Tour of Slovenia
Slovenian multi-day road cycling race
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Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five-day road cycling stage race held since 1993.
June (from 2005)
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| Race details | |
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| Date | May (until 2004) June (from 2005) |
| Region | Slovenia |
| English name | Tour of Slovenia |
| Local name | Dirka po Sloveniji (in Slovene) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI ProSeries (since 2020)[1] |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Ciklotour (1993–1997) KK Adria Mobil (from 1998) |
| Race director | Bogdan Fink |
| Web site | tourofslovenia |
| History | |
| First edition | 1993 |
| Editions | 32 (as of 2026) |
| First winner |  Boris Premužič |
| Most wins | 5 riders with 2 wins each[a] |
| Most recent |  Florian Lipowitz |
Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.[2][3][4][5]
Race made a significant progress and importance with more and more international recognition over the years. From the unknown local third class race in the beginnings, it is now part of the world's second tier level of road cycling with world class athletes. In 2017, when Slovenian Tourist Organisation (STO) decided to start promoting country's trademark, its green landscape, on Eurosport 1 and 2, was a huge game changer. All five stages of the race are being broadcast live in about 120 countries all over the world.[6]
World class cyclists such as Rigoberto Urán, Rafał Majka, Primož Roglič, Jakob Fuglsang, Vincenzo Nibali and Tadej Pogačar competed here in the course of their careers and brought the international attention.
In 2017, they introduced green jersey for general classification, representing country's green nature.
Along with the Tour de Suisse, it is the last top level preparatory stage race before Tour de France. Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) retired 2023, new president is Bogdan Fink.
Winners
Overall wins per country
Top 3 results
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Classifications
Current jersey colors
| General | Points | Mountains | Young rider |
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List of all jersey winners by years
Jersey colors changed many times over the years. There were also Best Slovenian (1993) and Delo's sprints (1996) classifications.
Notes
- The two-time winners are Slovenian riders Mitja Mahorič, Jure Golčer, Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar, along with Diego Ulissi from Italy.
- Original organiser (Ciklotour) could not solve financial terms, after what organisation was passed to actual organiser Kolesarski klub Telekom with help of Cycling Federation of Slovenia
- To the original 2006 race winner Tomaž Nose (Slovenia), was this win taken away in 2008. That's whay Jure Golčer (2nd) Przemysław Niemiec (3rd) and Robert Kišerlovski (4th) subsequently each advanced for one place up.
