The Tour of Austria will also be a party for the guests on the Glockner

No Austrian biking celebrations: Jhonatan Narvaez from Ecuador received the king’s stage. The Glockner King have become a German.

The Tour of Austria is all approximately Jhonatan Narvaez. After the Ecuadorian had already celebrated the level victory in Innsbruck on Monday, the Ineos expert went one higher 24 hours later and received the segment from Sillian to St. Johann/Alpendorf, which additionally led over the Großglockner.

The German Jonas Rapp became King of the Glockner.

The 28-year-vintage from the Austrian Hrinkow crew become the first to reach the very best factor of this year’s tour, properly ahead of Lukas Pöstlberger. Felix Großschartner (2015) remains the closing crimson-white-pink Glockner king.

Half a minute ahead

Rapp and Pöstlberger have been caught up by the sphere sixteen kilometers earlier than the finish, Narvaez then had the finest reserves in the finish and received the stage. The South American is now nearly half of a minute beforehand within the common standings.

Martin Messner (WSA) turned into the first-class Austrian in 9th place, Riccardo Zoidl (Felbermayr Wels) was 10th.

Four mountain classifications

The 4th stage leads from St. Johann/Alpendorf to Steyr on Wednesday. 197 km ought to be finished with 3 mountain classifications. The excursion then ends on Thursday with the phase on the Sonntagberg in Lower Austria.

The first 3 stages showed how a good deal the Tour of Austria actions biking fans.

Drivers and groups additionally praise the realignment of the excursion, which this yr may be treated by the five nearby Continental groups for the first time. “We have done a variety of initial paintings. I suppose it's going to get a bit simpler in the years that observe,” says tour director Thomas Pupp.