38th Int. Cycling Youth Tour East Styria - Prologue in Bad Loipersdorf/Thermenresort

What's it about?

East Styria will once again become the center of international cycling from August 26-30. Following last year's great success, 25 international teams from 14 nations are expected again this year - including many young talents between 15 and 17 years old, who will present themselves on their way to professional cycling. Bad Loipersdorf and Therme Loipersdorf have been gained as a new stage location. In the south of the region, it marks the start of the tour: an exciting individual time trial (prologue) over 3.1 kilometers around the thermal spa opens the tour and already creates the first time gaps and great emotions on the first day. The 2026 route spans across/throughout East Styria - from the south in Bad Loipersdorf to the north to Waldbach-Mönichwald, Vorau, Birkfeld, and Friedberg. In between are other central stations of the tour: Hartberg, Stubenberg am See, Pöllau, and Weiz.