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Harald Starzengruber of the elite team UNION Raffeisen Radteam Tirol took the Austrian road championship on Sunday in the Kalkalpen National Park. He won ahead of Harald Totschnig (Tyrol – Team Radland Tirol) and Josef Kugler (ARBO KTM Gebrüder Weiss).
On the very first of five laps of the circuit course, a lead group formed and went on to build a lead of seven and a half minutes. On the third lap a chase group including Starzengruber, Totschnig and Milram's Peter Wrolich attacked and eventually caught the leaders.
A six-man group formed on the final lap and went together into the final kilometre. Starzengruber attacked at the 500 meter mark and was able to win the sprint.
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Starzengruber (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 4:51:08 | |
| 2 | Harald Totschnig (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol 0:00) | ||
| 3 | Josef Kugler (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 4 | Rupert Probst (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | ||
| 5 | Peter Wrolich (Team Milram) | 0:00:09 | |
| 6 | Matthias Krizek (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | 0:00:22 | |
| 7 | Werner Faltheiner (Union-Radland Kärnten-VIPERbike-WSA) | 0:02:08 | |
| 8 | Stephan Rabitsch (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | ||
| 9 | Norbert Dürauer (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | 0:03:08 | |
| 10 | Dominik Hrinkow (RV vor dem Arlberg) | 0:03:13 | |
| 11 | Matthias Schröger (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:06:04 | |
| 12 | Michael Gaubitzer (RSC Amplatz) | 0:08:27 | |
| 13 | Josef Benetseder (RV vor dem Arlberg) | 0:13:23 | |
| 14 | Daniel Schorn (APP Team Netapp ) | ||
| 15 | Michael Knopf (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 16 | Alexander Schrangl (ARBÖ ASKÖ RC Linz Mc Donald's KTM ) | ||
| 17 | Franz Grassmann (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:13:28 | |
| 18 | Daniel Rinner (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 19 | Gerhard Trampusch (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:13:32 | |
| 20 | Hannes Gründlinger (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 21 | Philip Schinagl (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 22 | Christoph Sokoll (RV vor dem Arlberg ) | ||
| 23 | Hans-Jörg Leopold (ARBÖ ASKÖ T. Graf St. Andrä ) | ||
| 24 | Thomas Blaßnig (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | 0:13:37 | |
| 25 | Stefan Mair (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 26 | Patrick Konrad (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 27 | Roman Gredler (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol ) | ||
| 28 | Peter Pichler (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 0:13:40 | |
| 29 | Jan Sokol (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | ||
| 30 | Andreas Hofer (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 31 | Jürgen Hauk (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | 0:13:48 | |
| 32 | David Wöhrer (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 33 | Stefan Praxmarer (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 0:13:51 | |
| 34 | Lukas Winter (ARBÖ Denzel Cliff Pioneer UNIQA ) | ||
| 35 | Christian Pavitschitz (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 36 | Dominik Brändle (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 37 | Willibald Vorderderfler (ÖAMTC Hrinkow Bikes Steyr ) | ||
| 38 | Marc Obkircher (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol ) | ||
| 39 | Günther Flatscher (Roadbike-Holidays-KTM) | 0:13:57 | |
| 40 | Lukas Stoiber (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union ) | ||
| 41 | Georg Preidler (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | ||
| 42 | Daniel Egert (Radsp. Stanger Kitzbühel) | 0:14:04 | |
| 43 | Alexander Tuma (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | 0:14:06 | |
| 44 | Christoph Täubel (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | 0:14:08 | |
| 45 | Stefan Rucker (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | 0:14:16 | |
| 46 | Stefan Probst (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| 47 | Philipp Ludescher (RV vor dem Arlberg) | 0:14:33 | |
| 48 | Stefan Pöll (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss ) | ||
| Andreas Graf (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:15:28 | ||
| Michael Pichler (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | |||
| Christian Pirker (ARBÖ ASKÖ T. Graf St. Andrä) | 0:15:45 | ||
| Florian Arnold (ARBÖ ASKÖ T. Graf St. Andrä) | 0:16:23 | ||
| Thomas Gutmann (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | 0:16:28 | ||
| Sandro Jennewein (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:16:36 | ||
| Benedikt Ruetz (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | 0:16:45 | ||
| Matthias Wieneroither (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | 0:18:33 | ||
| Mario Schädle (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol ) | |||
| Christian Wildauer (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 0:19:49 | ||
| Marco Haller (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | 0:19:51 | ||
| Ricco Obkircher (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 0:20:02 | ||
| Thomas Kals (ARBÖ Denzel Cliff Pioneer UNIQA) | 0:20:19 | ||
| Michael Singer (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss) | 0:20:29 | ||
| Andreas Schmid (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | 0:20:40 | ||
| Bernd Markt (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | 0:20:57 | ||
| Riccardo Zoidl (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein ) | |||
| Thomas Hasibeder (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss) | 0:23:14 | ||
| DNF | Markus Eibegger (FOT Footon Servetto) | ||
| DNF | Matthias Brändle (FOT Footon Servetto) | ||
| DNF | Bernhard Eisel (THR Team HTC - Columbia) | ||
| DNF | Thomas Rohregger (Team Milram) | ||
| DNF | Stefan Denifl (CTT Cervelo Test Team) | ||
| DNF | Clemens Fankhauser (RV vor dem Arlberg) | ||
| DNF | René Haselbacher (RV vor dem Arlberg) | ||
| DNF | Gernot Auer (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | ||
| DNF | Werner Riebenbauer (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | ||
| DNF | Phillip Grömer (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss) | ||
| DNF | Daniel Reiter (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss) | ||
| DNF | Florian Gaugl (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Hannes Kapeller (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Stefan Kirchmair (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Mario Schoibl (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Martin Weiss (Tyrol - Team Radland Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Markus Hens (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Rupert Hödlmoser (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Lukas Hofer (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Paul Kasis (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Christoph Klaner (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Andreas Willdoner (ASKÖ Tri Linz) | ||
| DNF | Philipp Gröfler (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | ||
| DNF | Lawrence Grün (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | ||
| DNF | Martin Comploi (UNION Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol) | ||
| DNF | Wolfgang Murer (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | ||
| DNF | Johannes Reiser (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | ||
| DNF | Josef Tatschl (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | ||
| DNF | Hans-Jörg Thalhammer (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | ||
| DNF | Felix Zechling (ARBÖ Rapso Knittelfeld) | ||
| DNF | Wolfgang Tenor (ARBÖ Denzel Cliff Pioneer UNIQA) | ||
| DNF | Manuel Dörfler (ARBÖ ASKÖ T. Graf St. Andrä) | ||
| DNF | Roland Brandl (Roadbike-Holidays-KTM) | ||
| DNF | Wolfgang Geisler (Union-Radland Kärnten-VIPERbike-WSA) | ||
| DNF | David Schöggl (Union-Radland Kärnten-VIPERbike-WSA) | ||
| DNF | Thomas Täubel (RSC Amplatz) | ||
| DNS | Daniel Gollmann (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | ||
| DNS | Paul Illenberger (RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein) | ||
| DNS | Robert Gaßmayr (ARBÖ KTM Gebrüder Weiss) | ||
| DNS | David Ludwig (Die Niederösterreichische Rad Union) | ||
| DNS | Julius Benkö (UNION Dornbirner Radfahr-Verein 1886) |