Tour of Slovenia

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Tour of Slovenia
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Race details
DateMay (until 2004)
June (from 2005)
RegionSlovenia
English nameTour of Slovenia
Local name(s)Dirka po Sloveniji (in Slovene)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI ProSeries (since 2020) [1]
Type Stage race
OrganiserCiklotour (1993-1997)
KK Adria Mobil (from 1998)
Race directorBogdan Fink
Web site tourofslovenia.si/en/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1993 (1993)
Editions29 (as of 2023)
First winner Flag of Slovenia.svg Boris Premužič
Most wins5 riders with 2 wins each [lower-alpha 1]
Most recent Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Zana

Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road cycling stage race held since 1993.

Contents

Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Race made a signicifant progress and importance with more and more international recognition over the years. From the unknown local third class race in the beginnings, it is now part of the world's second tier level of road cycling with world class athletes. In 2017, when Slovenian Tourist Organisation (STO) decided to start promoting country's trademark, its green landscape, on Eurosport 1 and 2, was a huge game changer. All five stages of the race are being broadcast live in about 120 countries all over the world. [6]

World class cyclists such as Rigoberto Urán, Rafał Majka, Primož Roglič, Jakob Fuglsang, Vincenzo Nibali and Tadej Pogačar competed here in the course of their careers and brought the international attention.

In 2017, they introduced green jersey for general classification, representing country's green nature.

Along with the Tour de Suisse, it is the last top level preparatory stage race before Tour de France. Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) retired 2023, new President is Bogdan Fink.

Winners

Overall wins per country

WinsCountry
14Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Meeting in 2023, 30 years after first race: (from left) Boris Lozej, Srecko Glivar (2nd in 1993), Boris Premuzic (1993 Winner), Gorazd Stangelj (3rd in 1993), Primoz Cerin, Martin Hvastija, Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) and Bogdan Fink (Organizing Director) Tour of Slovenia 30years.jpg
Meeting in 2023, 30 years after first race: (from left) Boris Lozej, Srečko Glivar (2nd in 1993), Boris Premužič (1993 Winner), Gorazd Štangelj (3rd in 1993), Primož Čerin, Martin Hvastija, Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) and Bogdan Fink (Organizing Director)
Race in 2011
Race in 2019 2019 Tour of Slovenia (Stage 1).jpg
Race in 2019
Race in 2021 2021 Tour of Slovenia (start of Stage 5 in Ljubljana).jpg
Race in 2021

Top 3 results

YearFirstSecondThird
↓ Amateur race ↓
1993 Flag of Slovenia.svg Boris Premužič Flag of Slovenia.svg Srečko Glivar Flag of Slovenia.svg Gorazd Štangelj
1994 Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Steinhauser Flag of Slovenia.svg Boris Premužič Flag of Slovenia.svg Sandi Papež
↓ Semi‑Pro Open race ↓
1995 Flag of Slovenia.svg Valter Bonča Flag of Slovenia.svg Boris Premužič Flag of Italy.svg Marco Antonio Di Renzo
UCI‑5 race ↓
1996 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Di Silvestro Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Giraldi Flag of Italy.svg Marco Antonio Di Renzo
1997cancelled due to financial reasons [lower-alpha 2] [7]
1998 Flag of Slovenia.svg Branko Filip Flag of Slovenia.svg Gorazd Štangelj Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavel Shumanov
1999 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Timothy Jones Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Valjavec Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Panetta
UCI‑2.5 race ↓
2000 Flag of Slovenia.svg Martin Derganc Flag of Croatia.svg Vladimir Miholjević Flag of Slovenia.svg Boris Premužič
2001 Flag of Russia.svg Faat Zakirov Flag of Slovenia.svg Martin Derganc Flag of Croatia.svg Vladimir Miholjević
2002 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeni Petrov Flag of Slovenia.svg Dean Podgornik Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Hempel
2003 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mitja Mahorič Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Golčer Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Matzbacher
2004 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mitja Mahorič Flag of Belarus.svg Aleksandr Kuschynski Flag of Slovenia.svg Matic Strgar
2005 Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Niemiec Flag of Italy.svg Fortunato Baliani Flag of Croatia.svg Radoslav Rogina
2006 Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Golčer
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaž Nose [8]
Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Niemiec

Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Kišerlovski

2007 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaž Nose Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Nibali Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Noè
2008 Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Golčer Flag of Italy.svg Franco Pellizotti Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Kišerlovski
2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Jakob Fuglsang Flag of Slovenia.svg Tomaž Nose Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Pozzovivo
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Nibali Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Visconti Flag of Denmark.svg Chris Anker Sørensen
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Diego Ulissi Flag of Croatia.svg Radoslav Rogina Flag of Slovenia.svg Robert Vrečer
2012 Flag of Slovenia.svg Janez Brajkovič Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Pozzovivo Flag of Slovenia.svg Kristijan Koren
2013 Flag of Croatia.svg Radoslav Rogina Flag of Slovenia.svg Jan Polanc Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Sinkewitz
2014 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Machado Flag of Russia.svg Ilnur Zakarin Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rabottini
2015 Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Nieve Flag of Slovenia.svg Jure Golčer
2016 Flag of Estonia.svg Rein Taaramäe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Haig Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Bárta
2017 Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Majka Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Visconti Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Haig
2018 Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič Flag of Colombia.svg Rigoberto Urán Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Mohorič
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Diego Ulissi Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Visconti Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Vlasov
2020cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia [9]
2021 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar Flag of Italy.svg Diego Ulissi Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Sobrero
2022 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Majka Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Novak
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Zana Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Mohorič Flag of Italy.svg Diego Ulissi

