Rick Zabel kontynuuje rodzinne tradycje. Syn słynnego niemieckiego sprintera Erika Zabela odniósł swoje pierwsze zwycięstwo w karierze. Na finiszu w Judendorf wyprzedził Angela Vicioso i Jana Tratnika.
Trzeci etap wyścigu dookoła Austri ruszył z Windischgarten i prowadził Judendorf. Na odcinku 181 kilometrów usytuowane były 3 górskie premie. Około 10 kilometrów przed metą znajdował się ostatni podjazd tego dnia.
Podobnie jak poprzedniego dnia ucieczka nie była zbyt liczna. Już po kilku kilometrach przed peletonem kręcili Johny Hoogerland (Roompot Oranje), Michael Gogl (Tirol) oraz Dominik Hrinkow (Team Hrinkow). Po przejechaniu 50 kilometrów czołowa trójka miała ponad 5 minut zapasu nad grupą zasadniczą.
Wraz z upływem czasu różnica pomiędzy ucieczką, a peletonem wcale nie malała. Po zjeździe z drugiej górskiej premii Hoogerland, Gogl i Hrinkow wciąż utrzymywali sporą przewagę i na 40 kilometrów przed metą peleton tracił 4 minuty i 45 sekund i coraz realniejszy stawał się scenariusz, ze ucieczka przechytrzy główną grupę.
Peleton był w stanie odrobić na kolejnych 10 kilometrach minutę i coraz więcej zależało od tego ile sił zachowali ucieknierzy na ostatni podjazd. Tuż przed podjazdem z czołówki odpadł Hrinkow, ale do przodu wyrwał Gatis Smukulis (IAM) i dołączył do pozostałem dwójki.
Ostatecznie na zjazdach w stronę mety peleton dogonił śmiałków i o zwycięstwie zadecydował sprint z peletonu. W nim najlepszy okazał się Rick Zabel (BMC), który zrobił tym samym prezent urodzinowy dla swojego ojca Erika Zabela. Drugi na kresce był Angel Vicioso (Katusha), a trzecie miejsce zajął Jan Tratnik (Amplatz – BMC).
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Wyniki etapu:
| Miejsce | Nazwisko | Kraj | Drużyna | Czas |
| 1 | Rick ZABEL | GER | BMC | 4:23:06 |
| 2 | Angel VICIOSO ARCOS | ESP | KAT | +0 |
| 3 | Jan TRATNIK | SLO | AMP | +0 |
| 4 | Kristian SBARAGLI | ITA | MTN | +0 |
| 5 | Romain HARDY | FRA | COF | +0 |
| 6 | Marco MARCATO | ITA | WGG | +0 |
| 7 | Brent BOOKWALTER | USA | BMC | +0 |
| 8 | Andi BAJC | SLO | AMP | +0 |
| 9 | Troels Ronning VINTHER | DEN | CLT | +0 |
| 10 | Clément KORETZKY | FRA | VBG | +0 |
| 11 | Christian Mager | GER | CLT | +0 |
| 12 | Eduard VORGANOV | RUS | KAT | +0 |
| 13 | Maciej PATERSKI | POL | CCC | +0 |
| 14 | Ben HERMANS | BEL | BMC | +0 |
| 15 | Mike TERPSTRA | NED | ROP | +0 |
| 16 | Pierre-Roger LATOUR | FRA | ALM | +0 |
| 17 | Marc DEMAAR | NED | ROP | +0 |
| 18 | David TANNER | AUS | IAM | +0 |
| 19 | Florian BISSINGER | GER | WSA | +0 |
| 20 | Matija KVASINA | CRO | RWS | +0 |
| 21 | Pawel POLJANSKI | POL | TCS | +0 |
| 22 | Amaël MOINARD | FRA | BMC | +0 |
