The 2017 Tour of Austria () was the 69th edition of the Tour of Austria cycling stage race. The -long race started in Graz on 2 July with a prologue individual time trial up the Schloßberg hill, and concluded in Wels on 8 July. The race consisted of 6 road stages and the aforementioned prologue, one stage less than the 2016 edition. The race was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.1 event. The race was won by home rider Stefan Denifl (), who took the first victory of his professional career. Denifl finished 37 seconds clear of Spain's Delio Fernández, riding for the squad, while the podium was completed by Colombian Miguel Ángel López of , 59 seconds down on Denifl but a winner of the race's queen stage to the Kitzbüheler Horn. In the race's other classifications, Sep Vanmarcke () was the winner of the points classification, Pieter Weening of was the winner of the mountains classification, while were the winners of the teams classification. Schedule The route for the race was announced on 9 June 2017. Participating teams Nineteen teams were initially scheduled to compete in the 2017 edition of the Tour of Austria, as announced on 9 June 2017. These included four UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, six UCI Continental teams and an Italian national team. were denied entry to the race, after the squad was banned for 30 days following the positive doping tests for Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni prior to the Giro d'Italia. Stages Prologue 2 July 2017 — Schloßberg (Graz), , individual time trial (ITT) Stage 1 3 July 2017 — Graz to Vienna, Stage 2 4 July 2017 — Vienna to Pöggstall, Stage 3 5 July 2017 — Wieselburg to Altheim, Stage 4 6 July 2017 — Salzburg Airport to Kitzbüheler Horn, Stage 5 7 July 2017 — Kitzbühel to Alpendorf, Stage 6 8 July 2017 — Alpendorf to Wels, Classification leadership table In the 2017 Tour of Austria, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except the prologue: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate