July 6/09 15:27 pm - Tour of Austria: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 07/6/09
Columbia-HTC has racked up their second win in two days in the Tour of Austria after Michael Albasini powered away for an emphatic victory at the summit of the Kitzbuehler Horn climb.
Now Albasini takes over from Columbia-HTC teammate Andre Greipel as race leader.
"It was a spectacular victory. Michael managed to wear out all the other guys in a break on a really steep 10-kilometre final climb and finally he went for the win," commented team sports director Tristan Hoffman. "He and [Columbia-HTC teammate] Gert Dockx had been away most of the day in a 13-rider break that always looked like it might be able to stay clear, and that's what happened. But it was a real team effort because Gert did a lot of the work to ensure the break stayed away. Then Michael helped a bit because we wanted to be sure the move had a good few minutes at the bottom of the final climb. After the break started the ascent, Michael kept in front, and the group shrank to four and then two. He just wore them out! Finally Michael was able to win the stage, although it was close because a rider caught him with 200 metres to go. And now he's race leader as well."
Hoffman is hopeful that the team will be able to defend Albasini's lead in the race, which finishes next Sunday, but he recognizes the team will have to be very careful tactically. "We lost two riders today. Adam Hansen is sick and Kanstantsin Sivtsov pulled out because his wife is just about to give birth, so we'll have to play our cards right. Still, two wins in two days is a great result, and whatever happens it's been a very good race for us."
Albasini's victory was the second of the day for Columbia-HTC on Monday after Mara Abbott won stage three of the women's Giro d-Italia.
Report by Team Columbia-HTC
| Stage 2: Landeck to Kitzbüheler Horn, 183.20 km | |
| 1 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:18:21 |
| 2 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | at 0:05 |
| 3 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD -Neri | 0:38 |
| 4 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 0:42 |
| 5 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 1:09 |
| 6 Hubert Schwab (Sui) Quick Step | 1:24 |
| 7 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | 1:28 |
| 8 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1:36 |
| 9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 1:46 |
| 10 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | 1:50 |
| 11 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 2:10 |
| 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 2:19 |
| 13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 2:21 |
| 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 2:27 |
| 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 2:44 |
| 16 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:56 |
| 17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | s.t. |
| 18 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 3:19 |
| 19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 3:26 |
| 20 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. |
| 21 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 3:28 |
| 22 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 3:40 |
| 23 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 3:48 |
| 24 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 4:00 |
| 25 Elias Schmaeh (Sui) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | s.t. |
| 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 4:02 |
| 27 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | 4:09 |
| 28 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 4:15 |
| 29 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) PVC Diquigiovanni | 4:20 |
| 30 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 4:31 |
| 31 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD -Neri | 4:40 |
| 32 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD -Neri | 5:10 |
| 33 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD -Neri | 5:16 |
| 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 5:20 |
| 35 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5:32 |
| 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 5:40 |
| 37 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | s.t. |
| 38 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD -Neri | 5:43 |
| 39 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | s.t. |
| 40 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 5:57 |
| 41 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 6:02 |
| 42 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 6:29 |
| 43 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 6:31 |
| 44 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 6:34 |
| 45 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | s.t. |
| 46 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 7:11 |
| 47 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | 7:20 |
| 48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 7:34 |
| 49 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 7:38 |
| 50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 7:48 |
| 51 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 7:52 |
| 52 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 7:59 |
| 53 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 8:05 |
| 54 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 8:17 |
| 55 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 8:23 |
| 56 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 8:33 |
| 57 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | |
| 58 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | both s.t. |
| 59 Javier Echarri Marin (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 8:42 |
| 60 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 8:53 |
| 61 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | s.t. |
| 62 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 9:04 |
| 63 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 9:07 |
| 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 9:13 |
| 65 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. |
| 66 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 9:15 |
| 67 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 68 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 69 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | all s.t. |
| 70 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | 9:20 |
| 71 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 9:44 |
| 72 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 9:50 |
| 73 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 9:52 |
| 74 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers | s.t. |
| 75 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD -Neri | 0:10:16 |
| 76 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 10:17 |
| 77 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 10:33 |
| 78 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
| 79 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram | both s.t. |
| 80 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 10:42 |
| 81 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 82 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 83 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | all s.t. |
| 84 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 10:54 |
| 85 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream | 11:01 |
| 86 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 11:14 |
| 87 Hannes Gründlinger (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 11:16 |
| 88 Claudio Jose Casas Gallego (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 11:33 |
| 89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 11:37 |
| 90 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | s.t. |
| 91 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | 11:39 |
| 92 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 11:43 |
| 93 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 11:52 |
| 94 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 11:57 |
| 95 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 96 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD -Neri | both s.t. |
| 97 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 12:31 |
| 98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 12:36 |
| 99 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | 12:43 |
| 100 Björn Thurau (Ger) ELK Haus | 12:45 |
| 101 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | 13:04 |
| 102 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | s.t. |
| 103 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 13:35 |
| 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | s.t. |
| 105 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 13:48 |
| 106 Leonardo Moser (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 13:53 |
| 107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 14:13 |
| 108 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 14:14 |
| 109 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 14:19 |
| 110 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 15:00 |
| 111 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD -Neri | 15:05 |
| 112 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 15:26 |
| 113 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
| 114 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | both s.t. |
| 115 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 15:31 |
| 116 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 16:02 |
| 117 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 16:06 |
| 118 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | s.t. |