| 23 | Robert KISERLOVSKI | CRO | TCS | +0 |
| 24 | Peter KUSZTOR | HUN | AMP | +0 |
| 25 | Moreno MOSER | ITA | TCG | +0 |
| 26 | Bruno PIRES | POR | TCS | +0 |
| 27 | Víctor DE LA PARTE | ESP | VBG | +0 |
| 28 | Gerald CIOLEK | GER | MTN | +0 |
| 29 | Stephan RABITSCH | AUT | RWS | +0 |
| 30 | Marinus Cornelis MINNAARD | NED | WGG | +0 |
| 31 | Rudy MOLARD | FRA | COF | +0 |
| 32 | Huub DUYN | NED | ROP | +0 |
| 33 | Evgeny PETROV | RUS | TCS | +0 |
| 34 | Clemens FANKHAUSER | AUT | HAC | +0 |
| 35 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | DEN | TCS | +0 |
| 36 | Gustav LARSSON | SWE | CLT | +0 |
| 37 | Julien EL FARES | FRA | M13 | +0 |
| 38 | Daniel PAULUS | AUT | VBG | +0 |
| 39 | Branislau SAMOILAU | BLR | CCC | +0 |
| 40 | Jure GOLCER | SLO | RWS | +0 |
| 41 | Stefan DENIFL | AUT | IAM | +0 |
| 42 | Lawrence WARBASSE | USA | IAM | +0 |
| 43 | Karel HNIK | CZE | CLT | +0 |
| 44 | Dennis PAULUS | AUT | AMP | +0 |
| 45 | Guillaume BONNAFOND | FRA | ALM | +0 |
| 46 | Mirko SELVAGGI | ITA | WGG | +0 |
| 47 | Hubert DUPONT | FRA | ALM | +0 |
| 48 | Natnael BERHANE | ERI | MTN | +0 |
| 49 | Stéphane ROSSETTO | FRA | COF | +0 |
| 50 | Jan HIRT | CZE | CCC | +0 |
| 51 | Linus GERDEMANN | GER | CLT | +0 |
| 52 | Florian GAUGL | AUT | WSA | +0 |
| 53 | Frederik BACKAERT | BEL | WGG | +0 |
| 54 | Dylan TEUNS | BEL | BMC | +0 |
| 55 | Leszek PLUCINSKI | POL | CCC | +0 |
| 56 | Sébastian BALDAUF | GER | HAC | +0 |
| 57 | Thomas DEGAND | BEL | IAM | +0 |
| 58 | Sebastian SCHÖNBERGER | AUT | TIR | +0 |
| 59 | Tom Jelte SLAGTER | NED | TCG | +0 |
| 60 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | AUT | RWS | +0 |
| 61 | Francis DE GREEF | BEL | WGG | +0 |
| 62 | Gregor MUHLBERGER | AUT | RWS | +0 |
| 63 | Nicolas BALDO | FRA | VBG | +0 |
| 64 | Romain LEMARCHAND | FRA | CLT | +0 |
| 65 | Davide VILLELLA | ITA | TCG | +0 |
| 66 | Clement CHEVRIER | FRA | IAM | +0 |
| 67 | Lukasz OWSIAN | POL | CCC | +0 |
| 68 | Sylwester SZMYD | POL | CCC | +0 |
| 69 | Sven erik BYSTRØM | NOR | KAT | +0 |
| 70 | Egor SILIN | RUS | KAT | +0 |
| 71 | David WÖHRER | AUT | TIR | +2:52 |
| 72 | Manuel SENNI | ITA | BMC | +2:52 |
| 73 | Alessandro TONELLI | ITA | BAR | +3:36 |
| 74 | Andrea PIECHELE | ITA | BAR | +3:36 |
| 75 | Jan SOKOL | AUT | WSA | +3:36 |
| 76 | Matthias KRIZEK | AUT | RWS | +3:36 |
| 77 | Stefan PRAXMARER | AUT | TIR | +3:36 |
| 78 | Yoann PAILLOT | FRA | M13 | +3:36 |
| 79 | Alexandre BLAIN | FRA | M13 | +3:36 |
| 80 | Simone STERBINI | ITA | BAR | +3:36 |
| 81 | Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN | NED | ROP | +3:36 |
| 82 | Joel ZANGERLE | LUX | CLT | +3:36 |
