# 1996 Tour of Slovenia

The 1996 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 4th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 6 and 12 May 1996.
Tha main and biggest Slovenian daily newspaper Delo, sponsored additional money awarded sprints classification. Winner took then 150 deutsche marks (DEM) for each stage sprint win.
The Tour started with three short stages prologue (team time trial, elimination race and criterium).
And the main race consisted of actual 7 stages with 983 km (610.8 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 96 riders (72 finished it) from 10 different countries and 18 teams started the race.

### Professional

* Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.
* Glacial–Selle Italia

### Amateur

* Rog
* Krka I
* Krka II (Krka Telekom)
* Sava
* RSV Histor Öschelbronn
* Cottbus
* Joko
* Nardi
* Čukarički
* Perutnina Ptuj

### National

* Belarus (canceled)
* Bulgaria (canceled)
* Canada
* Kazakhstan
* Netherlands
* Slovakia

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | 2.55 km (2 mi) | | Team time trial | Rog |
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | 12 rounds | | Elimination race | Marco Antonio Di Renzo |
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | | | Criterium | Alexander Vinokourov |
| 1 | 7 May | Metlika – Metlika | 161 km (100 mi) | | Plain stage | Stefano Giraldi |
| 2 | 8 May | Podčetrtek – Radenci | 149 km (93 mi) | | Plain stage | Marco Antonio Di Renzo |
| 3 | 9 May | Radenci – Ljutomer | 29 km (18 mi) | | Time trial | Robert Pintarič |
| 4 | 9 May | Ljutomer – Beltinci | 86 km (53 mi) | | Plain stage | Olaf Pollack |
| 5 | 10 May | Beltinci – Grosuplje | 220 km (137 mi) | | Hilly stage | Igor Kranjec |
| 6 | 11 May | Vrhnika – Bovec | 159 km (99 mi) | | Mountain stage | Lorenzo Di Silvestro |
| 7 | 12 May | Nova Gorica – Novo mesto | 179 km (111 mi) | | Hilly stage | Zoran Klemenčič |
| Total | Total | 983 km (610.8 mi) | 983 km (610.8 mi) | 983 km (610.8 mi) | 983 km (610.8 mi) | 983 km (610.8 mi) | 983 km (610.8 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermed. sprints classification | Delo's sprints classification | Team classification |
| 0 | Rog | Marco Di Renzo | Robert Pintarič | Matthias Jandt | not available | Alexander Vinokourov | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Rog |
| 1 | Stefano Giraldi | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Bedin | Bogdan Fink | Glacial–Selle Italia |
| 2 | Marco Di Renzo | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Bedin | Bogdan Fink | Glacial–Selle Italia |
| 3 | Robert Pintarič | Stefano Giraldi | not available | not available | not available | not available | not awarded | not available |
| 4 | Olaf Pollack | Stefano Giraldi | not available | not available | not available | Bedin | not awarded | not available |
| 5 | Igor Kranjec | Stefano Giraldi | Marco Di Renzo | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Bedin | Alexander Vinokourov | not available |
| 6 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 7 | Zoran Klemenčič | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Alexander Vinokourov | Tadej Valjavec | Alexander Vinokourov | Alexander Vinokourov | Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. |
| Final | Final | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Alexander Vinokourov | Tadej Valjavec | Alexander Vinokourov | Alexander Vinokourov | Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. |

## 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 Delo's blue jersey classification |
| Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | 23h 24' 41" |
| 2 | Stefano Giraldi | Selle Italia - Glacial | + 2' 45" |
| 3 | Marco Antonio Di Renzo | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | + 4' 37" |
| 4 | Boris Premužič | Rog | + 4' 38" |
| 5 | Nicola Ramacciotti | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | + 5' 34" |
| 6 | Iztok Melanšek | Perutnina Ptuj | + 5' 36" |
| 7 | Robert Pintarič | Rog | + 5' 50" |
| 8 | Martin Hvastija | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | + 5' 51" |
| 9 | Tadej Valjavec | Sava | + 6' 21" |
| 10 | Stefano Toniazzo | Nardi | + 6' 50" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Lorenzo DI Silvestro | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alexander Vinokurov | Kazahstan | 18 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | 16 |
| 3 | Andrej Kivilev | Kazahstan | 12 |
| 4 | Stefano Giraldi | Selle Italia - Glacial | 12 |
| 5 | Bogdan Ravbar | Krka | 5 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Valjavec | Sava Kranj | 23h 31' 02" |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alexander Vinokourov | Kazahstan | 24 |
| 2 | Andrej Kivilev | Kazakhstan | 18 |
| 3 | Bogdan Fink | Krka | 7 |
| 4 | Michal Reif | Czechia | 6 |
| 5 | Bogdan Ravbar | Krka | 5 |

### Delo's blue jersey sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alexander Vinokurov | Kazahstan | 24 |
| 2 | Bogdan Fink | Krka | 15 |
| 3 | Rajko Petek | Sava | 13 |
| 4 | Bogdan Ravbar | Rog | 8 |
| 5 | Marco Antonio Di Renzo | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | 6 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. | |
| 2 | Selle Italia - Glacial | |
| 3 | Rog | |
| 4 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 6 | Krka I | |
| 7 | Krka II | |