# Tour of Slovenia

Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road cycling stage race held since 1993.
Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Race made a signicifant progress and importance with more and more international recognition over the years. From the unknown local third class race in the beginnings, it is now part of the world's second tier level of road cycling with world class athletes. In 2017, when Slovenian Tourist Organisation (STO) decided to start promoting country's trademark, its green landscape, on Eurosport 1 and 2, was a huge game changer. All five stages of the race are being broadcast live in about 120 countries all over the world.
World class cyclists such as Rigoberto Urán, Rafał Majka, Primož Roglič, Jakob Fuglsang, Vincenzo Nibali and Tadej Pogačar competed here in the course of their careers and brought the international attention.
In 2017, they introduced green jersey for general classification, representing country's green nature.
Along with the Tour de Suisse, it is the last top level preparatory stage race before Tour de France. Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) retired 2023, new President is Bogdan Fink.

## Winners
### Overall wins per country

| Wins | Country |
| 14 | Slovenia |
| 6 | Italy |
| 2 | Poland Russia |
| 1 | Croatia Denmark Estonia Germany Portugal Zimbabwe |

### Top 3 results

| Year | First | Second | Third |
| ↓ Amateur race ↓ ||||
| 1993 | Boris Premužič | Srečko Glivar | Gorazd Štangelj |
| 1994 | Tobias Steinhauser | Boris Premužič | Sandi Papež |
| ↓ Semi‑Pro Open race ↓ ||||
| 1995 | Valter Bonča | Boris Premužič | Marco Antonio Di Renzo |
| ↓ UCI‑5 race ↓ ||||
| 1996 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Stefano Giraldi | Marco Antonio Di Renzo |
| 1997 | cancelled due to financial reasons | cancelled due to financial reasons | cancelled due to financial reasons |
| 1998 | Branko Filip | Gorazd Štangelj | Pavel Shumanov |
| 1999 | Timothy Jones | Tadej Valjavec | Stefano Panetta |
| ↓ UCI‑2.5 race ↓ ||||
| 2000 | Martin Derganc | Vladimir Miholjević | Boris Premužič |
| 2001 | Faat Zakirov | Martin Derganc | Vladimir Miholjević |
| 2002 | Evgeni Petrov | Dean Podgornik | Hannes Hempel |
| 2003 | Mitja Mahorič | Jure Golčer | Andreas Matzbacher |
| 2004 | Mitja Mahorič | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Matic Strgar |
| ↓UCI Europe Tour (2.1 race) ↓ ||||
| 2005 | Przemysław Niemiec | Fortunato Baliani | Radoslav Rogina |
| 2006 | Jure Golčer Tomaž Nose | Przemysław Niemiec | Robert Kišerlovski |
| 2007 | Tomaž Nose | Vincenzo Nibali | Andrea Noè |
| 2008 | Jure Golčer | Franco Pellizotti | Robert Kišerlovski |
| 2009 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tomaž Nose | Domenico Pozzovivo |
| 2010 | Vincenzo Nibali | Giovanni Visconti | Chris Anker Sørensen |
| 2011 | Diego Ulissi | Radoslav Rogina | Robert Vrečer |
| 2012 | Janez Brajkovič | Domenico Pozzovivo | Kristijan Koren |
| 2013 | Radoslav Rogina | Jan Polanc | Patrik Sinkewitz |
| 2014 | Tiago Machado | Ilnur Zakarin | Matteo Rabottini |
| 2015 | Primož Roglič | Mikel Nieve | Jure Golčer |
| 2016 | Rein Taaramäe | Jack Haig | Jan Bárta |
| 2017 | Rafał Majka | Giovanni Visconti | Jack Haig |
| 2018 | Primož Roglič | Rigoberto Urán | Matej Mohorič |
| ↓ UCI Europe Tour (2.HC race) ↓ ||||
| 2019 | Diego Ulissi | Giovanni Visconti | Aleksandr Vlasov |
| ↓ UCI Europe Tour ↓↓ UCI ProSeries ↓ ||||
| 2020 | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia |
| 2021 | Tadej Pogačar | Diego Ulissi | Matteo Sobrero |
| ↓ UCI ProSeries ↓ ||||
| 2022 | Tadej Pogačar | Rafał Majka | Domen Novak |
| 2023 | Filippo Zana | Matej Mohorič | Diego Ulissi |
| 2024 | Giovanni Aleotti | Pello Bilbao | Giulio Pellizzari |

