# 1999 Tour of Slovenia

The 1999 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 6th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 3 and 9 May 1999.
The race consisted of opening prologue and actual 6 stages with 1,102 km (685.1 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 98 riders (63 finished it) from 10 different countries and 18 teams started the race.

### Professional

* KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
* Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta
* Cantina Tollo
* Navigare–Gaerne
* Linda McCartney On Tour
* Mróz
* Peugeot Team Berlin
* Joko Velamos

### Amateur

* Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog (2 clubs united)
* Savaprojekt Krško
* Perutnina Ptuj
* Sava Kranj
* Van Vliet-Weba-Gazelle
* Elk-Austria
* Kamen Pazin

### National

* Ukraine
* Slovak
* Slovenia (young team)

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 0 | 3 May | Nova Gorica | 2.5 km (2 mi) | | Prologue | Boštjan Mervar |
| 1 | 4 May | Nova Gorica – Nova Gorica | 185 km (115 mi) | | Hilly stage | Gabriele Balducci |
| 2 | 5 May | Ribnica – Rogaška Slatina | 176 km (109 mi) | | Plain stage | Josef Lontscharitsch |
| 3 | 6 May | Radenci – Beltinci | 161 km (100 mi) | | Plain stage | Enrico Degano |
| 4 | 7 May | Maribor – Ljubljana | 191 km (119 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Dario Pieri |
| 5 | 8 May | Grosuplje – Vršič | 202 km (126 mi) | | Mountain stage | Timothy Jones |
| 6 | 9 May | Semič – Novo mesto | 185 km (115 mi) | | Plain stage | Moreno Di Biase |
| Total | Total | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) | 1,102.5 km (685.1 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification |
| 0 | Boštjan Mervar | Boštjan Mervar | not available | not available | not available | not available | Krka Telekom |
| 1 | Gabriele Balducci | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Marko Derganc | Matej Gnezda | Marko Derganc | Krka Telekom |
| 2 | Josef Lontscharitsch | Boštjan Mervar | Josef Lontscharitsch | Gerrit Glomser | Matej Gnezda | Marko Derganc | not available |
| 3 | Enrico Degano | Boštjan Mervar | Gabriele Balducci | Gerrit Glomser | Matej Gnezda | Marko Derganc | Krka Telekom |
| 4 | Dario Pieri | Boštjan Mervar | Boštjan Mervar | Marko Derganc | Matej Gnezda | Marko Derganc | Krka Telekom |
| 5 | Timothy Jones | Timothy Jones | Boštjan Mervar | Marko Derganc | not available | Marko Derganc | not available |
| 6 | Moreno di Biase | Timothy Jones | Gabriele Balducci | Marko Derganc | Tadej Valjavec | Marko Derganc | Krka Telekom |
| Final | Final | Timothy Jones | Gabriele Balducci | Martin Derganc | Tadej Valjavec | Martin Derganc | Krka Telekom |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Timothy Jones | Amore&Vita | 26h 39' 44" |
| 2 | Tadej Valjavec | Sava Kranj | + 1' 49" |
| 3 | Stefano Panetta | Navigare - Gaerne | + 2' 04" |
| 4 | Gerrit Glomser | Navigare - Gaerne | + 2' 06" |
| 5 | Massimo Giunti | Cantina Tollo | + 2' 23" |
| 6 | Boštjan Mervar | Krka Telekom | + 2' 33" |
| 7 | Uroš Murn | Krka Telekom | + 2' 45" |
| 8 | Federico Giabbecueci | Cantina Tollo | + 2' 53" |
| 9 | Sandi Šmerc | Savaprojekt Krško | + 2' 57" |
| 10 | Boris Premužič | Perutnina Ptuj-Radenska Rog | + 3' 16" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Gabriele Balducci | Navigare - Gaerne | 74 |
| 2 | Moreno di Biase | Cantina Tollo | 72 |
| 3 | Boštjan Mervar | Krka Telekom | 71 |
| 4 | Josef Lontscharitsch | Elk-Austria | 66 |
| 5 | Uroš Murn | Krka Telekom | 40 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Martin Derganc | Slovenija mladi | 20 |
| 2 | Klemen Tušek | Slovenija mladi | 11 |
| 3 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | 10 |
| 4 | Stefano Panetta | Navigare-Gaerne | 7 |
| 5 | Gerrid Glomser | Navigare-Gaerne | 7 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Valjavec | Sava Kranj | 26h 41' 33" |
| 2 | Matej Stare | Sava Kranj | + 5' 35" |
| 3 | Martin Derganc | Slovenija mladi | + 7' 32" |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Martin Derganc | Slovenija mladi | 38 |
| 2 | Klemen Tušek | Slovenija mladi | 20 |
| 3 | Maurizio De Pasquale | Amore&Vita | 15 |
| 4 | Andrea Patuelli | Navigare-Gaerne | 13 |
| 5 | Gerrid Glomser | Navigare-Gaerne | 8 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Krka Telekom | |
| 2 | Cantina Tollo | + 1′ 52″ |
| 3 | Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog | + 1′ 58″ |
| 4 | Sava | + 9′ 05″ |
| 5 | | |
| 8 | Savaprojekt Krško | + 22′ 33″ |
| 9 | Slovenija mladi | + 23′ 51″ |
| 11 | Perutnina Ptuj | + 38′ 52″ |