2018 Tour of Slovakia | |
Series: | 2018 UCI Europe Tour |
Stages: | 5 |
Distance: | 695.5 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 16h 33' 08" |
First: | Julian Alaphilippe |
First Nat: | FRA |
First Color: | yellow |
Second: | Jan Tratnik |
Second Nat: | SLO |
Third: | Cesare Benedetti |
Third Nat: | ITA |
Points: | Martin Haring |
Points Nat: | SVK |
Points Color: | blue polkadot |
Mountains: | Giulio Ciccone |
Mountains Nat: | ITA |
Mountains Color: | polkadot |
Youth: | Tobias Foss |
Youth Nat: | NOR |
Youth Color: | white |
Previous: | 2017 |
Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Okolo Slovenska was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race. The race is the 62nd edition of the Okolo Slovenska. It was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race started in Poprad on 12 September and finish on 16 September in Galanta.
The Frenchmen rider Julian Alaphilippe of won the general classification, by taking first place at the summit finish in Štrbské Pleso. He won the race by sixteen seconds overall, from 's Jan Tratnik, Benedetti completed the podium.
The 21 teams invited to the race were:[1]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |||
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Prologue | 12 September | Poprad | 1.6km (01miles) | Individual time trial | ||||
1 | 13 September | Poprad to Štrbské Pleso | 164.4km (102.2miles) | Mountain stage | ||||
2 | 14 September | Ružomberok to Dubnica nad Váhom | 191.7km (119.1miles) | Hilly stage | ||||
3 | 15 September | Dubnica nad Váhom to Nitra | 180.6km (112.2miles) | Flat stage | ||||
4 | 16 September | Nitra to Galanta | 157.2km (97.7miles) | Flat stage | ||||
Total | 695.5km (432.2miles) |
In the 2018 Tour of Slovakia, five jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey sponsored by national lottery TIPOS. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Tour of Slovakia, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
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Prologue | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Stage finishes | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
Intermediate sprint | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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Points for | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Points for | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
The fourth jersey represented the under-23 classification, marked by a white jersey sponsored by Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport. Only riders born after 1 January 1996 were eligible; the under-23 best placed rider in the general classification was the leader of the under 23 classification. Additionally there was also a classification for Slovakian riders, marked by a white, blue and red jersey. Only Slovakian riders were eligible and they were awarded according to their placement in the general classification of the race.
There was also a classification for Combativity given after each stage to the rider considered, by the organisers, the most combative rider. The winner wore a red bib for the next stage. The final classification was the team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.
Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Under-23 rider classification | Best Slovakian rider classification | Combativity classification | Team classification | |
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P | Bob Jungels | Bob Jungels | Yves Lampaert | Christophe Laporte | Fabio Jakobsen | Erik Baška | not awarded | ||
1 | Julian Alaphilippe | Julian Alaphilippe | Martin Haring | Giulio Ciccone | Attila Valter | Matúš Štoček | Martin Haring | ||
2 | Rüdiger Selig | Julian Alaphilippe | Tobias Foss | Umberto Orsini | |||||
3 | Matteo Pelucchi | Martin Haring | Patrik Tybor | ||||||
4 | Fabio Jakobsen | Andreas Stokbro | |||||||
Final | Julian Alaphilippe | Tobias Foss | Matúš Štoček | not awarded |
Legend | ||||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification | |||
Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |