2022 Tour of Slovenia
The 2022 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was 28th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race scheduled between 15 and 19 June 2022. The 2.Pro-category race is a part of the UCI ProSeries. Tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth by UCI Men's road racing world ranking list (as of 15 June 2022).[1]
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| Dates | 15–19 June 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 791.4 km (491.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 18' 09" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matej Mohorič (Team Bahrain Victorious) on the Press conference with white jersey as an actual Slovenian road race champion
The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates. Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič (Team Bahrain Victorious). Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka (UAE Team Emirates) showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from Team Jumbo–Visma (who showed domination in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné) for season main race - 2022 Tour de France.[2] The Tour consisted of 5 stages with 791.4 km (491.8 mi) and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975 .[3] Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road. [lower-alpha 1]
Teams
Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 starters.[4][5]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
Route
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 15 June | Nova Gorica to Postojna | 164.7 km (102.3 mi) |  |
Hilly stage |  Rafał Majka (POL) |
| 2 | 16 June | Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina | 174.1 km (108.2 mi) | |
Hilly stage |  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) |
| 3 | 17 June | Žalec to Celje | 144.6 km (89.9 mi) | |
Hilly stage |  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| 4 | 18 June | Laško to Velika Planina | 152.5 km (94.8 mi) |  |
Mountain stage | Rafał Majka (POL) |
| 5 | 19 June | Vrhnika to Novo Mesto | 156.1 km (97.0 mi) | |
Hilly stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| Total | 791.4 km (491.8 mi) | |||||
Stages
Stage 1
- 15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna, 164.7 km (102.3 mi)[7]
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Stage 2
- 16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina, 174.1 km (108.2 mi)[10]
On hilly second stage Team Bahrain Victorious was led by Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik on the front trying to blew the peloton apart and get rid of classical sprinters (Tim Merlier, Pascal Ackermann, Dylan Groenewegen) in an effort to help their newest member Matevž Govekar who is part of Team Bahrain Victorious from 1 June 2022. Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) and Merlier (Alpecin–Fenix) were both dropped but Ackermann was able to rejoin the peloton before the finish. Stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen with help of lead-out sprinter Luka Mezgec.[11]
Stage 2
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Team Bahrain Victorious pulling the leading group before the finish in Rogaška Slatina
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Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange–Jayco) celebrating win over Lionel Taminiaux (Alpecin–Fenix) in a reduced bunch sprint
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Stage 3
Stage 3
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Tadej Pogačar celebrating victory after 2 km finish climb on Celje Castle
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Rafał Majka in Red jersey as a leader in points classification
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Stage 4
- 18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina, 152.5 km (94.8 mi)[17]
Mountain stage with two Cat.3 climbs (Jesenovo; 2.8 km at 6.9%, Trojane; 2.4 km at 8.2%), one Cat.2 climb (Črnivec; 10.6 km at 5.7%) and one Cat.1 climb (Velika Planina; 8.2 km at 7.6%) showed utter dominance by Rafał Majka and Tadej Pogačar (both UAE Team Emirates) where winner was solved with Rock paper scissors hand game before the finish line.[18]
Stage 4
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Breakaway group moment before and at the time of crash in a left turn at km 93 in Kamnik. 46 Lionel Taminiaux (Alpecin–Fenix), 77 Samuele Zoccarato (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè), 117 David Per (Adria Mobil)
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Stage 5
- 19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto, 156.1 km (97.0 mi)[21]
Stage 5
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Breakaway group at km 83...
