# 1993 Tour of Slovenia

The 1993 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the first edition of the Tour of Slovenia, an amateur International stage race held between 3 and 9 May 1993 with start and finish in Novo mesto.
The Tour consisted of opening prologue and 7 actual stages with 905.5 km (562.7 mi) in total.
Total prize money was 40,000 deutsche marks. Race winner was awarded with a Škoda Favorit car.
Best Slovenian classification with pink jersey was exceptionally competed only in the first edition.

## Teams

Total 92 riders (56 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.

### Amateur

* U. C. Trevigiani
* MTV La Campana
* Perspective
* RSV Oseh. Ali
* Breda Holl

### National

* Slovenia 1
* Slovenia 2
* Krka - Petrol (Slovenia 3)
* Albania
* United States
* Slovakia
* Croatia
* Austria
* Czechia
* Poland
* Bulgaria

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 0 | 3 May | Novo mesto | 5 km (3 mi) | | Prologue | Gorazd Štangelj |
| 1 | 4 May | Otočec – Celje | 189 km (117 mi) | | Hilly stage | Robert Pintarič |
| 2 | 5 May | Rogaška Slatina – Ptuj | 117 km (73 mi) | | Flat stage | Boštjan Mervar |
| 3 | 6 May | Krško | 46.2 km (29 mi) | | Team time trial | Slovenia 1 |
| 4 | 6 May | Čatež Spa – Čatež Spa | 80.3 km (50 mi) | | Flat stage | Robert Sienders |
| 5 | 7 May | Otočec – Ljubljana | 166 km (103 mi) | | Hilly stage | Mirko Crepaldi |
| 6 | 8 May | Ajdovščina – Kranjska Gora | 142 km (88 mi) | | Mountain stage | Wim van de Meulenhof |
| 7 | 9 May | Novo mesto – Novo mesto | 160 km | | Flat stage | Milan Eržen |
| Total | Total | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) | 905.5 km (562.7 mi) |

## Race overview
### Prologue

On 3 May 1993, the 5 km long prologue was held. Gorazd Štangelj won ahead of Robert Pintarič (2nd) and Martin Hvastija (3rd), all Slovenians.

### Stage 1

On 4 May 1993 first real and the longest stage of the race (189 km), was held between Otočec and Celje.
Robert Pintarič who won the stage, also took overall lead with wearing yellow jersey due to many bonus points.

### Stage 2

On 5 May 1993 second stage was held between Rogaška Slatina and Ptuj. In the sprint of peloton, Boštjan Mervar won the rainy stage.

### Stage 3 & 4

On 6 May 1993 two stages were held. First was team time trial (46.2 km) held in the morning in Krško, which didn't count for individual ranking.
And the 4th round stage (80.3 km) followed in the afternoon with start and finish at Čatež Spa, with two points and one mountain classifications.

### Stage 5

On 7 May 1993, the fifth stage (166 km) was held. It started at Otočec and through Metlika-Črnomelj-Dvor-Kočevje-Velike Lašče-Ljubljana.
The stage had three points classifications (Metlika, Črnomelj and Ribnica) and one mountain classification at Brezovica pri Metliki).
The stage was very chaotic with huge conflict between team directors and coaches, who forgot that national team interests have huge advantage before club interests. Instead of defending yellow jersey, peloton was strangely chasing Martin Hvastija, who was leading the two thirds of the race.

### Stage 6

On 8 May 1993, the sixth and the toughest stage (142 km) from Ajdovščina to Kranjska Gora was held. With 16 km long incline over Vršič Pass.
Stage started with escape if 3 riders with 6 minutes ahead, but got caught by peloton at bottom of the Vršič climb. Srečko Glivar was the best at climb with 2 minutes ahead, but was caught at way down to the finish at Kranjska Gora by 2 riders, Wim van de Meulenhof won the stage at finish sprint.

### Stage 7

On 9 May 1993, the seventh and last stage (160 km) with start and finish held at Novo mesto and went through Otočec, Orehovica and Ratež.
Slovenian rider Milan Eržen won the last stage at sprint and the Slovenia 1 team managed to kept the yellow jersey in general classification.

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermed. sprints classification | Best Slovenian classification | Team classification |
| 0 | Gorazd Štangelj | Gorazd Štangelj | Borut Rovšček | Martin Hvastija | Boštjan Mervar | Robert Pintarič | Marko Baloh | Slovenia 1 |
| 1 | Robert Pintarič | Robert Pintarič | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 2 | Boštjan Mervar | Robert Pintarič | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 3 | Slovenia 1 | Robert Pintarič | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 4 | Robert Sienders | Robert Pintarič | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 5 | Mirko Crepaldi | Martin Hvastija | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 6 | Wim van de Meulenhof | Boris Premužič | not available | Gianluca Pianegonda | not available | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| 7 | Milan Eržen | Boris Premužič | Boštjan Mervar | Gianluca Pianegonda | Gorazd Štangelj | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |
| Final | Final | Boris Premužič | Boštjan Mervar | Gianluca Pianegonda | Gorazd Štangelj | Boštjan Mervar | not available | Slovenia 1 |

## 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 best Slovenian classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Boris Premužič | Slovenia 1 | 22h 9' 58" |
| 2 | Srečko Glivar | Slovenia 2 | + 15" |
| 3 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia 1 | + 51" |
| 4 | Wim van de Meulenhof | | + 1' 00" |
| 5 | Robert Pintarič | Slovenia 1 | + 1' 09" |
| 6 | Bolzan | | + 1' 51" |
| 7 | Iztok Melanšek | Krka – Petrol | + 1' 58" |
| 8 | Martin Slaník | Czechia | + 1' 58" |
| 9 | Martin Hvastija | Slovenia 2 | + 2' 17" |
| 10 | Sandi Papež | Slovenia 1 | + 2' 50" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Boštjan Mervar | Slovenia 2 | 61 |
| 2 | Milan Eržen | Krka – Petrol | 58 |
| 3 | Bogdan Fink | Slovenia 1 | 52 |
| 4 | Martin Hvastija | Slovenia 2 | 51 |
| 5 | Wim van de Meulenhof | | 48 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Gianluca Pianegonda | | 21 |
| 2 | Boris Premužič | Slovenia 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Robert Pintarič | Slovenia 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Srečko Glivar | Slovenia 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia 1 | 13 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia 1 | 22h 10' 49" |
| 2 | Sergej Aoutko | Belarus | |
| 3 | Boštjan Mervar | Slovenia 2 | + 7' 52" |
| 4 | Kotal | Czechia | |
| 5 | Kot | Poland | |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Boštjan Mervar | Slovenia 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Milan Eržen | Krka – Petrol | 14 |
| 3 | Gregor Puš | Krka – Petrol | 11 |
| 4 | Martin Hvastija | Slovenia 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Brane Ugrenovič | Slovenia 2 | 6 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Slovenia 1 | 67h 10′ 43″ |
| 2 | Slovenia 2 | + 09′ 03″ |
| 3 | Trevigiani | + 21′ 04″ |
| 4 | Czechia | + 22′ 11″ |
| 5 | Belarus | + 23′ 09″ |
| 8 | Krka – Petrol | + 31′ 14″ |