The biggest favourite on paper is Preidler, but you can't discount some other fast riders.
As the last of the amateurs animating the race is caught on the penultimate uphill we see Paulus accelerating from the pack.
Paulus continues his attack on the downhill. He has Grossschartner and Pernsteiner as the closest followers. A bit further back are Brändle and Preidler.
Pernsteiner now leading the way with less than 5 km to go.
1.5 km left, looks like the title will be decided between these 3 riders.
Daniel Paulus holds on to win the Austrian title ahead of Pernsteiner and Grossschartner.
Results
1
Daniel Paulus
Tafjord Kraft
1h58'14
2
Hermann Pernsteiner
Jura - Fiat
s.t.
3
Felix Grossschartner
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
4
Georg Preidler
MOL
+ 8
5
Matthias Brändle
Red Bull Zalgiris
+ 24
6
David Wohrer
Aker - MOT
+ 39
7
Markus Kopfauf
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
8
Benjamin Brkic
Grieg-Maersk
s.t.
9
Sebastian Schönberger
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
10
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
+ 59
11
Andreas Hofer
Indosat Ooredoo
+ 1'06
12
Riccardo Zoidl
Philips - Force India
+ 1'16
13
Lukas Postlberger
Polar
+ 1'27
14
Patrick Gamper
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
s.t.
15
Jodok Salzmann
Farfetch Pro Cycling
s.t.
16
Matthias Krizek
Red Bull Zalgiris
+ 2'40
17
Michael Gogl
Tafjord Kraft
s.t.
18
Martin Weiss
Tafjord Kraft
+ 2'52
20
Tobias Bayer
Red Bull Zalgiris
+ 3'22
21
Daniel Schorn
Tafjord Kraft
+ 3'38
Austrian National Championships - Time Trial
Race Profile
The favourites for the time-trial are Brändle, Hofer and Postlberger.
Gamper sets the early marker.
1h05'57''
Zoidl falls short of that into 2nd place.
1h06'23''
Postlberger, an outside favourite for today also fails to bear young Gamper.
1h06'04''
Hofer on the other hand makes no 'mistake' and comfortably sets the best time.
1h04'58''
It's all down to Brändle now. No problems for the accomplished time-trial specialist, he finishes another 32'' faster.
1h04'27''
So Matthias Brändle retains his national time-trial title.
Austrian National Championships - Road Race 