| 83 | Reinier HONIG | NED | ROP | +3:36 |
| 84 | Rémy DI GREGORIO | FRA | M13 | +3:36 |
| 85 | Evaldas SISKEVICIUS | LTU | M13 | +3:36 |
| 86 | Cyril LEMOINE | FRA | COF | +3:36 |
| 87 | Youcef REGUIGUI | ALG | MTN | +3:36 |
| 88 | Jesper HANSEN | DEN | TCS | +3:36 |
| 89 | Matej MOHORIC | SLO | TCG | +3:36 |
| 90 | Andreas UMHALLER | AUT | AMP | +4:49 |
| 91 | Martin WEISS | AUT | TIR | +4:49 |
| 92 | Grischa JANORSCHKE | GER | VBG | +4:49 |
| 93 | Hans-Jörg LEOPOLD | AUT | WSA | +4:49 |
| 94 | Martin SCHÖFFMANN | AUT | RWS | +4:49 |
| 95 | Berden DE VRIES | NED | ROP | +4:49 |
| 96 | Alexander MEIER | GER | HAC | +4:49 |
| 97 | Markus GOETZ | AUT | WSA | +4:49 |
| 98 | Johann VAN ZYL | RSA | MTN | +4:49 |
| 99 | Maximilian KUEN | AUT | AMP | +4:49 |
| 100 | Jaco VENTER | RSA | MTN | +4:49 |
| 101 | Quentin JAUREGUI | FRA | ALM | +4:49 |
| 102 | Clément VENTURINI | FRA | COF | +6:59 |
| 103 | Michael TAFERNER | AUT | WSA | +8:06 |
| 104 | Adrien PETIT | FRA | COF | +8:06 |
| 105 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | BEL | WGG | +8:06 |
| 106 | Patrick JÄGER | AUT | VBG | +8:06 |
| 107 | Alexander BRUS | AUT | WSA | +8:06 |
| 108 | Benjamin KING | USA | TCG | +8:06 |
| 109 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | NOR | TCG | +8:06 |
| 110 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | NOR | IAM | +8:06 |
| 111 | Paolo SIMION | ITA | BAR | +8:06 |
| 112 | Jay Robert THOMSON | RSA | MTN | +8:06 |
| 113 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | GER | TCG | +8:06 |
| 114 | Luca STERBINI | ITA | BAR | +8:06 |
| 115 | Joseph ROSSKOPF | USA | BMC | +8:06 |
| 116 | Peter VELITS | SVK | BMC | +8:06 |
| 117 | Songezo JIM | RSA | MTN | +8:06 |
| 118 | Florian SCHIPFLINGER | AUT | TIR | +8:06 |
| 119 | Matej MARIN | SLO | RWS | +8:06 |
| 120 | Andreas WALZEL | AUT | VBG | +8:06 |
| 121 | Vladimir ISAYCHEV | RUS | KAT | +8:06 |
| 122 | Andrea MANFREDI | ITA | BAR | +8:06 |
| 123 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | ESP | TCS | +8:06 |
| 124 | Oliver ZAUGG | SUI | TCS | +8:06 |
| 125 | Gert JOEAAR | EST | COF | +8:06 |
| 126 | Clement SAINT MARTIN | FRA | M13 | +8:06 |
| 127 | Daniel LEHNER | AUT | VBG | +8:06 |
| 128 | Andreas GRAF | AUT | HAC | +8:06 |
| 129 | Bartlomiej MATYSIAK | POL | CCC | +8:06 |
| 130 | Gatis SMUKULIS | LAT | KAT | +8:06 |
| 131 | Jan GHYSELINCK | BEL | WGG | +8:06 |
| 132 | Mateusz TACIAK | POL | CCC | +8:06 |
| 133 | Biel KADRI | FRA | ALM | +8:06 |
| 134 | Rinaldo NOCENTINI | ITA | ALM | +8:06 |
| 135 | Alexis GOUGEARD | FRA | ALM | +8:06 |
| 136 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | LTU | ALM | +8:06 |
