That was the Tour of Austria! A big thank you to all supporters and spectators!
A prologue, three challenging stages with mountain top finishes, two one-day stages for classic riders - that's how you could summarise the Tour of Austria 2024. The starting signal was given on Tuesday, 2 July, with a 3,000 metre long prologue in St. Pölten - a city cycling spectacle in the capital of Lower Austria. The opening stage took place in Burgenland on a circuit with start and finish in Bad Tatzmannsdorf. The second stage started in the Lower Austrian pilgrimage town of Maria Taferl and led to Steyr in Upper Austria - it catered to classic cyclists.
The first challenging stage for the professional cyclists was the ride from Styria to Salzburg on 5 July: from Schladming/Dachstein to St. Johann in Salzburg/Alpendorf. The spectacular mountain finish was once again on the Geisterberg. Things finally got really high alpine on the weekend of 6 and 7 July 2024: the Glockner stage from St. Johann in Salzburg/Alpendorf to East Tyrol was on the agenda on Saturday - steep and high with a dream backdrop. For thethird time after 1975 and 1982, Kals am Großglockner was chosen as the stage finish of the Tour of Austria.
Due to a tragic accident on the Glockner stage, the final stage of the Tour, from the fortress town of Kufstein through the Inn Valley up to Innsbruck/Kühtai, was postponed and instead a condolence ride took place in Kufstein to honour the mourning of the fallen cyclist André Drege and his family.
Further information at tourofaustria.com.