## Classifications
### Current jersey colors

| General | Points | Mountains | Young rider |

### List of all jersey winners by years

Jersey colors changed many times over the years. There were also Best Slovenian (1993) and Delo's sprints (1996) classifications.
| | General | Points | Mountains | Young rider | Team | Intermediate sprints |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 1993 | Boris Premužič | Boštjan Mervar | Gianluca Pianegonda | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia 1 | Boštjan Mervar |
| 1994 | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Tobias Steinhauser | Branko Filip | Slovenia | Jens Lehmann |
| 1995 | Valter Bonča | Luca Pavanello | Marco Di Renzo | Sergej Autko | Italy | Frank Høj |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 1996 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Alexander Vinokourov | Tadej Valjavec | Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. | Alexander Vinokourov |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 1998 | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Mitja Mahorič | Krka Telekom | Igor Kranjec |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 1999 | Timothy Jones | Gabriele Balducci | Martin Derganc | Tadej Valjavec | Krka Telekom | Martin Derganc |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2000 | Martin Derganc | Mitja Mahorič | Mitja Mahorič | Matej Gnezda | Krka Telekom | Uroš Murn |
| 2001 | Faat Zakirov | Faat Zakirov | Matej Marin | Filippo Baldo | Amore & Vita-Beretta | Radoslav Rogina |
| 2002 | Evgeni Petrov | Evgeni Petrov | Dean Podgornik | Patrik Sinkewitz | Mapei–Quick-Step | Hannes Hempel |
| 2003 | Mitja Mahorič | Boštjan Mervar | Christian Heule | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Team Macandina | Andreas Matzbacher |
| 2004 | Mitja Mahorič | Matic Strgar | Matic Strgar | Matic Strgar | Krka Novo mesto | Jonas Ljungblad |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2005 | Przemysław Niemiec | Ruggero Marzoli | Przemysław Niemiec | Janez Brajkovič | Miche | not awarded |
| 2006 | Jure Golčer | Borut Božič | Matej Gnezda | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | not awarded |
| 2007 | Tomaž Nose | Vincenzo Nibali | Gabriele Bosisio | Simon Špilak | Liquigas | not awarded |
| 2008 | Jure Golčer | Enrico Rossi | Mitja Mahorič | Robert Kišerlovski | Perutnina Ptuj | not awarded |
| 2009 | Jakob Fuglsang | Jakob Fuglsang | Jakob Fuglsang | Blaž Furdi | Team Saxo Bank | not awarded |
| 2010 | Vincenzo Nibali | Grega Bole | Stéphane Rossetto | Blaž Furdi | Team Saxo Bank | not awarded |
| 2011 | Diego Ulissi | Robert Vrečer | Diego Ulissi | Diego Ulissi | Loborika Favorit | not awarded |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2012 | Janez Brajkovič | Simone Ponzi | Preben Van Hecke | Jan Polanc | Loborika Favorit | not awarded |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2013 | Radoslav Rogina | Brett Lancaster | Radoslav Rogina | Jan Polanc | Adria Mobil | not awarded |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2014 | Tiago Machado | Michael Matthews | Klemen Štimulak | Simon Yates | Bardiani–CSF | not awarded |
| 2015 | Primož Roglič | Salvatore Puccio | Mauro Finetto | Domen Novak | Adria Mobil | not awarded |
| 2016 | Rein Taaramäe | Jack Haig | Jan Tratnik | Egan Bernal | Androni Giocattoli | not awarded |
| Year | | | | | | |
| 2017 | Rafał Majka | Sam Bennett | Rafał Majka | Tadej Pogačar | Nippo–Vini Fantini | not awarded |
| 2018 | Primož Roglič | Simone Consonni | Fausto Masnada | Tadej Pogačar | Team Sunweb | not awarded |
| 2019 | Diego Ulissi | Luka Mezgec | Aleksandr Vlasov | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | not awarded |
| 2021 | Tadej Pogačar | Matej Mohorič | Tadej Pogačar | Kristjan Hočevar | UAE Team Emirates | not awarded |
| 2022 | Tadej Pogačar | Tadej Pogačar | Rafał Majka | Vojtěch Řepa | Caja Rural–Seguros | not awarded |
| 2023 | Filippo Zana | Ide Schelling | Samuele Zoccarato | Raúl García Pierna | Equipo Kern Pharma | not awarded |
| 2024 | Giovanni Aleotti | Giovanni Aleotti | Davide Baldaccini | Giulio Pellizzari | | not awarded |