The 2016 Tour of Austria () was the 68th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. The 1287.3 km (799.9 mi)-long race started in Vienna on 2 July with an individual time trial prologue, and concluded in Vienna on 9 July. This was the first time in several years that the race consisted of 7 stages plus a prologue. The race is part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour, and is rated as a 2.1 event.(Deutsch) "Österreich Rundfahrt 2016", Österreich Rundfahrt – Official Website, 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016
Schedule +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP2 July Kitzbüheler Horn Mountain time trial13 July Innsbruck to Salzburg Intermediate stage24 July Mondsee to Steyr Intermediate stage35 July Ardagger to Sonntagberg Hilly stage46 July Rottenmann to Edelweißspitze Mountain stage57 July Millstatt to Dobratsch Mountain stage68 July Graz to Stegersbach Intermediate stage79 July Bad Tatzmannsdorf to Vienna Hilly stage Total
Participating teams Nineteen (19) team participated in the 2016 edition of the Tour of Austria.
Stages
Prologue 2 July 2016 — Kitzbüheler Horn, , individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 1 3 July 2016 — Innsbruck to Salzburg,
Stage 2 4 July 2016 — Mondsee to Steyr,
Stage 3 5 July 2016 — Ardagger Markt to Sonntagberg,
Stage 4 6 July 2016 — Rottenmann to Edelweißspitze,
Stage 5 7 July 2016 — Millstatt to Dobratsch,
Stage 6 8 July 2016 — Graz to Stegersbach,
Stage 7 9 July 2016 — Bad Tatzmannsdorf to Vienna (Kahlenberg),
Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classificationFührungstrikotMountains classificationBergtrikotPoints classificationPunktetrikotBest Austrian riderbester ÖsterreicherTeam classification P Will Clarke Will Clarke Will Clarke not awarded Lukas Schlemmer 1 Nicola Ruffoni Nicola Ruffoni Alessandro Vanotti Nicola Ruffoni2 Clément Venturini Andrea Pasqualon Jacek Morajko Andrea Pasqualon Clemens Fankhauser3 Brendan Canty Markus Eibegger Alessandro Vanotti Markus Eibegger 4 Jan Hirt Jan Hirt Hermann Pernsteiner 5 Simone Sterbini Jan Hirt Matthias Krizek6 Nicola Ruffoni Alessandro Vanotti Andrea Pasqualon7 Frederik Backaert Frederik BackaertFinal Jan Hirt Frederik Backaert Hermann Pernsteiner
Final standings +Legend Denotes the leader of the General classification Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification Denotes the leader of the Points classification Denotes the leader of the Best Austrian rider classification
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 17" 3 + 1' 29" 4 + 1' 31" 5 + 1' 49" 6 + 2' 21" 7 + 3' 21" 8 + 3' 28" 9 + 3' 46" 10 + 4' 19"
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 34 2 24 3 23 4 18 5 14 6 Bardiani–CSF 12 7 12 8 11 9 10 10 10
Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 41 2 34 3 34 4 34 5 32 6 30 7 27 8 26 9 23 10 23
Best Austrian rider classification RiderTeamTime 1Hermann Pernsteiner 2Markus Eibegger + 1' 00" 3Clemens Fankhauser + 3' 49" 4Stephan Rabitsch + 13' 11" 5Sebastian Schönberger + 20' 02" 6Dominik Hrinkow + 22' 27" 7Matthias Krizek + 23' 52" 8Hans-Jörg Leopold + 33' 45" 9Patrick Bosman + 38' 45" 10Stefan Pöll + 42' 45"
Team classification TeamTime 1 2 + 21' 13" 3 + 23' 17" 4Bardiani–CSF + 27' 10" 5 + 29' 19" 6 + 33' 31" 7 + 34' 21" 8 + 36' 59" 9 + 37' 11" 10 + 44' 33"
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