# Simon Špilak

Simon Špilak (born 23 June 1986) is a retired Slovenian professional road bicycle racer.

## Professional career

Born in Tišina, Špilak was the winner of the 2010 Tour de Romandie, after original race winner Alejandro Valverde had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension. Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in 2013 and 2014, both times behind Chris Froome. In 2013, he was the victor of the GP Miguel Induráin and the Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop, his only two victories of the year. In 2015, he won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse with only five seconds of an advantage over Geraint Thomas. The victory was decided on the last day's time trial. Špilak was considered a rarity in road cycling in that he is a general classification rider who targets one-week races rather than the three-week Grand Tours. In an interview he said that he disliked the heat, so he was always preparing for spring races instead of Grand Tours which took part mostly in summer.
In October 2019, Špilak announced his retirement after his Team Katusha–Alpecin team folded.

## Major results
### 2003

    10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 2004

    National Junior Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Overall GP Général Patton
    3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors

### 2005

    1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    7th GP Kranj
    9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2006

    1st Poreč Trophy
    2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    5th Trofeo Zsšdi
    7th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    7th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy

### 2007

    1st La Côte Picarde
    4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
       1st Young rider classification
    4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    5th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy

### 2008

    5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    9th Tour of Flanders

### 2009 (1 pro win)

    1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
    6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

### 2010 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 4
    3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt

### 2011

    5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
    5th Giro del Friuli

### 2012

    4th Overall Paris–Nice
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie
    8th Overall Tour of Belgium
    10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

### 2013 (3)

    1st GP Miguel Induráin
    1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 4
    4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    6th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Overall Tour de Suisse
    10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

### 2014 (3)

    1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
    1st Stage 3 Arctic Race of Norway
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 3
    4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    8th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Overall Volta ao Algarve

### 2015 (1)

    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
    3rd Overall Paris–Nice

### 2016

    7th Overall Tour de Romandie
    8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    9th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 2017 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 7
    2nd Pro Ötztaler 5500
    10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

### 2018

    6th Overall Tour de Suisse
    9th GP Miguel Induráin

### 2019

    5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    6th Overall Tour de Suisse
    6th Overall Tour of California
    9th Overall Tour de Romandie
    10th Overall Volta ao Algarve

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Giro d'Italia | 48 | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 109 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||||||
| Race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Paris–Nice | 12 | DNF | — | 13 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 31 | — | — | 59 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 27 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 9 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | 9 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |