# 2016 Okolo Slovenska

The 2016 Okolo Slovenska (English: Tour of Slovakia) was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Slovakia in June 2016. The race is the 60th edition of the Okolo Slovenska. It was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. The race included five stages+Prologue, starting in Banská Bystrica on 7 June and returning there for the finish on 12 June in Piešťany.

## Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| P | 7 June | Banská Bystrica | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) | | Individual time trial | Dennis Bakker (NED) |
| 1 | 8 June | Banská Bystrica to Banská Bystrica | 136.8 km (85 mi) | | Hilly stage | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) |
| 2 | 9 June | Banská Bystrica to Štrbské Pleso | 170.1 km (106 mi) | | Mountain stage | Mauro Finetto (ITA) |
| 3 | 10 June | Štrbské Pleso to Zuberec | 193.2 km (120 mi) | | Hilly stage | Markus Eibegger (AUT) |
| 4 | 11 June | Zuberec to Bojnice | 183.7 km (114 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) |
| 5 | 12 June | Bojnice to Piešťany | 121.9 km (76 mi) | | Flat stage | Jan Tratnik (SLO) |
| Total | Total | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) | 806.8 km (501.3 mi) |

## Participating teams

Twenty-four (24) team participated in the 2016 edition of the Okolo Slovenska.
UCI Continental teams
* Dukla Banská Bystrica
* Marlux–Napoleon Games
* Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
* Unieuro–Wilier
* GM Europa Ovini
* Synergy Baku
* WIGGINS
* Klein Constantia
* Whirlpool–Author
* CK Příbram Fany Gastro
* Meridiana–Kamen
* Amplatz–BMC
* Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
* WSA–Greenlife
* LKT Team Brandenburg
* Team FixIT.no
* Kolss BDC Team
* Staki–Baltik Vairas
Other teams
* Regional Team Central Slovakia
* Lotto Soudal U23
National teams
* Slovakia
* Latvia
* Belarus
* Morocco

## Stages
### Prologue

7 June 2016 – Banská Bystrica, 1.1 km (0.7 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Dennis Bakker (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 1' 25" |
| 2 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 1" |
| 3 | Maroš Kováč (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 1" |
| 4 | Milan Menten (BEL) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 2" |
| 5 | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | + 2" |
| 6 | Klāvs Rubenis (LAT) | Latvia (national) | + 2" |
| 7 | Juraj Bellan (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 3" |
| 8 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | + 3" |
| 9 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | + 3" |
| 10 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 3" |

### Stage 1

8 June 2016 – Banská Bystrica to Banská Bystrica via (Sliač), 136.8 km (85.0 mi)
Result of Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 3h 00' 49" |
| 2 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | s.t. |
| 3 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | s.t. |
| 4 | Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) | Whirlpool–Author | s.t. |
| 5 | Willi Willwohl (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. |
| 6 | Michele Viola (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | s.t. |
| 7 | Leon Rohde (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. |
| 8 | Davide Mucelli (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | s.t. |
| 9 | Samir Jabrayilov (AZE) | Synergy Baku | s.t. |
| 10 | Maroš Kováč (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 3h 02' 06" |
| 2 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | + 5" |
| 3 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | + 7" |
| 4 | Milan Menten (BEL) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 7" |
| 5 | Juraj Bellan (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 8" |
| 6 | Dennis Bakker (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 8" |
| 7 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 9" |
| 8 | Maroš Kováč (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 9" |
| 9 | Peter Schulting (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 10" |
| 10 | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Klein Constantia | + 11" |

### Stage 2

9 June 2016 – Banská Bystrica to Štrbské Pleso, 170.1 km (105.7 mi)
Result of Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 4h 21' 46" |
| 2 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | s.t. |
| 3 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 2" |
| 5 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 6" |
| 6 | Antonio Santoro (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | + 1' 54" |
| 7 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 1' 54" |
| 8 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 1' 54" |
| 9 | James Knox (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 1' 54" |
| 10 | Matteo Rabottini (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | + 1' 54" |
General classification after Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 7h 23' 52" |
| 2 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 9" |
| 3 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | + 9" |
| 4 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 13" |
| 5 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 6 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 2' 03" |
| 7 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 2' 06" |
| 8 | Peter Schulting (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 2' 06" |
| 9 | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Klein Constantia | + 2' 07" |
| 10 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (DEN) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 2' 08" |

### Stage 3

10 June 2016 – Štrbské Pleso to Zuberec, 193.2 km (120.0 mi)
Result of Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 4h 32' 09" |
| 2 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | + 1" |
| 3 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | + 1" |
| 4 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | + 1" |
| 5 | Marek Čanecký (SVK) | Amplatz–BMC | + 1" |
| 6 | Dion Beukeboom (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 1" |
| 7 | Fabian Schormair (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 1" |
| 8 | Matteo Rabottini (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | + 1" |
| 9 | Emiel Planckaert (BEL) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 1" |
| 10 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 1" |
General classification after Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 11h 56' 02" |
| 2 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 7" |
| 3 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | + 9" |
| 4 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 13" |
| 5 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 6 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 59" |
| 7 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 2' 03" |
| 8 | Peter Schulting (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 2' 03" |
| 9 | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Klein Constantia | + 2' 04" |
| 10 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 2' 06" |

### Stage 4

11 June 2016 – Zuberec to Bojnice, 183.7 km (114.1 mi)
Result of Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 4h 07' 13" |
| 2 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| 3 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | + 32" |
| 4 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | + 32" |
| 5 | Michele Viola (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | + 32" |
| 6 | Edward Planckaert (BEL) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 32" |
| 7 | Leon Rohde (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 32" |
| 8 | Davide Mucelli (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | + 32" |
| 9 | Jiří Šorm (CZE) | Whirlpool–Author | + 32" |
| 10 | Maksym Averin (AZE) | Synergy Baku | + 32" |
General classification after Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 16h 03' 47" |
| 2 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 7" |
| 3 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | + 9" |
| 4 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 13" |
| 5 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 6 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 26" |
| 7 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 1' 30" |
| 8 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 59" |
| 9 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Marlux–Napoleon Games | + 2' 03" |
| 10 | Peter Schulting (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 2' 03" |

### Stage 5

12 June 2016 – Bojnice to Piešťany, 121.9 km (75.7 mi)
Result of Stage 5 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | 2h 39' 39" |
| 2 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | s.t. |
| 3 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | + 1' 40" |
| 4 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | + 1' 40" |
| 5 | Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) | Whirlpool–Author | + 1' 40" |
| 6 | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | + 1' 40" |
| 7 | Leon Rohde (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 1' 40" |
| 8 | Andris Smirnovs (LAT) | Latvia (national) | + 1' 40" |
| 9 | Jannik Steimle (GER) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 40" |
| 10 | Jan Stöhr (CZE) | CK Příbram Fany Gastro | + 1' 40" |
General classification after Stage 5 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 18h 45' 06" |
| 2 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 7" |
| 3 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | + 9" |
| 4 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 11" |
| 5 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 13" |
| 6 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 7 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | + 40" |
| 8 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 26" |
| 9 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 1' 30" |
| 10 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 59" |

## Classification leadership table

| Stage | Winner | General classification žltý dres | Points classification biely dres s modrým bodkami | Mountains classification biely dres s červenými bodkami | Young rider classification biely dres | Best Slovakian rider bielo-modro-červený dres | Team classification |
| P | Dennis Bakker | Dennis Bakker | not awarded | not awarded | Milan Menten | Maroš Kováč | Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| 1 | Matteo Malucelli | Matteo Malucelli | Matteo Malucelli | Jhonatan Narváez | Milan Menten | Juraj Bellan | Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| 2 | Mauro Finetto | Mauro Finetto | Mauro Finetto | Helmut Trettwer | Hamish Schreurs | Marek Čanecký | Klein Constantia |
| 3 | Markus Eibegger | Mauro Finetto | František Sisr | Helmut Trettwer | Hamish Schreurs | Marek Čanecký | Klein Constantia |
| 4 | Stephan Rabitsch | Mauro Finetto | Filippo Fortin | Helmut Trettwer | Hamish Schreurs | Marek Čanecký | WIGGINS |
| 5 | Jan Tratnik | Mauro Finetto | František Sisr | Helmut Trettwer | Hamish Schreurs | Marek Čanecký | WIGGINS |
| Final | Final | Mauro Finetto | František Sisr | Helmut Trettwer | Hamish Schreurs | Marek Čanecký | WIGGINS |

