| 2019 Tour of Austria | |
| Series: | 2019 UCI Europe Tour |
| Date: | 6–12 July 2019 |
| Stages: | 6 + Prologue |
| Distance: | 876.5[1] |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 22h 31' 22"[2] |
| First: | Ben Hermans |
| First Nat: | BEL |
| First Color: | red |
| Second: | Eduardo Sepúlveda |
| Second Nat: | ARG |
| Third: | Stefan De Bod |
| Third Nat: | RSA |
| Points: | Jonas Koch |
| Points Nat: | GER |
| Points Color: | green 2 |
| Mountains: | Georg Zimmermann |
| Mountains Nat: | GER |
| Mountains Color: | white dots on red |
| Youth: | Vadim Pronskiy |
| Youth Nat: | KAZ |
| Youth Color: | blue_number |
| Team Color: | yellow_number |
| Previous: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2019 Tour of Austria (de|Österreich-Rundfahrt 2019) was the 71st edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. It began with a prologue in Wels and finished atop the Kitzbüheler Horn after six road stages, covering . The race was ranked 2.1 in the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.[3]
Ben Hermans, of Belgium and the team, won the race overall for the second consecutive year. Argentine rider Eduardo Sepúlveda, on, finished second ahead of 's Stefan De Bod, of South Africa, in third. Jonas Koch, of Germany and, won the points classification, while his countryman riding for, Georg Zimmermann, won the mountains classification. Unlike previous editions, the 2019 Tour of Austria included a youth classification for the under-23 rider placed highest in the general classification.[4] Kazakh rider Vadim Pronskiy, riding for, won the youth classification. The team classification was won by .
Eighteen teams competed in the 2019 Tour of Austria, including three UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental Teams, and eight UCI Continental Teams. Most teams started with seven riders, except,, and, who started with six, and, starting with five riders.[5] [6] The list of teams competing is as follows.[7]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 6 July | Wels | 2.5km (01.6miles) | Individual Time Trial | |||
| 1 | 7 July | Grieskirchen to Freistadt | 138.8km (86.2miles) | Medium mountain stage | |||
| 2 | 8 July | Zwettl to Wiener Neustadt | 176.9km (109.9miles) | Medium mountain stage | |||
| 3 | 9 July | Kirchschlag to Frohnleiten | 176.2km (109.5miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 4 | 10 July | Radstadt to Fuscher Törl | 103.5km (64.3miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 5 | 11 July | Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße to Kitzbühel | 161.9km (100.6miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 6 | 12 July | Kitzbühel to Kitzbüheler Horn | 116.7km (72.5miles) | Mountain stage | |||