After protest, Budzinski won triumphals in Ried!

After protest, Budzinski won triumphals in Ried!

Ried im Innkreis, Österreich - in Ried im Innkreis went on May 30, 2025 the 2nd stage of the 15th int. Raiffeisen Upper Austria tour across the stage, and it was a dramatic race with a gripping target sprint. Marcin Budzinski from Team Att Investments was able to enforce a protest against the disability by other drivers and secure the day's victory. Budzinski took a total time of 4:12:49 hours for the stage. This decision ensured great joy in the Att Investments warehouse and gives hope for further success. Tips was reported that a target sprint among a total of 95 participants, whereby Carlos Garcia Trejo from the Petrolike team was the first to cross the finish line, However, after the protest Budzinski emerged as the winner.

The racing dynamics was characterized by early attacks that made the favorites some difficulties. Initially, four outliers, including Josef Dirnbauer, were able to pull away with a lead of over three minutes. But as is often the case in cycling, the main field caught up with the outliers in good time, which led to an exciting mass sprint. The best Austrian on this day was Fabian Steininger from the WSA KTM Graz team, who took fourth place and was able to show a lot. My district also reports that also Marco Schrettl from Tirol KTM Cycling team appears strongly in the overall ranking and, as the best Austrian, is in twelve after the second day.

Details of the stage

Josef Dirnbauer from Schwingshandl Cycling Team also caused a sensation by winning all three mountain ratings and thus securing the coveted mountain jersey. Lorenzo Galimberti from Team Petrolike remains overall with a total time of 4:21:09 hours despite the events. The exciting overall classification is supplemented by Schrettl's tenth -day deficit to the top, which makes the next stage all the more exciting.

The racetrack that leads the drivers from Bad Schallerbach to Aigen/Schlägl is already coming up for tomorrow, May 31, 2025. Here the cyclists have 141 kilometers to cope with 2,310 meters of altitude, which will certainly provide exciting entertainment again. But the subsequent stage, which leads from Paneum St. Florian/Asten to Hinterstoder on June 1st, also promises to become challenging with 132.3 kilometers and 2,570 meters of altitude. As already mentioned , there is a risk of the decisive clinic and could therefore bring valuable points for the overall rating.