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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]

2022 Tour of Slovenia
2022 UCI ProSeries
Breakaway group on Stage 1
Breakaway group on Stage 1
Race details
Dates15–19 June 2022
Stages5
Distance791.6 km (491.9 mi)
Winning time19h 18' 09"
Results
Winner Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
  Second Poland Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates)
  Third Slovenia Domen Novak (Team Bahrain Victorious)
Points Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains Poland Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates)
Youth Czech Republic Vojtěch Řepa (Equipo Kern Pharma)
  Team Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
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2023 →
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. [a]

Teams edit

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 riders at the start (124 finished it).[4][5]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

National Teams

Route and stages edit

 

Stage characteristics and winners[6]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 15 June Nova Gorica – Postojna 164.7 km (102.3 mi)   Hilly stage   Rafał Majka
2 16 June Ptuj – Rogaška Slatina 174.1 km (108.2 mi)   Hilly stage   Dylan Groenewegen
3 17 June Žalec – Celje 144.6 km (89.9 mi)   Hilly stage   Tadej Pogačar
4 18 June Laško – Velika Planina 152.1 km (94.5 mi)   Mountain stage   Rafał Majka
5 19 June Vrhnika – Novo Mesto 156.1 km (97.0 mi)   Hilly stage   Tadej Pogačar
Total 791.6 km (491.9 mi)

Stage 1 edit

15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna, 164.7 km (102.3 mi)[7]
Stage 1
 
The main breakaway group on Stage 1.
 
Peloton led by UAE Team Emirates
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[8][9]
1   Rafał Majka UAE Team Emirates 4h 02' 10"
2   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 2"
3   Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates + 2"
4   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 48"
5   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 48"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 48"
7   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious + 48"
8   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 48"
9   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 48"
10   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team + 48"
General classification after the stage[9]
1   Rafał Majka     UAE Team Emirates 4h 02' 00"
2   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 6"
3   Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates + 8"
4   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 58"
5   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 58"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 58"
7   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious + 58"
8   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 58"
9   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 58"
10   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team + 58"

Stage 2 edit

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
 
Team Bahrain Victorious pulling the leading group before the finish in Rogaška Slatina
 
Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange–Jayco) celebrating win over Lionel Taminiaux (Alpecin–Fenix) in a reduced bunch sprint
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[12][13]
1   Dylan Groenewegen Team BikeExchange–Jayco 4h 12' 51"
2   Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin–Fenix + 0"
3   Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates + 0"
4   Filippo Fiorelli Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0"
5   Luca Colnaghi Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0"
6   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0"
7   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 0"
8   Michele Gazzoli Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0"
9   Matevž Govekar Team Bahrain Victorious + 0"
10   Mattia Bais Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 0"
General classification after the stage[12][13]
1   Rafał Majka     UAE Team Emirates 8h 14' 51"
2   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 6"
3   Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates + 8"
4   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 55"
5   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 58"
6   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team + 58"
7   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 58"
8   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 58"
9   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 58"
10   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 58"

Stage 3 edit

17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje, 144.6 km (89.9 mi)[14]
 
Tadej Pogačar won the Stage 3 (Celje Castle). This was his second win on Celje Castle climb (first was done on similar Stage 2, 2021 Tour of Slovenia)
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[15][16]
1   Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates 3h 27' 09"
2   Rafał Majka     UAE Team Emirates + 11"
3   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 14"
4   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 36"
5   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 36"
6   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious + 36"
7   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 37"
8   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 37"
9   Luca Chirico Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 41"
10   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 43"
General classification after the stage[15][16]
1   Tadej Pogačar   UAE Team Emirates 11h 41' 58"
2   Rafał Majka    UAE Team Emirates + 7"
3   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 55"
4   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 1' 10"
5   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 1' 36"
6   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 1' 36"
7   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 36"
8   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 1' 37"
9   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 43"
10   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 1' 43"

Stage 4 edit

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 3
 
 
 
