Urška Žigart
Slovenian cyclist
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Urška Žigart (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈùːɾʃka ˈʒìːgaɾt] ⓘ) (born 4 December 1996) is a Slovenian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal.[3] Žigart has won the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships four times (2020, 2022–2024), and won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2024.
Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
Žigart in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Urška Žigart |
| Born | 4 December 1996 Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2019 | BTC City Ljubljana[1] |
| 2020 | Alé BTC Ljubljana[2] |
| 2021–2024 | Team BikeExchange |
| 2025– | AG Insurance–Soudal |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Career
In 2020, she won the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships[4] and competed in the Tour de l'Ardeche and Giro Rosa.[5] She finished third in the Slovenian National Road Race Championships behind her teammate Urša Pintar and Špela Kern of the Lviv Cycling Team.[6]
In November 2020, Žigart signed a contract for the 2021 season with the Mitchelton–Scott team, later renamed Team BikeExchange.[7] In 2022, Žigart won the Slovenian national time trial championship for the second time – repeating this in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Žigart also won the Slovenian national road race championship.[8]
From 2025, Žigart has been a rider on Team AG Insurance–Soudal.[9]
Personal life
Žigart's partner is cyclist Tadej Pogačar,[10] a four-time Tour de France winner.[11] They became engaged in September 2021. After Pogačar withdrew from the Slovenia team for the Paris Olympics due to "extreme fatigue", he said his decision was also swayed by the Slovenian Olympic Committee, which had not selected Žigart, who had won the Slovenian road race and time trial championships that year, to compete at the Games.[12][8]
Major results
- 2016
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 4th Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 7th Road race, Mediterranean Games
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 10th Overall Tour de Feminin
- 2021
- 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 7th Overall Tour de Feminin
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 8th Emakumeen Nafarroako
- 2023
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Gracia–Orlová
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2025
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 3rd Trofeo Tessile & Moda Donne
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
General classification results
| Major Tour results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Major Tours | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La Vuelta Femenina |
Race did not exist | 40 | — | — | |||||||||||
 Giro Rosa |
— | — | — | 63 | 50 | 78 | — | — | DNF | 12 | 9 | ||||
 Tour de France Femmes |
Race did not exist | 29 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Stage race results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
 Emakumeen Bira |
— | — | — | 60 | 44 | Race no longer exists | |||||||||
 Ladies Tour of Norway |
— | — | — | — | — | NH | 44 | No longer exists | |||||||
 Lotto Belgium Tour |
— | — | — | — | — | NH | 73 | — | Not held | ||||||
| UAE Tour |
Race did not exist | DNF | — | 73 | |||||||||||
| Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs |
— | — | — | — | 54 | NH | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Itzulia Women |
Race did not exist | 19 | — | 28 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Vuelta a Burgos |
— | — | — | — | 7 | NH | — | 49 | 63 | — | — | ||||
| Tour de Suisse |
Race not held | — | 30 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||
| Tour of Scandinavia |
Race did not exist | — | 38 | NH | NH | ||||||||||
 Tour de Romandie |
37 | 32 | 41 | ||||||||||||
 Holland Ladies Tour |
— | — | — | 66 | — | NH | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Race did not exist | NH | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Milan-San Remo | Race did not exist | 49 | |||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | 64 | 32 | 38 | |
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | Race did not exist | 34 | NH | 36 | No longer exists | ||||||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | — | — | — | — | — | Not held | 60 | No longer exists | |||
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | 83 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | OTL | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | 51 |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda | — | — | — | — | DNF | NH | DNF | 50 | 69 | 40 | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | Race did not exist | — | — | — | NH | 104 | — | — | — | — | |
| Scheldeprijs | Race did not exist | DNF | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Brabantse Pijl | N/A | — | — | 62 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | 69 |
| Amstel Gold Race | Not held | — | 79 | — | NH | — | — | 82 | — | — | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 55 | DNF | — | — | 59 | 43 | 40 | — |
| GP de Plouay-Bretagne | DNF | — | — | 64 | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | 29 | |
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | 28 | 17 | 42 | 73 | — | 12 | 10 | 4 | |
| Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
Major championships results
| Event | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships |
Road race | — | — | — | 67 | DNF | 105 | DNF | — | DNF | 24 | 23 |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 29 | 17 | 16 | |
 European Championships |
Road race | N/A | — | — | — | — | DNF | 23 | 76 | — | — | |
| Time trial | N/A | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | ||
 National Championships |
Road race | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Time trial | — | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