## Final standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the General classification | Denotes the leader of the Points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification | Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification |

### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 18h 45' 06" |
| 2 | Vitaliy Buts (UKR) | Kolss BDC Team | + 7" |
| 3 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Synergy Baku | + 9" |
| 4 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | + 11" |
| 5 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | + 13" |
| 6 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 7 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | + 40" |
| 8 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 26" |
| 9 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 1' 30" |
| 10 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 59" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | František Sisr (CZE) | Klein Constantia | 31 |
| 2 | Filippo Fortin (ITA) | GM Europa Ovini | 31 |
| 3 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | 25 |
| 4 | Florian Bissinger (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | 22 |
| 5 | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 16 |
| 6 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 14 |
| 7 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) | Unieuro–Wilier | 13 |
| 8 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | 13 |
| 9 | Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) | Whirlpool–Author | 13 |
| 10 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 12 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Helmut Trettwer (GER) | WSA–Greenlife | 28 |
| 2 | Jhonatan Narváez (ECU) | Klein Constantia | 15 |
| 3 | Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 13 |
| 4 | Antonio Santoro (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | 11 |
| 5 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | 8 |
| 6 | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Amplatz–BMC | 7 |
| 7 | Matteo Rabottini (ITA) | Meridiana–Kamen | 6 |
| 8 | Liam Holohan (GBR) | WIGGINS | 5 |
| 9 | Mark Christian (GBR) | WIGGINS | 4 |
| 10 | James McLaughlin (GBR) | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | 4 |

### Young riders classification (U23)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Hamish Schreurs (NZL) | Klein Constantia | 18h 45' 19" |
| 2 | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Klein Constantia | + 1' 50" |
| 3 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (DEN) | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 1' 55" |
| 4 | James Knox (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 1' 57" |
| 5 | Jhonatan Narváez (ECU) | Klein Constantia | + 2' 01" |
| 6 | Daniel Pearson (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 2' 03" |
| 7 | Fabian Schormair (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 2' 33" |
| 8 | Eriks Toms Gavars (LAT) | Latvia | + 2' 37" |
| 9 | Juraj Bellan (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 2' 50" |
| 10 | Ľuboš Malovec (SVK) | Slovakia U23 | + 3' 00" |

### Best Slovak rider classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Marek Čanecký | Amplatz–BMC | 18h 47' 13" |
| 2 | Patrik Tybor | Dukla Banská Bystrica | s.t. |
| 3 | Juraj Bellan | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 56" |
| 4 | Ľuboš Malovec | Slovakia U23 | + 1' 06" |
| 5 | Roman Broniš | CK Příbram Fany Gastro | + 1' 22" |
| 6 | Martin Haring | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 1' 23" |
| 7 | Ondrej Glajza | Slovakia U23 | + 2' 37" |
| 8 | Filip Taragel | Region West Slovakia | + 24' 31" |
| 9 | Maroš Kováč | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 35' 08" |
| 10 | Tomáš Višňovský | Region West Slovakia | + 35' 14" |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | WIGGINS | 56h 19' 27" |
| 2 | Klein Constantia | + 19" |
| 3 | Kolss BDC Team | + 43" |
| 4 | Unieuro–Wilier | + 1' 38" |
| 5 | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | + 1' 44" |
| 6 | Meridiana–Kamen | + 2' 25" |
| 7 | Amplatz–BMC | + 2' 27" |
| 8 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 3' 04" |
| 9 | Lotto Soudal U23 | + 3' 12" |
| 10 | Whirlpool–Author | + 4' 07" |