| 137 | Marek CANECKY | SVK | AMP | +8:06 |
| 138 | Dries DEVENYNS | BEL | IAM | +8:06 |
| 139 | Dejan BAJT | SLO | AMP | +8:06 |
| 140 | Patrick SCHELLING | SUI | IAM | +8:06 |
| 141 | Johnny HOOGERLAND | NED | ROP | +8:06 |
| 142 | Etienne VAN EMPEL | NED | ROP | +8:06 |
| 143 | Michael GOGL | AUT | TIR | +8:06 |
| 144 | Mario SCHOIBL | AUT | TIR | +8:06 |
| 145 | Clément PENVEN | FRA | M13 | +9:01 |
| 146 | Ignatas KONOVALOVAS | LTU | M13 | +9:01 |
| 147 | Josef BENETSEDER | AUT | HAC | +11:03 |
| 148 | Dominik HRINKOW | AUT | HAC | +11:03 |
| 149 | Lukas PÖSTLBERGER | AUT | TIR | +11:03 |
| 150 | Daniel AUER | AUT | WSA | +11:03 |
| 151 | Andreas MUELLER | AUT | HAC | +11:03 |
| 152 | Simone ANDREETTA | ITA | BAR | +11:03 |
| DNF | Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ | ESP | KAT |
Klasyfikacja generalna:
| Miejsce | Nazwisko | Kraj | Drużyna | Czas |
| 1 | Angel VICIOSO ARCOS | ESP | KAT | 14:24:36 |
| 2 | Gerald CIOLEK | GER | MTN | +1 |
| 3 | Rick ZABEL | GER | BMC | +2 |
| 4 | David TANNER | AUS | IAM | +5 |
| 5 | Sven erik BYSTRØM | NOR | KAT | +5 |
| 6 | Eduard VORGANOV | RUS | KAT | +7 |
| 7 | Egor SILIN | RUS | KAT | +7 |
| 8 | Natnael BERHANE | ERI | MTN | +8 |
| 9 | Ben HERMANS | BEL | BMC | +12 |
| 10 | Brent BOOKWALTER | USA | BMC | +12 |
| 11 | Amaël MOINARD | FRA | BMC | +12 |
| 12 | Dylan TEUNS | BEL | BMC | +12 |
| 13 | Romain HARDY | FRA | COF | +15 |
| 14 | Rudy MOLARD | FRA | COF | +15 |
| 15 | Stéphane ROSSETTO | FRA | COF | +15 |
| 16 | Tom Jelte SLAGTER | NED | TCG | +15 |
| 17 | Stephan RABITSCH | AUT | RWS | +15 |
| 18 | Moreno MOSER | ITA | TCG | +15 |
| 19 | Thomas DEGAND | BEL | IAM | +15 |
| 20 | Clement CHEVRIER | FRA | IAM | +15 |
| 21 | Davide VILLELLA | ITA | TCG | +15 |
| 22 | Jan TRATNIK | SLO | AMP | +16 |
| 23 | Peter KUSZTOR | HUN | AMP | +16 |
| 24 | Matija KVASINA | CRO | RWS | +17 |
| 25 | Stefan DENIFL | AUT | IAM | +17 |
| 26 | Jure GOLCER | SLO | RWS | +17 |
| 27 | Gregor MUHLBERGER | AUT | RWS | +17 |
| 28 | Felix GROSSSCHARTNER | AUT | RWS | +17 |
| 29 | Lawrence WARBASSE | USA | IAM | +17 |
| 30 | Pierre-Roger LATOUR | FRA | ALM | +18 |
| 31 | Hubert DUPONT | FRA | ALM | +18 |
| 32 | Marc DEMAAR | NED | ROP | +18 |
| 33 | Andi BAJC | SLO | AMP | +20 |
| 34 | Maciej PATERSKI | POL | CCC | +21 |
| 35 | Huub DUYN | NED | ROP | +21 |
| 36 | Jan HIRT | CZE | CCC | +21 |
| 37 | Leszek PLUCINSKI | POL | CCC | +21 |
| 38 | Sylwester SZMYD | POL | CCC | +21 |
| 39 | Branislau SAMOILAU | BLR | CCC | +21 |
| 40 | Mirko SELVAGGI | ITA | WGG | +23 |
| 41 | Marinus Cornelis MINNAARD | NED | WGG | +23 |
