Team Milram starts in Tour of Austria
This coming week-end, Team MILRAM will be starting at yet another important national tour besides the Tour de France. On Saturday in Brest, riders will set out on the “Grande Boucle” through France, and one day later, another selection of the German ProTour squad will be at the start line of the highly demanding Tour of Austria.
Team MILRAM is awaiting strong rivals and a challenging route at the historical tour through the Alpine Republic, granted „Hors Catégorie“ status by the UCI. A total of nine ProTour teams are sending their riders to Austria.
„For the big teams, the Tour of Austria is very important,“ said Team Manager Gerry Van Gerwen. “Besides the Tour de France, we have the opportunity to participate in a very demanding stage race including a strong line-up. Especially our young riders can take advantage of that.”
The focus of Team MILRAM at the 60. Tour of Austria lies therefore on its young hopefuls. Leading the charge will be Matej Jurco, who will be wearing the jersey of Slovakian Champion for the first time. German riders include young talents Artur Gajek, Christian Kux, Dominik Roels and Sebastian Schwager.
The anniversary tour begins on Sunday with a short prologue in Klausen, South Tyrol. Following the race start in Italy, the third stage features a hard mountain top finish at the Kitzbüheler Horn for the peloton, which may see the general Classification decided one day later with the race crossing the Grossglockner summit. After an individual time trial around Lake Neusiedl on the penultimate day, the riders will be happy to arrive in front of the City Hall in Vienna after a total of 1,082 kilometres raced.
The 2008 Tour of Austria stages:
06.07.08: Prologue (ITT) Klausen/Chiusa (Südtirol/ITA) 3.3 km
07.07.08: Stage 1 Klausen – Toblach/ Dobbiaco (ITA) 171.2 km
08.07.08: Stage 2 Toblach – Kitzbüheler Horn (AUT) 169.6 km
09.07.08: Stage 3 Kitzbühel – Prägraten am Großvenediger 183.7 km
10.07.08: Stage 4 Lienz – Wolfsberg 212.8 km
11.07.08: Stage 5 Wiener Neustadt – Bad Vöslau 179.7 km
12.07.08: Stage 6 Podersdorf on Lake Neusiedl (ITT) 25.9 km
13.07.08: Stage 7 Podersdorf on Lake Neusiedl – Vienna 128.5 km
Total: 1.081,9 km
The Team MILRAM line-up:
Andriy Grivko (UKR/ Sinferopol), Christian Kux (GER / Chemnitz), Artur Gajek (GER / Bergisch Gladbach), Dominik Roels (GER / Köln),
Luca Barla (ITA / Bordighera ) Martin Velits (SVK / Bratislava) Matej Jurco (SVK / Poprad), Sebastian Schwager (GER / Neusäß)
Sports Director: Oscar Pellicioli (ITA)
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