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...followed by Peloton with 3:08 time gap
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Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Team classification |
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| 1 | Rafał Majka | Rafał Majka | Rafał Majka | Rafał Majka | Alex Tolio | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Vojtěch Řepa | ||||
| 3 | Tadej Pogačar | Tadej Pogačar | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |||
| 4 | Rafał Majka | |||||
| 5 | Tadej Pogačar | Tadej Pogačar | ||||
| Final | Tadej Pogačar | Tadej Pogačar | Rafał Majka | Vojtěch Řepa | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | |
Classification standings
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Tadej Pogačar on the podium as a winner of Stage 3 (Celje Castle). This was his second win on Celje Castle climb (first was done on similar Stage 2, 2021 Tour of Slovenia)
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General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
UAE Team Emirates | 19h 18' 09" |
| 2 | Rafał Majka (POL) |
UAE Team Emirates | + 12" |
| 3 | Domen Novak (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | + 2' 32" |
| 4 |  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) |
Eolo–Kometa | + 2' 42" |
| 5 |  Vojtěch Řepa (CZE) |
Equipo Kern Pharma | + 3' 10" |
| 6 | Nicola Conci (ITA) |
Alpecin–Fenix | + 3' 17" |
| 7 |  Paul Double (GBR) |
MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | + 3' 32" |
| 8 |  Joel Nicolau (ESP) |
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 3' 40" |
| 9 | Fernando Barceló (ESP) |
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 3' 52" |
| 10 | Davide Gabburo (ITA) |
Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 4' 23" |
Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
UAE Team Emirates | 86 |
| 2 | Rafał Majka (POL) |
UAE Team Emirates | 86 |
| 3 | Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) |
Eolo–Kometa | 55 |
| 4 | Luka Mezgec (SLO) |
Team BikeExchange–Jayco | 40 |
| 5 | Matej Mohorič (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | 39 |
| 6 | Fernando Barceló (ESP) |
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 38 |
| 7 | Nicola Conci (ITA) |
Alpecin–Fenix | 36 |
| 8 | Domen Novak (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | 32 |
| 9 | Fabio Felline (ITA) |
Astana Qazaqstan Team | 28 |
| 10 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) |
Team BikeExchange–Jayco | 25 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Rafał Majka (POL) |
UAE Team Emirates | 30 |
| 2 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
UAE Team Emirates | 23 |
| 3 |  Viktor Potočki (CRO) |
Ljubljana Gusto Santic | 12 |
| 4 | Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) |
Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 10 |
| 5 | Domen Novak (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | 9 |
| 6 | Fernando Barceló (ESP) |
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 6 |
| 7 | Alex Tolio (ITA) |
Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 4 |
| 8 | Matej Mohorič (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | 4 |
| 9 | Tomasz Budziński (POL) |
HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | 4 |
| 10 |  Lucas De Rossi (FRA) |
China Glory Continental Cycling Team | 3 |
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Vojtěch Řepa (CZE) |
Equipo Kern Pharma | 19h 21' 19" |
| 2 | Alex Tolio (ITA) |
Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 2' 28" |
| 3 |  Santiago Umba (COL) |
Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli | + 20' 05" |
| 4 | Gal Glivar (SLO) |
Adria Mobil | + 25' 01" |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dylan Hopkins (AUS) |
Ljubljana Gusto Santic | + 26' 42" |
| 6 | Carlos Canal (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 26' 55" |
| 7 | Matevž Govekar (SLO) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | + 27' 52" |
| 8 | Alessandro Fancellu (ITA) |
+ 40' 42" | |
| 9 | Francesco Carollo (ITA) |
MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | + 41' 01" |
| 10 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alexandre Balmer (SUI) |
Team BikeExchange–Jayco | + 41' 38" |
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 58h 05' 54" |
| 2 | Eolo–Kometa | + 3' 09" |
| 3 | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 10' 06" |
| 4 | UAE Team Emirates | + 10' 09" |
| 5 | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 10' 42" |
| 6 | Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | + 12' 57" |
| 7 | Alpecin–Fenix | + 17' 39" |
| 8 | Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli | + 42' 39" |
| 9 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 48' 20" |
| 10 | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | + 53' 04" |
UCI point ranking
| Position | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16.-30. | 31.-40. |
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| General classification | 200 | 150 | 125 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Per stage | 20 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Leader | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | ||||||
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| Position | Rider | Team | General | Stage | Leader | Total |
| 1. | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | 200 | 55 | 10 | 265 |
| 2. | Rafał Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 150 | 55 | 10 | 215 |
| 3. | Domen Novak | Team Bahrain Victorious | 125 | 10 | - | 135 |
| 4. | Vincenzo Albanese | Eolo–Kometa | 100 | - | - | 100 |
| 5. | Vojtěch Řepa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 85 | - | - | 85 |
| 6. | Nicola Conci | Alpecin–Fenix | 70 | 5 | - | 75 |
| 7. | Paul Double | MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | 60 | - | - | 60 |
| 8. | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 50 | - | - | 50 |
| 9. | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 40 | 5 | - | 45 |
| 10. | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 35 | - | - | 35 |
References
- "UCI Ranking Individual". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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- "START LIST" (PDF). tourofslovenia.si (in Sinhala). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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- "Rafal Majka surprising winner of stage 1". tourofslovenia.si. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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- "Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia". Tour of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- Wagner, Kate. "Dylan Groenewegen wins Tour of Slovenia's lone sprint stage". velonews.com. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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Notations
- Official statement of Race director Bogdan Fink "...Dirka je postala s prenosom na Eurosportu še bolj mednarodno prepoznana, 300 tisoč navijačev ob cestah letošnje izvedbe pa je potrditev, da smo Slovenci tudi kolesarski narod."
- Team ColoQuick canceled their arrival in the very last minute and Italian team MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM will replace their spot
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