Classifications

Current jersey colors

GeneralPointsMountainsYoung rider
Jersey green 2.svg Jersey red.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey white.svg

List of all jersey winners by years

Jersey colors changed many times over the years. There were also Best Slovenian (1993) and Delo's sprints (1996) classifications.

GeneralPointsMountainsYoung riderTeamIntermediate sprints
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey green.svg
1993 Boris Premužič Boštjan Mervar Gianluca Pianegonda Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia 1 Boštjan Mervar
1994 Tobias Steinhauser Tobias Steinhauser Tobias Steinhauser Branko Filip Slovenia Jens Lehmann
1995 Valter Bonča Luca Pavanello Marco Di Renzo Sergej Autko Italy Frank Høj
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey pink.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey green.svg
1996 Lorenzo Di Silvestro Lorenzo Di Silvestro Alexander Vinokourov Tadej Valjavec Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. Alexander Vinokourov
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey green.svg
1998 Branko Filip Andrej Hauptman Igor Kranjec Mitja Mahorič Krka Telekom Igor Kranjec
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey green.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey blue.svg
1999 Timothy Jones Gabriele Balducci Martin Derganc Tadej Valjavec Krka Telekom Martin Derganc
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey green.svg
2000 Martin Derganc Mitja Mahorič Mitja Mahorič Matej Gnezda Krka Telekom Uroš Murn
2001 Faat Zakirov Faat Zakirov Matej Marin Filippo Baldo Amore & Vita-Beretta Radoslav Rogina
2002 Evgeni Petrov Evgeni Petrov Dean Podgornik Patrik Sinkewitz Mapei–Quick-Step Hannes Hempel
2003 Mitja Mahorič Boštjan Mervar Christian Heule Aldo Ino Ilešič Team Macandina Andreas Matzbacher
2004 Mitja Mahorič Matic Strgar Matic Strgar Matic Strgar Krka Novo mesto Jonas Ljungblad
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey white.svg
2005 Przemysław Niemiec Ruggero Marzoli Przemysław Niemiec Janez Brajkovič Miche not awarded
2006 Jure Golčer Borut Božič Matej Gnezda Robert Kišerlovski Adria Mobil
2007 Tomaž Nose Vincenzo Nibali Gabriele Bosisio Simon Špilak Liquigas
2008 Jure Golčer Enrico Rossi Mitja Mahorič Robert Kišerlovski Perutnina Ptuj
2009 Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Fuglsang Jakob Fuglsang Blaž Furdi Team Saxo Bank
2010 Vincenzo Nibali Grega Bole Stéphane Rossetto Blaž Furdi Team Saxo Bank
2011 Diego Ulissi Robert Vrečer Diego Ulissi Diego Ulissi Loborika Favorit
Year Jersey blue.svg Jersey green.svg Jersey polkadot.svg Jersey white.svg
2012 Janez Brajkovič Simone Ponzi Preben Van Hecke Jan Polanc Loborika Favorit not awarded
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey green.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey white.svg
2013 Radoslav Rogina Brett Lancaster Radoslav Rogina Jan Polanc Adria Mobil not awarded
Year Jersey yellow.svg Jersey red.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey white.svg
2014 Tiago Machado Michael Matthews Klemen Štimulak Simon Yates Bardiani–CSF not awarded
2015 Primož Roglič Salvatore Puccio Mauro Finetto Domen Novak Adria Mobil
2016 Rein Taaramäe Jack Haig Jan Tratnik Egan Bernal Androni Giocattoli
Year Jersey green 2.svg Jersey red.svg Jersey blue.svg Jersey white.svg
2017 Rafał Majka Sam Bennett Rafał Majka Tadej Pogačar Nippo–Vini Fantini not awarded
2018 Primož Roglič Simone Consonni Fausto Masnada Tadej Pogačar Team Sunweb
2019 Diego Ulissi Luka Mezgec Aleksandr Vlasov Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates
2021 Tadej Pogačar Matej Mohorič Tadej Pogačar Kristjan Hočevar UAE Team Emirates not awarded
2022 Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar Rafał Majka Vojtěch Řepa Caja Rural–Seguros
2023 Filippo Zana Ide Schelling Samuele Zoccarato Raúl García Pierna Equipo Kern Pharma

Notes

  1. The two-time winners are Slovenian riders Mitja Mahorič, Jure Golčer, Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar, along with Diego Ulissi from Italy.
  2. Original organiser (Ciklotour) could not solve financial terms, after what organisation was passed to actual organiser Kolesarski klub Telekom with help of Cycling Federation of Slovenia

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