 1  
Mountains classification
1 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam 6 pts
2 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5  
3 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 5  
4 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 3  
5 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1  
6 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1  
Teams classification
1 Silence-Lotto 9:45:09  
2 Rabobank    
3 ISD    
4 Team Milram    
5 Team Katusha    
6 Quick Step    
7 ELK Haus    
8 Team Columbia-HTC    
9 Garmin-Slipstream    
10 Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce    
11 Contentpolis-Ampo    
12 Cervelo TestTeam    
13 Vorarlberg - Corratec    
14 KTM - Junkers    
15 Fuji-Servetto    
16 RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein    
17 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli