Tour of Slovenia

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

Tour of Slovenia
Race details
DateJune
RegionSlovenia
English nameTour of Slovenia
Local name(s)Dirka po Sloveniji (in Slovene)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries (since 2020)[1]
TypeStage race
OrganiserCiklotour (1993-1997)
KK Adria Mobil (from 1998)
Web sitetourofslovenia.si/en/
History
First edition1993 (1993)
Editions28 (as of 2022)
First winnerSlovenia Boris Premužič
Most wins5 riders with 2 wins[lower-alpha 1]
Most recentSlovenia Tadej Pogačar

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.[2] It became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.

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 beginings, 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.[3]

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.

Classifications

As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

  • Green jersey – general classification
  • Red Jersey – points classification
  • Blue Jersey – mountains classification
  • White jersey – young rider classification

Winners
Meeting 30 years after first race: (from left) Boris Lozej, Srečko Glivar (1993 2nd place), Boris Premužič (1993 Winner), Gorazd Štangelj (1993 3rd place), Primož Čerin, Martin Hvastija, Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) and Bogdan Fink (Organizing Director)
Race in 2019
Race in 2021
Year First Second Third
↓ Amateur race ↓
1993 Slovenia Boris Premužič Slovenia Srečko Glivar Slovenia Gorazd Štangelj
1994 Germany Tobias Steinhauser Slovenia Boris Premužič Slovenia Sandi Papež
↓ Semi–Pro Open race ↓
1995 Slovenia Valter Bonča Slovenia Boris Premužič Italy Marco Antonio Di Renzo
↓ 1.5 race ↓
1996 Italy Lorenzo di Silvestro Italy Stefano Giraldi Italy Marco Antonio Di Renzo
1997 cancelled due to financial reasons [lower-alpha 2][4]
↓ UCI–5 Race ↓
1998 Slovenia Branko Filip Slovenia Gorazd Štangelj Bulgaria Pavel Shumanov
1999 Zimbabwe Timothy Jones Slovenia Tadej Valjavec Italy Stefano Panetta
↓ 2.5 race ↓
2000 Slovenia Martin Derganc Croatia Vladimir Miholjević Slovenia Boris Premužič
2001 Russia Faat Zakirov Slovenia Martin Derganc Croatia Vladimir Miholjević
2002 Russia Evgeni Petrov Slovenia Dean Podgornik Austria Hannes Hempel
2003 Slovenia Mitja Mahorič Slovenia Jure Golčer Austria Andreas Matzbacher
2004 Slovenia Mitja Mahorič Belarus Aleksandr Kuschynski Slovenia Matic Strgar
↓2.1 race (UCI Europe Tour) ↓
2005 Poland Przemysław Niemiec Italy Fortunato Baliani Croatia Radoslav Rogina
2006 Slovenia Tomaž Nose[5] Slovenia Jure Golčer Poland Przemysław Niemiec
2007 Slovenia Tomaž Nose Italy Vincenzo Nibali Italy Andrea Noè
2008 Slovenia Jure Golčer Italy Franco Pellizotti Croatia Robert Kišerlovski
2009 Denmark Jakob Fuglsang Slovenia Tomaž Nose Italy Domenico Pozzovivo
2010 Italy Vincenzo Nibali Italy Giovanni Visconti Denmark Chris Anker Sørensen
2011 Italy Diego Ulissi Croatia Radoslav Rogina Slovenia Robert Vrečer
2012 Slovenia Janez Brajkovič Italy Domenico Pozzovivo Slovenia Kristijan Koren
2013 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Slovenia Jan Polanc Germany Patrik Sinkewitz
2014 Portugal Tiago Machado Russia Ilnur Zakarin Italy Matteo Rabottini
2015 Slovenia Primož Roglič Spain Mikel Nieve Slovenia Jure Golčer
2016 Estonia Rein Taaramäe Australia Jack Haig Czech Republic Jan Bárta
2017 Poland Rafał Majka Italy Giovanni Visconti Australia Jack Haig
2018 Slovenia Primož Roglič Colombia Rigoberto Urán Slovenia Matej Mohorič
↓ 2.HC race ↓
2019 Italy Diego Ulissi[6] Italy Giovanni Visconti Russia Aleksandr Vlasov
↓ UCI ProSeries ↓
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia[7]
2021 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar|[8] Italy Diego Ulissi Italy Matteo Sobrero
2022 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar[9] Poland Rafał Majka Slovenia Domen Novak
2023

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

References
  1. Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. "Boj za zeleno majico na še višji ravni" (in Slovenian). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. "Dirka po Sloveniji: Eurosport, zelena majica in Celjski grofje" (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. 12 June 2017.
  4. "Tour of Poland, Poland, Cat 2.5". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. "Nose: Rabim čas, da pridem k sebi" (in Slovenian). 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  6. "Ulissi wins Tour of Slovenia". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  7. "2020 Tour of Slovenia Cancelled". Adria Mobil. Cycling Club Adria Mobil. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. "Tadej Pogacar wins Tour of Slovenia". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. "Tadej Pogacar seals Tour of Slovenia with victory on final stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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