# 2019 Tour of Romania

The 2019 Tour of Romania was a five-day cycling stage race that took place in Romania in September 2019. The race was the 52nd edition of the Tour of Romania. The tour was rated as a 2.1 event, as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.

## Route

Stages of the 2019 Tour of Romania :
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 11 September | Cluj-Napoca to Sighișoara | 168 km (104.4 mi) | | Plain stage | Ivar Slik |
| 2 | 12 September | Brașov to Focșani | 176.3 km (109.5 mi) | | Mountain stage | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 3 | 13 September | Buzău to Târgoviște | 121.6 km (75.6 mi) | | Plain stage | Mihkel Räim |
| 4 | 14 September | Ploiești to Piatra Arsă | 126 km (78.3 mi) | | Mountain stage | Savva Novikov |
| 5 | 15 September | Bucharest to Bucharest | 100.3 km (62.3 mi) | | Plain stage | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| Total | Total | Total | 688 km (427.5 mi) | 688 km (427.5 mi) | 688 km (427.5 mi) | 688 km (427.5 mi) | 688 km (427.5 mi) |

## Teams

Twenty teams were invited to start the race. These included fourteen UCI Continental teams and six national teams.
UCI Continental teams
* Team Novak
* Voster ATS Team
* Giotti Victoria–Palomar
* LKT Team Brandenburg
* Massi Vivo–Grupo Oresy
* CCC Development Team
* Elkov–Author
* Hurom BDC Development
* Cycling Team Friuli
* Team Illuminate
* Monkey Town–à Bloc
* Vino–Astana Motors
* Kyiv Capital Racing
* Lokosphinx
National teams
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Russia
* Belarus
* Estonia
* Turkey

## Stages
### Stage 1
#### 11 September 2019 — Cluj-Napoca to Sighișoara, 168 km (104 mi)

Result of Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ivar Slik (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 4h 12' 44" |
| 2 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | s.t. |
| 3 | Eduard Grosu (ROU) | Romania (national team) | + 46" |
| 4 | Richard Banusch (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. |
| 5 | Dominik Neuman (CZE) | Elkov–Author | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 1 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ivar Slik (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 4h 12' 34" |
| 2 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | + 4" |
| 3 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | + 50" |
| 4 | Eduard Grosu (ROU) | Romania (national team) | + 52" |
| 5 | Adriaan Janssen (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | + 53" |

### Stage 2
#### 12 September 2019 — Brașov to Focșani, 176.3 km (110 mi)

Result of Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) | CCC Development Team | 4h 6' 14" |
| 2 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Estonia (national team) | s.t. |
| 3 | Eduard Grosu (ROU) | Romania (national team) | s.t. |
| 4 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | s.t. |
| 5 | Richard Banusch (GER) | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 2 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ivar Slik (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 8h 18' 48" |
| 2 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | + 4" |
| 3 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) | CCC Development Team | + 46" |
| 4 | Eduard Grosu (ROU) | Romania (national team) | + 48" |
| 5 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Estonia (national team) | + 50" |

### Stage 3
#### 13 September 2019 — Buzău to Târgoviște, 121.6 km (76 mi)

Result of Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Estonia (national team) | 2h 37' 09" |
| 2 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | s.t. |
| 3 | Norman Vahtra (EST) | Estonia (national team) | s.t. |
| 4 | Siim Kiskonen (EST) | Estonia (national team) | s.t. |
| 5 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) | CCC Development Team | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 3 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ivar Slik (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 10h 55' 57" |
| 2 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | + 4" |
| 3 | Mihkel Räim (EST) | Estonia (national team) | + 40" |
| 4 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | + 44" |
| 3 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) | CCC Development Team | + 46" |

### Stage 4
#### 14 September 2019 — Ploiești to Piatra Arsă, 126 km (78 mi)

Result of Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | 3h 16' 06" |
| 2 | Karel Hník (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 27" |
| 3 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Romania (national team) | s.t. |
| 4 | Attila Valter (HUN) | CCC Development Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | Elkov–Author | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 4 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 14h 12' 34" |
| 2 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 15" |
| 3 | Karel Hník (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 46" |
| 4 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Romania (national team) | + 48" |
| 5 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 49" |

