Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road cyclingstage race held since 1993.
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 signicifant 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]
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
Meeting in 2023, 30 years after first race: (from left) Boris Lozej, Srečko Glivar (2nd in 1993), Boris Premužič (1993 Winner), Gorazd Štangelj (3rd in 1993), Primož Čerin, Martin Hvastija, Mojca Novak (President of organizing committee) and Bogdan Fink (Organizing Director)Race in 2011Race in 2019Race in 2021
Top 3 results
Classifications
Current jersey colors
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.
^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
References
^Ballinger, Alex (10 October 2019). "UCI releases full calendar for new ProSeries races". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^"Boj za zeleno majico na še višji ravni" (in Slovenian). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.