Peterson, Frischkorn in the break; three in top 20 overall – Tour of Austria, stage 2

Director’s report from Johnny Weltz:

With a very hard mountain top finish at the end of the day, it was not clear who would take charge to control the race all day. Ee wanted to have a break to go with us in it to be in front of the action. So when a group of 13 riders took off after 30 km with Will Frischkorn and Tom Peterson in it, it was perfect .

They gained up to 4 minutes on the field and the chase was on all day with several teams burning off their riders in the front to bring back the group. The break reached the last climb 8 km to the top with and advantage of 2 minutes, and then it all blew apart!

A group of four riders from the first breakaway grouped in the front with Tom in it. He lasted to 4 km from the finish when he blew-up, and Albasini from the break won the stage.

We had Timmy Duggan in as 16th just 3 min down, Huub Duyn 18th 3:40 down and Tom 20th at the same time. We are also third on team GC . It was a really hard climb with sections up to 22 percent grade. Tomorrow we climb up to 2,500 meter high mountain!

Team Garmin-Slipstream, stage 2 results
1. Michael Albasini 4h18.21
16. Timmy Duggan +2.56
18. Huub Duyn +3.19
20. Tom Peterson +3.26
65. Svein Tuft +9.13
66. Chris Sutton
85. Killian Patour +11.01
113. Will Frischkorn +15.26

Team Garmin-Slipstream, GC results
1. Michael Albasini 7h33.14
17. Timmy Duggan +3.06
18. Huub Duyn
19. Tom Peterson +3.36
64. Svein Tuft +9.17
66. Chris Sutton +9.25
85. Killian Patour +11.11
111. Will Frischkorn +15.36