Carlos Barbero rode to victory on stage one of Tour of Austria in Freistadt today.
The Movistar rider beat Wanty-Gobert’s Pieter Vanspeybrouck (+0:00:01) and CCC’s Jonas Koch in the 138.8km stage from Grieskirchen.
Jonas Koch (CCC Team) placed fourth, with Jannik Steimle (Team Vorarlberg Santic) fifth.
South Africans Nic Dlamini and Stefan de Bod finished 21st and 32nd respectively.
Emils Liepins (Wallonie-Bruxelles) retained the overall lead.
View the results below.
Stage one
1. Carlos Barbero (Movistar) 3:16:00
2. Emils Liepins (Wallonie-Bruxelles)
3. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team)
4. Jonas Koch (CCC Team)
5. Jannik Steimle (Team Vorarlberg Santic)
6. Romain Hardy (Team Arkea Samsic)
7. Franck Bonnamour (Team Arkea Samsic)
8. Enrico Gasparotto (Team Dimension Data)
9. Daniel Auer (Maloja Pushbikers) +0:00:03
10. Allessandro Fedeli (Delko Marseille Provence)
*Selected
21. Nic Dlamini (Team Dimension Data)
32. Stefan de Bod (Team Dimension Data)
General classification
1. Emils Liepins (Wallonie-Bruxelles) 3:18:48
2. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team) +0:00:01
3. Jannik Steimle (Team Vorarlberg Santic) +0:00:02
4. Carlos Barbero (Movistar) +0:00:04
5. Tom Wirtgen (Wallonie-Bruxelles) +0:00:06
6. Tom Devriendt (Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team) +0:00:07
7. Patrick Gamper (Tirol KTM Cycling Team) +0:00:08
8. Lukasz Owsian (CCC Team)
9. Enrico Gasparotto (Team Dimension Data)
10. Jonas Koch (CCC Team)
*Selected
20. Nic Dlamini (Team Dimension Data) +0:00:10
27. Stefan de Bod (Team Dimension Data) +0:00:11
