2022 Tour of Slovenia

The 2022 Tour of Slovenia () was 28th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race scheduled between 15 and 19 June 2022. The 2.Pro-category race is a part of the UCI ProSeries. Tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth by UCI Men's road racing world ranking list ().

The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of . Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič (). Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka () showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from  (who showed domination in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné) for season main race - 2022 Tour de France.   
The Tour consisted of 5 stages with  and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975 . Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road.

Teams 

Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 riders at the start (124 finished it).

UCI WorldTeams

 
 
 
 

UCI ProTeams

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UCI Continental Teams

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

National Teams

 Slovenia

Route and stages

Stage 1 
15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna, 

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| align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 02' 10"

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Stage 2 
16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina, 

On hilly second stage  was led by Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik on the front trying to blew the peloton apart and get rid of classical sprinters (Tim Merlier, Pascal Ackermann, Dylan Groenewegen) in an effort to help their newest member Matevž Govekar who is part of  from 1 June 2022. Ackermann () and Merlier () were both dropped but Ackermann was able to rejoin the peloton before the finish. Stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen with help of lead-out sprinter Luka Mezgec.

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| align=center|1||width=180px| Dylan Groenewegen||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 12' 51"

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Stage 3 
17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje, 

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| align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 27' 09"

 
 
 

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Stage 4 
18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina, 

Mountain stage with two Cat.3 climbs (Jesenovo; 2.8 km at 6.9%, Trojane; 2.4 km at 8.2%), one Cat.2 climb (Črnivec; 10.6 km at 5.7%) and one Cat.1 climb (Velika Planina; 8.2 km at 7.6%) showed utter dominance by Rafał Majka and Tadej Pogačar (both ) where winner was solved with Rock paper scissors hand game before the finish line.

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| align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 53' 52"

 
 

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Stage 5 
19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto, 

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| align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 42' 35"

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Classification leadership

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

UCI point ranking

References

Notations

External links 

 
 wvcycling.com
 procyclingstats.com
 cyclingarchives.com

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