| 42 | Marco MARCATO | ITA | WGG | +23 |
| 43 | Francis DE GREEF | BEL | WGG | +23 |
| 44 | Frederik BACKAERT | BEL | WGG | +23 |
| 45 | Robert KISERLOVSKI | CRO | TCS | +24 |
| 46 | Pawel POLJANSKI | POL | TCS | +24 |
| 47 | Bruno PIRES | POR | TCS | +24 |
| 48 | Florian BISSINGER | GER | WSA | +24 |
| 49 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | DEN | TCS | +24 |
| 50 | Julien EL FARES | FRA | M13 | +24 |
| 51 | Troels Ronning VINTHER | DEN | CLT | +28 |
| 52 | Clément KORETZKY | FRA | VBG | +28 |
| 53 | Christian Mager | GER | CLT | +28 |
| 54 | Víctor DE LA PARTE | ESP | VBG | +28 |
| 55 | Romain LEMARCHAND | FRA | CLT | +28 |
| 56 | Linus GERDEMANN | GER | CLT | +28 |
| 57 | Karel HNIK | CZE | CLT | +28 |
| 58 | Gustav LARSSON | SWE | CLT | +28 |
| 59 | Sébastian BALDAUF | GER | HAC | +28 |
| 60 | Nicolas BALDO | FRA | VBG | +28 |
| 61 | Clemens FANKHAUSER | AUT | HAC | +28 |
| 62 | Daniel PAULUS | AUT | VBG | +44 |
| 63 | Lukasz OWSIAN | POL | CCC | +50 |
| 64 | Dennis PAULUS | AUT | AMP | +54 |
| 65 | Sebastian SCHÖNBERGER | AUT | TIR | +54 |
| 66 | Mike TERPSTRA | NED | ROP | +58 |
| 67 | Kristian SBARAGLI | ITA | MTN | +1:22 |
| 68 | Evgeny PETROV | RUS | TCS | +1:55 |
| 69 | Manuel SENNI | ITA | BMC | +3:04 |
| 70 | Matthias KRIZEK | AUT | RWS | +3:51 |
| 71 | Matej MOHORIC | SLO | TCG | +3:51 |
| 72 | David WÖHRER | AUT | TIR | +3:54 |
| 73 | Yoann PAILLOT | FRA | M13 | +3:55 |
| 74 | Jesper HANSEN | DEN | TCS | +4:00 |
| 75 | Rémy DI GREGORIO | FRA | M13 | +4:00 |
| 76 | Cyril LEMOINE | FRA | COF | +4:14 |
| 77 | Reinier HONIG | NED | ROP | +4:30 |
| 78 | Guillaume BONNAFOND | FRA | ALM | +4:30 |
| 79 | Alessandro TONELLI | ITA | BAR | +4:38 |
| 80 | Simone STERBINI | ITA | BAR | +4:40 |
| 81 | Alexander MEIER | GER | HAC | +5:17 |
| 82 | Martin WEISS | AUT | TIR | +5:22 |
| 83 | Maximilian KUEN | AUT | AMP | +5:28 |
| 84 | Hans-Jörg LEOPOLD | AUT | WSA | +5:42 |
| 85 | Markus GOETZ | AUT | WSA | +6:16 |
| 86 | Martin SCHÖFFMANN | AUT | RWS | +6:37 |
| 87 | Evaldas SISKEVICIUS | LTU | M13 | +7:02 |
| 88 | Clément VENTURINI | FRA | COF | +7:08 |
| 89 | Benjamin KING | USA | TCG | +8:19 |
| 90 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE | GER | TCG | +8:21 |
| 91 | Kristoffer SKJERPING | NOR | TCG | +8:21 |
| 92 | Gert JOEAAR | EST | COF | +8:29 |
| 93 | Florian GAUGL | AUT | WSA | +8:41 |
| 94 | Patrick SCHELLING | SUI | IAM | +8:50 |
| 95 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | BEL | WGG | +8:58 |
| 96 | Bartlomiej MATYSIAK | POL | CCC | +9:26 |
| 97 | Johann VAN ZYL | RSA | MTN | +9:27 |
| 98 | Matej MARIN | SLO | RWS | +9:35 |
