# 1994 Tour of Slovenia

The 1994 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 2nd edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as an amateur International stage race held between 8 and 15 May 1994.
The Tour started with three short stages (team time trial, criterium and knock out criterium) presentation day. The last event of three, eliminating criterim counted only of yellow jersey, not yet in general.
And the main race consisted of actual 9 stages with 942.5 km (585.6 mi) in total.
Tobias Steinhauser won the race with record 3 stages. He also won in points, mountains and stages classifications. Branko Filip was the best young rider and Slovenia took team classification.

## Teams

Total 123 riders (85 finished it) from 21 teams started the race.

### Amateur

* Rog
* Krka
* Sava
* Savaprojekt (Krško)
* RSV Histor Öschelbronn
* MG Boys
* Caneva

### National

* Slovenia
* Kazakhstan
* Slovakia
* Czechia
* Ukraine
* Croatia
* Russia
* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* United States
* Poland
* Netherlands
* Albania
* Germany

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 0 | 8 May | Krško | 2.6 km (2 mi) | | Team time trial | Slovenia |
| 0 | 8 May | Krško | 6 x 1.3 km (1 mi) | | Criterium | Gorazd Štangelj |
| 0 | 8 May | Krško | 21 rounds | | Eliminating Criterium | Borut Rovšček |
| 1 | 9 May | Otočec – Kamnik | 167 km (104 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Dimitri Sedun |
| 2 | 10 May | Otočec – Hrastnik | 76 km (47 mi) | | Flat stage | Boštjan Mervar |
| 3 | 10 May | Dol pri Hrastniku – Sveti Jurij na Gorah | 7 km (4 mi) | | Mountain time trial | Tobias Steinhauser |
| 4 | 11 May | Grosuplje – Idrija | 154 km (96 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Mike Weissman |
| 5 | 12 May | Novo mesto – Novo mesto | 144 km (89 mi) | | Hilly stage | Lutz Lehmann |
| 6 | 13 May | Ajdovščina – Predmeja – Ajdovščina | 140 km (87 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tobias Steinhauser |
| 7 | 14 may | Nova Gorica | 40 km (25 mi) | | Criterium | Martin Hvastija |
| 8 | 14 May | Nova Gorica – Vršič | 104 km (65 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tobias Steinhauser |
| 9 | 15 May | Orehovica – Orehovica | 110.5 km (69 mi) | | Flat stage | Ralf Schmidt |
| Total | Total | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) | 942.5 km (585.6 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification |
| 0 | Borut Rovšček | Borut Rovšček | not available | not awarded | not available | Gorazd Štangelj | not awarded |
| 1 | Dimitri Sedun | Dimitri Sedun | not available | Dimitri Sedun | not available | Marko Baloh | not available |
| 2 | Boštjan Mervar | Dimitri Sedun | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 3 | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | not available | Sedun, Ravbar | not available | Marko Baloh | Slovenia |
| 4 | Mike Weissmann | Rodolfo Ongarato | not available | Bogdan Ravbar | not available | Kranjec & Lehmann | Slovenia |
| 5 | Jens Lehmann | Rodolfo Ongarato | not available | Bogdan Ravbar | not available | Jens Lehmann | Slovenia |
| 6 | Tobias Steinhauser | Sandi Papež | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 7 | Martin Hvastija | Sandi Papež | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 8 | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 9 | Ralf Schmidt | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Branko Filip | Jens Lehmann | Slovenia |
| Final | Final | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Branko Filip | Jens Lehmann | Slovenia |

## 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 leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tobias Steinhauser | Histor | 24h 23' 49" |
| 2 | Boris Premužič | Slovenia | + 2' 24" |
| 3 | Sandi Papež | Slovenia | + 3' 18" |
| 4 | Bogdan Ravbar | Krka | + 4' 26" |
| 5 | Dimitri Sedun | Kazakhstan | + 5' 21" |
| 6 | Igor Kranjec | Slovenia | + 6' 03" |
| 7 | Srečko Glivar | Krka | + 6' 05" |
| 8 | Mike Weissmann | | + 6' 48" |
| 9 | Vladimir Douma | Ukraine | + 7' 27" |
| 10 | Branko Filip | Krka | + 7' 57" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Tobias Steinhauser | Histor | 81 |
| 2 | Lutz Lehmann | Germany | 57 |
| 3 | Dimitri Sedun | Kazakhstan | 55 |
| 4 | Igor Kranjec | Slovenia | 54 |
| 5 | Bogdan Ravbar | Krka | 50 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Tobias Steinhauser | Histor | 41 |
| 2 | Bogdan Ravbar | Krka | 17 |
| 3 | Sandi Papež | Slovenia | 15 |
| 4 | Srečko Glivar | Krka | 14 |
| 5 | Federico Tozzo | MG Boys | 6 |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Jens Lehmann | SC DHfK | 22 |
| 2 | Igor Kranjec | Krka | 14 |
| 3 | Denis Zanette | MG Boys | 13 |
| 4 | Marko Baloh | Savaprojekt | 11 |
| 5 | Dimitri Sedun | Kazakhstan | 10 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Branko Filip | Krka | 24h 31' 46" |
| 2 | Vladimir Miholjević | Croatia | |
| 3 | Čiptak | Ukraine | |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Slovenia | 73h 21′ 45″ |
| 2 | Krka | + 06′ 17″ |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | + 15′ 23″ |
| 4 | Germany | + 18′ 32″ |
| 5 | Ukraine | + 39′ 52″ |
| 7 | Rog | + 1h 05′ 01″ |
| 9 | Sava | + 1h 13′ 20″ |
| 14 | Savaprojekt | + 1h 57′ 46″ |