July 7, 2010 (Grossglockner, Austria) – The International Tour of Austria continues parallel to the Tour de France, with Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia in control of the race after four stages. Ricco is back to his winning ways after a suspension for the use of CERA. Canada’s Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team is the sole Canuck among the ranks and seems to be having a tough tour. He’s currently ranked 118th.

Results (brief)

Stage 2
1. Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 4:24:22
2. Emanuele Sella (Ita) CarmioOro NGC 0:53
3. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) CarmioOro NGC
4. Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1:43
5. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 2:11
6. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team 2:15
7. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha 2:37
8. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 2:53
9. Andrea Noé (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 3:08
10. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha 3:13

121. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team 15:48

Stage 3
1. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3:24:09
2. Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) ISD – Neri
3. Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
4. Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack
5. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 0:31
6. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD – Neri 0:40
7. Thomas Kvist Vedel (Den) Quick Step
8. Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
9. Matthias Brändle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
10. Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Androni Giocattoli

108. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team 18:20

Stage 4
1. Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 3:40:35
2. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) CarmioOro NGC 0:41
3. Emanuele Sella (Ita) CarmioOro NGC
4. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha 1:08
5. Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Androni Giocattoli 1:56
6. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack
7. Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
8. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha 2:11
9. Ben Hermanns (Bel) Team Radioshack 2:22
10. John Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team 2:32

112. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team 19:04

GC after Stage 4
1. Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 15:08:04
2. Emanuele Sella (Ita) CarmioOro NGC 1:44
3. Sergio Pardilla (Spa) CarmioOro NGC
4. Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 3:59
5. Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack 4:27
6. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha 4:41
7. John Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team 5:07
8. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha 5:08
9. Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) ISD – Neri 5:37
10. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 5:47

118. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team 52:51