The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Broniš in last place.
Matej Mugerli is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2008, and from 2011 to 2020 for the Liquigas, Perutnina Ptuj, Adria Mobil, Synergy Baku and SPORT.LAND. Niederösterreich teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Hrinkow Advarics.
Borut Božič is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018 for the Perutnina Ptuj, Team LPR, Cycle Collstrop, Vacansoleil–DCM, Astana, Cofidis and Bahrain–Merida teams.
Team Vorarlberg is a cycling team based in Austria. The team was founded in 1999 by the twin brothers Thomas Kofler and Johannes Kofler and previously known as Team Volksbank. In 2009, the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg replaced Volksbank as title sponsor. In 2006 it became the first ever Austrian professional cycling team and was registered as a UCI Professional Continental team until June 2010, when their UCI license was suspended due to financial insecurity. The team was later re-registered as a UCI Continental team, and retained that status in 2011.
Radoslav Rogina is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2020, for the Tenax, Perutnina Ptuj, Loborika and Adria Mobil teams. Rogina represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics when he finished 25th in the road race event. He represented Croatia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London finishing 41st in road race.
Sport in Slovenia consists of a wide range of team and individual sports. The most popular team sports are football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, and handball. While the most popular individual sports are skiing, ski jumping, athletics, cycling, and tennis. Slovenia has competed at fifteen Olympic Games since its inaugural appearance at the 1992 Winter Olympics and is also known for its extreme sport athletes, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel and extreme skier Davo Karničar.
Adria Mobil is a Continental cycling team founded in 1972. It is based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Kristijan Koren is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil.
Gregor Gazvoda is a Slovenian former professional racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Tirol KTM Cycling Team.
Team Felt–Felbermayr is a UCI Continental team founded in 2004. The team is based in Austria and participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Kristijan Đurasek is a Croatian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He has been competing since 2005, and has represented Croatia at two Summer Olympic Games, in 2012 and 2016.
Matija Kvasina is a Croatian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels. He finished 56th in the road race and 38th in the road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2017, Kvasina was given a four-year doping suspension after a positive drugs test at that year's Flèche du Sud.
Team Ljubljana Gusto Santic is a Slovenian cycling team founded in 1949, which has competed as a UCI Continental team since 2005. It participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Synergy Baku Cycling Project was an Azerbaijani UCI Continental cycling team managed by Jeremy Hunt and sponsored by Synergy Group.
Mitja Mahorič is a Slovenian cyclist. He won the mountain race of the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2001 and 2003 as well as the Tour of Slovenia in 2003 and 2004.
Matej Marin was a Slovenian professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2015 for the Perutnina Ptuj and Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels teams. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Boštjan Mervar is a Slovenian former professional cyclist. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil.
The 2003 Tour of Slovenia was the 9th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 6 and 11 May 2003.
The 2004 Tour of Slovenia was the 11th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 4 and 9 May 2004.