| 119 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 16:18 |
| 120 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | 17:20 |
| 121 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 17:58 |
| 122 Luca Solari (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 18:34 |
| 123 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 19:22 |
| 124 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | s.t. |
| 125 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 20:20 |
| 126 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | s.t. |
| 127 Manuel Belletti (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 20:28 |
| 128 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 20:40 |
| 129 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 20:45 |
| 130 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | s.t. |
| 131 Luca Celli (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 20:59 |
| GC | |
| 1 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team Columbia - HTC | 7:33:14 |
| 2 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | at 0:09 |
| 3 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD -Neri | 0:44 |
| 4 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | 0:52 |
| 5 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 1:19 |
| 6 Hubert Schwab (Sui) Quick Step | 1:34 |
| 7 Stanislau Samoilav (Blr) Quick Step | 1:38 |
| 8 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1:46 |
| 9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | 1:56 |
| 10 Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus | 2:00 |
| 11 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 2:20 |
| 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 2:29 |
| 13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 2:31 |
| 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 2:37 |
| 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 2:54 |
| 16 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 3:06 |
| 17 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. |
| 18 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 3:29 |
| 19 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 3:36 |
| 20 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | s.t. |
| 21 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 3:38 |
| 22 Michael Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 3:50 |
| 23 Luigi Sestilli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 3:58 |
| 24 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 4:10 |
| 25 Elias Schmaeh (Sui) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | s.t. |
| 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 4:12 |
| 27 Matthias Brändle (Aut) ELK Haus | 4:19 |
| 28 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 4:25 |
| 29 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) PVC Diquigiovanni | 4:30 |
| 30 Jan Barta (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 4:41 |
| 31 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD -Neri | 4:42 |
| 32 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD -Neri | 5:20 |
| 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 5:21 |
| 34 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD -Neri | 5:26 |
| 35 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5:42 |
| 36 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 5:50 |
| 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 38 Emanuel Vona (Ita) ISD -Neri | 5:53 |
| 39 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | s.t. |
| 40 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 6:07 |
| 41 David Schöggl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 6:12 |
| 42 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 6:41 |
| 43 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) ELK Haus | 6:44 |
| 44 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | s.t. |
| 45 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 7:21 |
| 46 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 7:25 |
| 47 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank | 7:30 |
| 48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 7:44 |
| 49 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 7:48 |
| 50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 7:58 |
| 51 Josef Kugler (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 8:02 |
| 52 Rupert Probst (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 8:09 |
| 53 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 8:15 |
| 54 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam | 8:23 |
| 55 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 8:32 |
| 56 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 8:33 |
| 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 8:43 |
| 58 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | s.t. |
| 59 Javier Echarri Marin (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 8:52 |
| 60 Stefan Rucker (Aut) ELK Haus | 9:03 |
| 61 Markus Eibegger (Aut) ELK Haus | s.t. |
| 62 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 9:14 |
| 63 Jan Valach (Svk) ELK Haus | 9:17 |
| 64 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | s.t. |
| 65 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 9:23 |
| 66 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 9:25 |
| 67 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | |
| 68 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 69 Edward King (USA) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 70 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | all s.t. |
| 71 Stefan Probst (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 9:54 |
| 72 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | 10:00 |
| 73 Stefan Pöll (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 10:01 |
| 74 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 10:02 |
| 75 Luca Mirenda G. (Ita) ISD -Neri | 10:25 |
| 76 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram | 10:43 |
| 77 Martin Riska (Svk) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | |
| 78 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | both s.t. |
| 79 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 10:52 |
| 80 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 81 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
| 82 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | all s.t. |
| 83 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 10:58 |
| 84 Michael Knopf (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 11:03 |
| 85 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream | 11:11 |
| 86 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto | 11:24 |
| 87 Hannes Gründlinger (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 11:26 |
| 88 Claudio Jose Casas Gallego (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 11:43 |
| 89 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 11:47 |
| 90 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | s.t. |
| 91 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo TestTeam | 11:49 |
| 92 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 12:02 |
| 93 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 12:03 |
| 94 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | 12:07 |
| 95 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD -Neri | |
| 96 Peter Pichler (Aut) RC ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein | both s.t. |
| 97 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 12:41 |
| 98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg - Corratec | 12:46 |
| 99 Steffen Radochla (Ger) ELK Haus | 12:53 |
| 100 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 13:14 |
| 101 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 102 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 13:45 |
| 103 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | s.t. |
| 104 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 13:58 |
| 105 Leonardo Moser (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 14:03 |
| 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 14:23 |
| 107 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 14:24 |
| 108 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 14:29 |
| 109 Robert Gaszmayr (Aut) KTM - Junkers | 15:10 |
| 110 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) ISD -Neri | 15:15 |
| 111 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 15:36 |
| 112 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | |
| 113 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Cervelo TestTeam | both s.t. |
| 114 Petr Lechner (Cze) KTM - Junkers | 15:41 |
| 115 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 16:12 |
| 116 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 16:16 |
| 117 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | s.t. |
| 118 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 16:28 |
| 119 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | 17:40 |
| 120 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Esp) Contentpolis-Ampo | 18:18 |
| 121 Luca Solari (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 18:44 |
| 122 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 19:26 |
| 123 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 19:32 |
| 124 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 20:30 |
| 125 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | s.t. |
| 126 Manuel Belletti (Ita) PVC Diquigiovanni | 20:34 |
| 127 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam | 20:50 |
| 128 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini D. | 20:55 |
| 129 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Fuji-Servetto | s.t. |
| 130 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 21:09 |
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