### Stage 5
#### 15 September 2019 — Bucharest to Bucharest, 100.3 km (62 mi)

Result of Stage 5 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) | CCC Development Team | 2h 13' 38" |
| 2 | Eduard Grosu (ROU) | Romania (national team) | s.t. |
| 3 | Riccardo Robbo (ITA) | Team Novak | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexandr Smirnov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | s.t. |
| 5 | Patryk Stosz (CZE) | CCC Development Team | s.t. |
General classification after Stage 5 :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 16h 26' 12" |
| 2 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 15" |
| 3 | Karel Hník (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 46" |
| 4 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Romania (national team) | + 48" |
| 5 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 49" |

## Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Best Romanian rider | Team classification |
| 1 | Ivar Slik | Ivar Slik | Jonathan Milan | Adriaan Janssen | Alex Molenaar | Eduard Grosu | Monkey Town Continental Team |
| 2 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Ivar Slik | Filippo Ferronato | Patryk Stosz | Alex Molenaar | Eduard Grosu | Monkey Town Continental Team |
| 3 | Mihkel Räim | Ivar Slik | Filippo Ferronato | Patryk Stosz | Alex Molenaar | Eduard Grosu | Monkey Town Continental Team |
| 4 | Savva Novikov | Alex Molenaar | Filippo Ferronato | Serghei Țvetcov | Alex Molenaar | Serghei Țvetcov | Lokosphinx |
| 5 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Alex Molenaar | Karl Patrick Lauk | Serghei Țvetcov | Alex Molenaar | Serghei Țvetcov | Lokosphinx |
| Final | Final | Alex Molenaar | Karl Patrick Lauk | Serghei Țvetcov | Alex Molenaar | Serghei Țvetcov | Lokosphinx |

## Standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the best Romanian rider classification | Denotes the leaders of the team classification |

### General classification

General classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 16h 26' 12" |
| 2 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 15" |
| 3 | Karel Hník (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 46" |
| 4 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Cycling Team Friuli | + 48" |
| 5 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | Elkov–Author | + 49" |
| 6 | Piotr Brożyna (CZE) | CCC Development Team | + 52" |
| 7 | Attila Valter (HUN) | CCC Development Team | + 52" |
| 8 | Emil Dima (ROU) | Giotti Victoria–Palomar | + 52" |
| 9 | Davide Bais (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | + 52" |
| 10 | Rodolfo Torres (COL) | Team Illuminate | + 1' 00" |

### Points classification

Points classification (1–5) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Karl Patrick Lauk (EST) | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team | 11 |
| 2 | Filippo Ferronato (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | 9 |
| 3 | Sebastian Matusiak (POL) | Poland (national team) | 6 |
| 4 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | 6 |
| 5 | Dániel Móricz (HUN) | Pannon Cycling Team | 6 |

### Mountains classification

Mountains classification (1–5) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Cycling Team Friuli | 33 |
| 2 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | Elkov–Author | 33 |
| 3 | Patryk Stosz (CZE) | CCC Development Team | 31 |
| 4 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | 25 |
| 5 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 24 |

### Young rider classification

Young rider classification (1–5) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alex Molenaar (NED) | Monkey Town–à Bloc | 16h 26' 12" |
| 2 | Savva Novikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 15" |
| 3 | Attila Valter (HUN) | CCC Development Team | + 52" |
| 4 | Emil Dima (ROU) | Giotti Victoria–Palomar | + 52" |
| 5 | Davide Bais (ITA) | Cycling Team Friuli | + 52" |

### Best Romanian rider classification

Best Romanian rider classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Serghei Țvetcov | Cycling Team Friuli | 16h 27' 00" |
| 2 | Emil Dima | Giotti Victoria–Palomar | + 4" |
| 3 | Daniel Crista | Giotti Victoria–Palomar | + 6' 6" |
| 4 | Vlad Dobre | Giotti Victoria–Palomar | + 6' 39" |
| 4 | Eduard Grosu | Romania (national team) | + 16' 26" |

### Team classification

Team classification (1–5) :
| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Lokosphinx | 49h 21' 30" |
| 2 | CCC Development Team | + 1" |
| 3 | Elkov–Author | + 9" |
| 4 | Team Illuminate | + 2' 10" |
| 5 | Cycling Team Friuli | + 3' 36" |