July 4, 2005 – The Tour of Austria began today with a 186.5km stage from
Linz to Salzburg. Today’s stage was won by Naturino-Sapore di Mare’s Sergio Marinangeli over Credit Agricole’s Eric Leblacher. Discovery Channel’s Michael Barry finished safely in the pack.

Stage 1

1. Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.19.33 (43.11 km/h)
2. Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole
3. Hans Peter Obwaller (Aut) Sava 0.35
4. Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Volksbank Leingruber Ideal 0.40
5. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 0.44
6. Michael Pichler (Aut) Arbö Resch & Frisch Eybl 3.36
7. Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.12
8. James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
9. Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil
10. Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
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60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 4:17