1998 Tour of Slovenia
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Dates4–10 May 1998
Stages7 + prologue
Distance1,085 km (674.2 mi)
Winning time26h 28' 01"
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| Dates | 4–10 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 + prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 26h 28' 01" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 5th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 4 and 10 May 1998.[1][2][3][4][5]
The race consisted of prologue and actual 7 stages with 1,085 km (674.2 mi) in total.[6][7]
Professional
Total 98 riders (62 finished it) from 13 different countries and 16 teams started the race.[8][9]
KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
Amore & Vita–ForzArcore- Kross–Selle Italia
Linda McCartney On Tour
Mróz
ZVVZ–DLD
Agro–Adler Brandenburg
Amateur
- Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog (2 clubs united)
- Savaprojekt
- Hit Casino
- Sava
National
Slovak
Croatia
Bulgaria- United Kingdom
Ukraine
Route and stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 May | Ptuj | 3.4 km (2 mi) |  |
Prologue |  Olaf Pollack | |
| 1 | 5 May | Radenci – Beltinci | 198 km (123 mi) |  |
Plain stage | Olaf Pollack | |
| 2 | 6 May | Maribor – Kranj | 168 km (104 mi) |  |
Intermediate stage |  Andrej Hauptman | |
| 3 | 7 May | Krško – Brežice – Krško | 18 km (11 mi) | |
Time trial | Valter Bonča | |
| 4 | 7 May | Semič – Metlika – Semič | 85 km (53 mi) | |
Plain stage |  Maurizio De Pasquale | |
| 5 | 8 May | Ribnica – Nova Gorica | 230 km (143 mi) | |
Intermediate stage | Simone Zucchi | |
| 6 | 9 May | Nova Gorica – Vršič – Ljubljana | 206 km (128 mi) |  |
Mountain stage | Simone Mori | |
| 7 | 10 May | Grosuplje – Novo mesto | 177 km (110 mi) |  |
Hilly stage | Andrej Hauptman | |
| Total | 1,085 km (674.2 mi) | ||||||
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification  |
Points classification  |
Mountains classification  |
Young rider classification  |
Intermediate sprints classification  |
Team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Olaf Pollack | Olaf Pollack | not available | not available | Tadej Valjavec | not available | not available |
| 1 | Olaf Pollack | Uroš Murn | Rik Reinerink | ||||
| 2 | Andrej Hauptman | Gorazd Štangelj | Mitja Mahorič | Marko Baloh | Mroz | ||
| 3 | Valter Bonča | Branko Filip | not available | not available | not available | not available | |
| 4 | Maurizio De Pasquale | ||||||
| 5 | Simone Zucchi | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Martin Čotak | |||
| 6 | Simone Mori | not available | not available | ||||
| 7 | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Mitja Mahorič | Igor Kranjec | Krka Telekom | ||
| Final | Branko Filip | Andrej Hauptman | Igor Kranjec | Mitja Mahorič | Igor Kranjec | Krka Telekom | |
