July 12/09 21:46 pm - Tour of Austria: Stage 8 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 07/12/09
Columbia-HTC's Albasini Crowned Overall Winner in Tour of Austria
Columbia-HTC's Michael Albasini was crowned the overall winner in the Tour of Austria on Sunday, while teammate Andre Greipel added to the team's celebrations by blasting to victory in the final stage.
Albasini moved into the lead thanks to his victory in the second day's racing to the mountain top finish of Kitzbüheler Horn, then held the yellow jersey all the way to Sunday's final stage from Podersdorf am Neusielder See to Vienna. Greipel was equally successful in the points competition, winning the green jersey outright thanks to his three stage victories.
"I'm very proud of this win because it's the first stage race victory for Columbia-HTC this season, and it was a real team effort, too" Albasini said. "We only had six riders for a lot of the race, and that made it difficult to control at times, but we managed to do it. I'm very grateful to my teammates for all the hard work they did. Over the last two years I've worked hard to improve my climbing and that has helped me win here. It's very encouraging."
"Time trialling remains my biggest weak point, but I managed to get through the race's time trial and then after that I could begin to think about celebrating overall. Now I'll go on to do the Tour of Poland and the Tour of Spain, as part of my build-up for the World Championships."
Greipel's stage victory on Sunday was his 13th win of the 2009 season, just one fewer than his 2008 total of 14. "We only got back the last break of the day with a kilometre to go and there were some tram lines 200 metres from the finish, but I felt really good and sure of my chances. It wasn't too hard a win. We'd done ten laps of the finishing circuit so I knew what I had to face, and I had a good lead-out as usual. My team did a great job. Now I'll go on to the Tour of Saxony in Germany and try and get some more wins there."
After Sunday's double success, Columbia-HTC's total of victories in 2009 has climbed to 56, the highest tally of wins for any professional team this season.
Columbia-HTC press release
| Stage 8: Podersdorf am Neusiedler See to Vienna, 124.3km | |
| 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:33:31 |
| 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | |
| 3 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | |
| 4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 5 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 6 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 8 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | |
| 9 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
| 12 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | |
| 13 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | |
| 14 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
| 15 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 16 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 17 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD | |
| 18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | |
| 19 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD | |
| 20 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
| 22 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | |
| 23 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 24 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 25 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 26 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
| 27 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | |
| 28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 29 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
| 31 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 32 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 33 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD | |
| 34 Luca Solari (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 35 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 36 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 37 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | |
| 38 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | |
| 39 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 40 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
| 41 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | |
| 42 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 43 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 45 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 46 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
| 47 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 48 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 49 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | |
| 50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | |
| 51 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 52 Elias Schmaeh (Sui) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 53 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 54 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | |
| 55 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 56 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | |
| 57 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | |
| 58 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
| 59 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | |
| 60 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 61 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | |
| 62 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 63 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD | |
| 64 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 65 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 66 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
| 67 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team Columbia - HTC | |
| 68 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 69 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 70 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 72 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 73 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 74 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD | |
| 75 Leonardo Moser (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 76 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
| 77 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
| 78 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
| 80 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | |
| 81 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 82 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
| 83 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 84 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 85 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 86 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | |
| 87 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 88 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 89 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | |
| 90 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | |
| 91 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | |
| 92 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | |
| 93 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | all s.t. |
| 94 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:28 |
| 95 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | s.t. |
| 96 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:34 |
| 97 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 0:38 |
| 98 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:43 |
| 99 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 100 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 101 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | all s.t. |
| 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 1:02 |
| 103 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 1:09 |
| 104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1:11 |
| 105 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 1:23 |
| 106 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | s.t. |
| 107 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 1:28 |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team Columbia - HTC | 28:14:05 |
| 2 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD | at 1:12 |
| 3 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | 2:20 |
| 4 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 2:42 |
| 5 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 2:51 |
| 6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 2:59 |
| 7 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 3:05 |
| 8 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | 3:37 |
| 9 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 5:30 |
| 10 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 5:36 |
| 11 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 6:34 |
| 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 6:43 |
| 13 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 7:47 |
| 14 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | 7:51 |
| 15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. |
| 16 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 9:48 |
| 17 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 11:29 |
| 18 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 12:29 |
| 19 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 12:59 |
| 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 13:24 |
| 21 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 15:06 |
| 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 17:04 |
| 23 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD | 21:47 |
| 24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 23:09 |
| 25 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 23:31 |
| 26 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 23:33 |
| 27 Elias Schmaeh (Sui) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 24:36 |
| 28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 25:41 |
| 29 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) PVC Diquigiovanni | 26:30 |
| 30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 26:49 |
| 31 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 27:26 |
| 32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 28:17 |
| 33 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | 28:49 |
| 34 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 28:50 |
| 35 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD | 29:04 |
| 36 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | 29:07 |
| 37 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 29:37 |
| 38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 30:38 |
| 39 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | 30:48 |
| 40 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 30:49 |
| 41 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 30:53 |
| 42 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | 30:54 |
| 43 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 31:10 |
| 44 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | 31:25 |
| 45 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 32:02 |
| 46 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD | s.t. |
| 47 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 32:07 |
| 48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 33:12 |
| 49 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 33:37 |
| 50 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 34:11 |
| 51 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | 34:18 |
| 52 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 34:37 |
| 53 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 35:03 |
| 54 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 35:12 |
| 55 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 35:13 |
| 56 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 36:14 |
| 57 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 36:41 |
| 58 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 37:16 |
| 59 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 37:56 |
| 60 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 37:57 |
| 61 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 38:43 |
| 62 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 38:58 |
| 63 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD | 39:09 |
| 64 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 39:19 |
| 65 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD | 39:38 |
| 66 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | 39:44 |
| 67 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 40:08 |
| 68 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 40:20 |
| 69 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 41:04 |
| 70 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 41:54 |
| 71 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | 42:08 |
| 72 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 42:41 |
| 73 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 44:18 |
| 74 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | 44:42 |
| 75 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 45:09 |
| 76 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 45:19 |
| 77 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 45:33 |
| 78 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 45:47 |
| 79 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 46:32 |
| 80 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 46:35 |
| 81 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 46:49 |
| 82 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 47:23 |
| 83 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 48:27 |
| 84 Leonardo Moser (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 49:14 |
| 85 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 49:26 |
| 86 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | 49:45 |
| 87 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 49:50 |
| 88 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 50:13 |
| 89 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD | 51:47 |
| 90 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 52:35 |
| 91 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 52:36 |
| 92 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 53:09 |
| 93 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 53:37 |
| 94 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 54:15 |
| 95 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 54:48 |
| 96 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 55:01 |
| 97 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 55:23 |
| 98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 55:24 |
| 99 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 57:09 |
| 100 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | 57:20 |
| 101 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 57:59 |
| 102 Luca Solari (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 1:00:47 |
| 103 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 1:01:26 |
| 104 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 1:08:18 |
| 105 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 1:08:49 |
| 106 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 1:10:54 |
| 107 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 1:26:24 |
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