# 1998 Tour of Slovenia

The 1998 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 5th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 4 and 10 May 1998.
The race consisted of prologue and actual 7 stages with 1,085 km (674.2 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 98 riders (62 finished it) from 13 different countries and 16 teams started the race.

### Professional

* KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
* Amore & Vita–ForzArcore
* Kross–Selle Italia
* Linda McCartney On Tour
* Mróz
* ZVVZ–DLD
* Agro–Adler Brandenburg

### Amateur

* Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog (2 clubs united)
* Savaprojekt
* Hit Casino
* Sava

### National

* Slovak
* Croatia
* Bulgaria
* United Kingdom
* Ukraine

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 0 | 4 May | Ptuj | 3.4 km (2 mi) | | Prologue | Olaf Pollack |
| 1 | 5 May | Radenci – Beltinci | 198 km (123 mi) | | Plain stage | Olaf Pollack |
| 2 | 6 May | Maribor – Kranj | 168 km (104 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Andrej Hauptman |
| 3 | 7 May | Krško – Brežice – Krško | 18 km (11 mi) | | Time trial | Valter Bonča |
| 4 | 7 May | Semič – Metlika – Semič | 85 km (53 mi) | | Plain stage | Maurizio De Pasquale |
| 5 | 8 May | Ribnica – Nova Gorica | 230 km (143 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Simone Zucchi |
| 6 | 9 May | Nova Gorica – Vršič – Ljubljana | 206 km (128 mi) | | Mountain stage | Simone Mori |
| 7 | 10 May | Grosuplje – Novo mesto | 177 km (110 mi) | | Hilly stage | Andrej Hauptman |
| Total | Total | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification |
| 0 | Olaf Pollack | Olaf Pollack | not available | not available | Tadej Valjavec | not available | not available |
| 1 | Olaf Pollack | Olaf Pollack | not available | Uroš Murn | Tadej Valjavec | Rik Reinerink | not available |
| 2 | Andrej Hauptman | Gorazd Štangelj | not available | Uroš Murn | Mitja Mahorič | Marko Baloh | Mroz |
| 3 | Valter Bonča | Branko Filip | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 4 | Maurizio De Pasquale | Branko Filip | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 5 | Simone Zucchi | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | not available | Martin Čotak | not available |
| 6 | Simone Mori | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 7 | Andrej Hauptman | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Mitja Mahorič | Igor Kranjec | Krka Telekom |
| Final | Final | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Mitja Mahorič | Igor Kranjec | 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 | Branko Filip | Krka Telekom | 26h 38' 01" |
| 2 | Gorazd Štangelj | Krka Telekom | + 4" |
| 3 | Pavel Shumanov | Krka Telekom | + 9" |
| 4 | Valter Bonča | PP&RR | + 21" |
| 5 | Cezary Zamana | Mroz | + 33" |
| 6 | Andrzej Sypytkowski | Mroz | + 33" |
| 7 | Tomáš Konečný | ZVVS | + 38" |
| 8 | Saša Sviben | Krka Telekom | + 50" |
| 9 | Miloslav Kejval | ZVVS | + 51" |
| 10 | Rajko Petek | Sava | + 1' 13" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Andrej Hauptman | PP&RR | 97 |
| 2 | Simone Zucchi | Amore & Vita | 75 |
| 3 | Tomáš Konečný | ZVVS | 74 |
| 4 | Gorazd Štangelj | Krka Telekom | 71 |
| 5 | Boštjan Mervar | Krka Telekom | 65 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Igor Kranjec | PP&RR | 18 |
| 2 | Martin Čotar | Sava | 14 |
| 3 | Maurizio De Pasquale | Amore & Vita | 13 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mitja Mahorič | PP&RR | 26h 39' 43" |
| 2 | Richard Faltus | aZVVS | |
| 3 | Tadej Valjavec | Sava | |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Igor Kranjec | PP&RR | 24 |
| 2 | Martin Čotak | Sava | 16 |
| 3 | Julian Clark | Linda McCartney | 11 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Krka Telekom | 79h 55′ 02″ |
| 2 | Mroz | + 55″ |
| 3 | Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog | + 1′ 20″ |
| 4 | ZVVS | + 2′ 21″ |
| 5 | Amore & Vita | + 5′ 22″ |
| 6 | Sava | + 1h 07′ 10″ |
| 10 | Hit Casino | + 1h 25′ 54″ |