You are splitting hairs too finely. The Techniums weren’t really race bikes but they weren’t touring bikes either. They had longer chainstays, longer wheelbases, and more relaxed geometry than a race bike but they weren’t as long and relaxed as a touring bike. They were somewhere in the middle which is exactly what a “sport tour” bike is supposed to be. And, like most hybrid ideas, it did neither job all that spectacularly. It was too long and the handling too slow for a race bike and it was too short and the handling too fast for a touring bike.