1996 Tour of Slovenia
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Dates6–12 May 1996
Stages7 + Criterium
Distance983 km (610.8 mi)
Winning time23h 24' 41"
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| Dates | 6–12 May 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 + Criterium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 983 km (610.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23h 24' 41" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 4th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 6 and 12 May 1996.[1][2]
Tha main and biggest Slovenian daily newspaper Delo, sponsored additional money awarded sprints classification. Winner took then 150 deutsche marks (DEM) for each stage sprint win.[3]
The Tour started with three short stages prologue (team time trial, elimination race and criterium).
And the main race consisted of actual 7 stages with 983 km (610.8 mi) in total.
Professional
Total 96 riders (72 finished it) from 10 different countries and 18 teams started the race.[4][5][6][7][8]
Amateur
Rog- Krka I
- Krka II (Krka Telekom)
- Sava
RSV Histor Öschelbronn- Cottbus
Joko
Nardi
Čukarički- Perutnina Ptuj
National
Belarus (canceled)
Bulgaria (canceled)
Canada
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Slovakia
Route and stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | 2.55 km (2 mi) |  |
Team time trial |  Rog | |
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | 12 rounds | Elimination race |  Marco Antonio Di Renzo | ||
| 0 | 6 May | Ljubljana (BTC) | Criterium |  Alexander Vinokourov | |||
| 1 | 7 May | Metlika – Metlika | 161 km (100 mi) |  |
Plain stage | Stefano Giraldi | |
| 2 | 8 May | Podčetrtek – Radenci | 149 km (93 mi) | |
Plain stage | Marco Antonio Di Renzo | |
| 3 | 9 May | Radenci – Ljutomer | 29 km (18 mi) |  |
Time trial | Robert Pintarič | |
| 4 | 9 May | Ljutomer – Beltinci | 86 km (53 mi) | |
Plain stage |  Olaf Pollack | |
| 5 | 10 May | Beltinci – Grosuplje | 220 km (137 mi) |  |
Hilly stage | Igor Kranjec | |
| 6 | 11 May | Vrhnika – Bovec | 159 km (99 mi) |  |
Mountain stage | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | |
| 7 | 12 May | Nova Gorica – Novo mesto | 179 km (111 mi) | |
Hilly stage | Zoran Klemenčič | |
| Total | 983 km (610.8 mi) | ||||||
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification  |
Points classification  |
Mountains classification  |
Young rider classification  |
Intermed. sprints classification  |
Delo's sprints classification  |
Team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Rog | Marco Di Renzo | Robert Pintarič | Matthias Jandt | not available | Alexander Vinokourov | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Rog |
| 1 | Stefano Giraldi | Stefano Giraldi | not available | Stefano Giraldi | Bedin | Bogdan Fink | Glacial–Selle Italia | |
| 2 | Marco Di Renzo | |||||||
| 3 | Robert Pintarič | not available | not available | not awarded | not available | |||
| 4 | Olaf Pollack | Bedin | ||||||
| 5 | Igor Kranjec | Marco Di Renzo | Stefano Giraldi | Alexander Vinokourov | ||||
| 6 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | not available | not available | not available | not available | ||
| 7 | Zoran Klemenčič | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Alexander Vinokourov | Tadej Valjavec | Alexander Vinokourov | Alexander Vinokourov | Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. | |
| Final | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Alexander Vinokourov | Tadej Valjavec | Alexander Vinokourov | Alexander Vinokourov | Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo. | |