 
Breakaway group moment before and at the time of crash in a left turn at km 93 in Kamnik.
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[19][20]
1   Rafał Majka    UAE Team Emirates 3h 53' 52"
2   Tadej Pogačar   UAE Team Emirates + 0"
3   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 22"
4   Alex Tolio Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 24"
5   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 24"
6   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 28"
7   Sean Bennett China Glory Continental Cycling Team + 33"
8   Edward Ravasi Eolo–Kometa + 43"
9   Robert Stannard Alpecin–Fenix + 52"
10   Jon Agirre Equipo Kern Pharma + 55"
General classification after the stage[19][20]
1   Tadej Pogačar   UAE Team Emirates 15h 35' 44"
2   Rafał Majka    UAE Team Emirates + 3"
3   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 56"
4   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 2' 07"
5   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 2' 17"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 2' 41"
7   Paul Double MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM + 2' 56"
8   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 04"
9   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 16"
10   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 3' 47"

Stage 5 edit

19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto, 156.1 km (97.0 mi)[21]
Stage 5
 
Breakaway group at km 83...
 
...followed by Peloton with 3:08 time gap
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[22][23]
1   Tadej Pogačar   UAE Team Emirates 3h 42' 35"
2   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious + 0"
3   Rafał Majka    UAE Team Emirates + 3"
4   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 26"
5   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team + 26"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 26"
7   Filippo Fiorelli Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 26"
8   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 26"
9   Antonio Jesús Soto Euskaltel–Euskadi + 26"
10   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 26"
General classification after the stage[22][23]
1   Tadej Pogačar    UAE Team Emirates 19h 18' 09"
2   Rafał Majka   UAE Team Emirates + 12"
3   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 2' 32"
4   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 2' 42"
5   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 3' 10"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 3' 17"
7   Paul Double MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM + 3' 32"
8   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 40"
9   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 52"
10   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 4' 23"

Classification leadership edit

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General
classification
  		Points
classification
  		Mountains
classification
  		Young rider
classification
  		Team
classification

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

Final classification standings edit

Legend
  Denotes the winner of the general classification   Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
  Denotes the winner of the points classification   Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification edit

Rank Rider Team Time
1   Tadej Pogačar    UAE Team Emirates 19h 18' 09"
2   Rafał Majka   UAE Team Emirates + 12"
3   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious + 2' 32"
4   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa + 2' 42"
5   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma + 3' 10"
6   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix + 3' 17"
7   Paul Double MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM + 3' 32"
8   Joel Nicolau Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 40"
9   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 3' 52"
10   Davide Gabburo Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 4' 23"

Points classification edit

Rank Rider Team Points
1   Tadej Pogačar    UAE Team Emirates 86
2   Rafał Majka   UAE Team Emirates 86
3   Vincenzo Albanese Eolo–Kometa 55
4   Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange–Jayco 40
5   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious 39
6   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 38
7   Nicola Conci Alpecin–Fenix 36
8   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious 32
9   Fabio Felline Astana Qazaqstan Team 28
10   Dylan Groenewegen Team BikeExchange–Jayco 25

Mountains classification edit

Rank Rider Team Points
1   Rafał Majka   UAE Team Emirates 30
2   Tadej Pogačar    UAE Team Emirates 23
3   Viktor Potočki Ljubljana Gusto Santic 12
4   Samuele Zoccarato Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè 10
5   Domen Novak Team Bahrain Victorious 9
6   Fernando Barceló Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 6
7   Alex Tolio Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè 4
8   Matej Mohorič Team Bahrain Victorious 4
9   Tomasz Budziński HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski 4
10   Lucas De Rossi China Glory Continental Cycling Team 3

Young rider classification edit

Rank Rider Team Time
1   Vojtěch Řepa   Equipo Kern Pharma 19h 21' 19"
2   Alex Tolio Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 2' 28"
3   Santiago Umba Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 20' 05"
4   Gal Glivar Adria Mobil + 25' 01"
5   Dylan Hopkins Ljubljana Gusto Santic + 26' 42"
6   Carlos Canal Euskaltel–Euskadi + 26' 55"
7   Matevž Govekar Team Bahrain Victorious + 27' 52"
8   Alessandro Fancellu Eolo–Kometa + 40' 42"
9   Francesco Carollo MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM + 41' 01"
10   Alexandre Balmer Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 41' 38"

Team classification edit

Rank Team Time
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 edit

Position 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.-30. 31.-40.
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
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 edit

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Notations edit

  1. ^ 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."
  2. ^ 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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