On Sunday, the fairs are read

The fairs are read on Sonntagberg

WENIGZELL. Today, the 70th Tour of Austria decides on a real clbadic stage.

The steep and stony way up to the baroque basilica of Mostviertel can be reached five times. Image: GEPA Photos / Wolfgang Grebien

"My legs hurt me, but the other will feel the same," Riccardo Zoidl said yesterday at the finish of the sixth stage of the Tour from Austria to Wenigzell. The victory in the mountain and valley trip over 3600 vertical meters and 176.8 kilometers went to Kazakh champion Alexei Lutsenko, who escaped with the Slovenian Matej Mohoric early and shook his mates in the mountain sprint at l & # 39; arrival. Ben Hermans defended the red leader's jersey. But today, he must still shudder.

"We did not want the tour to be done early on the Horn or the Glockner, as was often the case," says tour director Franz Steinberger. His 70th edition script provides the absolute highlight today. The scene, which resembles a clbadic Belgian spring topography, begins in Waidhofen an der Ybbs at noon and leads five times to the pilgrimage basilica on the Sonntagberg. Although only 3.6 kilometers long, but with ramps up to 15 percent and cobblestones over the last 500 meters peppered. Like the four times before, when the Sonntagberg already appeared in the program of the tour, many spectators are expected again.

Therefore, a captivating finale is guaranteed, before getting closer to Wels on Saturday. "There are only jumps or jumps," said Zoidl, who must catch up with Hermans in the seventh minute. Yesterday, he made two seconds for the Belgian in eighth position. Hermann Pernsteiner are second only after their 18 seconds. He said yesterday: "I've saved a few grains, and I hope I can do it now."

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