2018 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 7–14 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 1,163.7[1] km (723.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 29h 11' 51"[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Tour of Austria (German: Österreich-Rundfahrt 2018) was the 70th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. It began in Feldkirch and finished in Fels, covering a course of 1,163.7 kilometres (723.1 mi) over eight stages. The race was ranked 2.1 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour.
Belgian cyclist Ben Hermans, of the Israel Cycling Academy team, won the race overall. He finished eighteen seconds ahead of second-place Hermann Pernsteiner, of Austria and Bahrain–Merida, and forty-four seconds ahead of Italian Dario Cataldo, riding for Astana, in third. Pernsteiner's teammate, Giovanni Visconti, won the points classification, while Australian rider Aaron Gate, of the Aqua Blue Sport team, took home the mountains classification jersey. The teams classification was won by Bahrain–Merida.[3]