Race details | |
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Region | Yugoslavia |
Local name(s) | Utrka kroz Jugoslaviju(in Serbo-Croatian) |
Discipline | Road race |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 1937 |
Final edition | 2000 |
First winner | August Prosenik (YUG) |
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Year | First | Second | Third |
1937 | August Prosenik | Stjepan Grgac | Franc Gartner |
1938 | Drago Davidović | Nikola Penčev | Zorko Mihelčič |
1940 | Nikola Penčev | Branko Debanić | Ivan Zaborski |
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