| 99 | Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ | ESP | TCS | +9:58 |
| 100 | Oliver ZAUGG | SUI | TCS | +10:01 |
| 101 | Jaco VENTER | RSA | MTN | +10:05 |
| 102 | Andreas GRAF | AUT | HAC | +10:07 |
| 103 | Clement SAINT MARTIN | FRA | M13 | +10:13 |
| 104 | Josef BENETSEDER | AUT | HAC | +11:31 |
| 105 | Quentin JAUREGUI | FRA | ALM | +11:32 |
| 106 | Youcef REGUIGUI | ALG | MTN | +12:01 |
| 107 | Biel KADRI | FRA | ALM | +12:02 |
| 108 | Simone ANDREETTA | ITA | BAR | +12:05 |
| 109 | Alexandre BLAIN | FRA | M13 | +12:17 |
| 110 | Jan SOKOL | AUT | WSA | +12:17 |
| 111 | Stefan PRAXMARER | AUT | TIR | +12:26 |
| 112 | Andrea PIECHELE | ITA | BAR | +12:26 |
| 113 | Rinaldo NOCENTINI | ITA | ALM | +12:36 |
| 114 | Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN | NED | ROP | +12:44 |
| 115 | Joseph ROSSKOPF | USA | BMC | +12:48 |
| 116 | Ignatas KONOVALOVAS | LTU | M13 | +13:25 |
| 117 | Andreas UMHALLER | AUT | AMP | +13:26 |
| 118 | Berden DE VRIES | NED | ROP | +13:27 |
| 119 | Grischa JANORSCHKE | GER | VBG | +13:34 |
| 120 | Michael GOGL | AUT | TIR | +14:14 |
| 121 | Joel ZANGERLE | LUX | CLT | +15:24 |
| 122 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | NOR | IAM | +16:28 |
| 123 | Dries DEVENYNS | BEL | IAM | +16:38 |
| 124 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | LTU | ALM | +16:41 |
| 125 | Alexis GOUGEARD | FRA | ALM | +16:41 |
| 126 | Marek CANECKY | SVK | AMP | +16:43 |
| 127 | Paolo SIMION | ITA | BAR | +16:50 |
| 128 | Johnny HOOGERLAND | NED | ROP | +16:55 |
| 129 | Andrea MANFREDI | ITA | BAR | +16:56 |
| 130 | Jan GHYSELINCK | BEL | WGG | +16:56 |
| 131 | Luca STERBINI | ITA | BAR | +16:58 |
| 132 | Etienne VAN EMPEL | NED | ROP | +17:12 |
| 133 | Adrien PETIT | FRA | COF | +17:33 |
| 134 | Peter VELITS | SVK | BMC | +18:41 |
| 135 | Lukas PÖSTLBERGER | AUT | TIR | +19:53 |
| 136 | Mateusz TACIAK | POL | CCC | +20:44 |
| 137 | Vladimir ISAYCHEV | RUS | KAT | +21:18 |
| 138 | Alexander BRUS | AUT | WSA | +22:08 |
| 139 | Daniel AUER | AUT | WSA | +22:59 |
| 140 | Florian SCHIPFLINGER | AUT | TIR | +23:03 |
| 141 | Gatis SMUKULIS | LAT | KAT | +23:05 |
| 142 | Dejan BAJT | SLO | AMP | +23:34 |
| 143 | Mario SCHOIBL | AUT | TIR | +23:46 |
| 144 | Andreas WALZEL | AUT | VBG | +24:19 |
| 145 | Jay Robert THOMSON | RSA | MTN | +24:32 |
| 146 | Dominik HRINKOW | AUT | HAC | +24:55 |
| 147 | Daniel LEHNER | AUT | VBG | +24:59 |
| 148 | Patrick JÄGER | AUT | VBG | +25:02 |
| 149 | Clément PENVEN | FRA | M13 | +27:53 |
| 150 | Songezo JIM | RSA | MTN | +34:20 |
| 151 | Andreas MUELLER | AUT | HAC | +34:25 |
| 152 | Michael TAFERNER | AUT | WSA | +36:11 |
