2022 Tour of Slovenia explained

2022 Tour of Slovenia
Series:	2022 UCI ProSeries
Date:	15–19 June 2022
Stages:	5
Distance:	791.6
Unit:	km
Time:	19h 18' 09"
First:	Tadej Pogačar
First Color:	green 2
Second:	Rafał Majka
Third:	Domen Novak
Points:	Tadej Pogačar
Points Color:	red
Mountains:	Rafał Majka
Mountains Color:	blue
Youth:	Vojtěch Řepa
Youth Color:	white
Team:
Previous:	2021
Next:	2023

The 2022 Tour of Slovenia (sl|Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 28th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race scheduled between 15 and 19 June 2022. The 2.Pro-category race is a part of the UCI ProSeries. The tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth, respectively, by the UCI Men's road racing world ranking list .^[1]

The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of . Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič . Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from (who showed domination in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné) for season main race - 2022 Tour de France.^[2] The Tour consisted of 5 stages with 791.4km (491.8miles) and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975 .^[3] Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road.

Teams

Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 riders at the start (124 finished it).^{[4] [5]}

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

National Teams

• Slovenia

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners^[6]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	15 June	Nova Gorica – Postojna	164.7km (102.3miles)		Hilly stage	Rafał Majka
2	16 June	Ptuj – Rogaška Slatina	174.1km (108.2miles)		Hilly stage	Dylan Groenewegen
3	17 June	Žalec – Celje	144.6km (89.9miles)		Hilly stage	Tadej Pogačar
4	18 June	Laško – Velika Planina	152.1km (94.5miles)		Mountain stage	Rafał Majka
5	19 June	Vrhnika – Novo Mesto	156.1km (97miles)		Hilly stage	Tadej Pogačar
Total			791.6km (491.9miles)

Stage 1

15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna, 164.7km (102.3miles)^[7]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^{[8] [9]} |-| align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 02' 10"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 2

16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina, 174.1km (108.2miles)^[10]

On hilly second stage was led by Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik on the front trying to blew the peloton apart and get rid of classical sprinters (Tim Merlier, Pascal Ackermann, Dylan Groenewegen) in an effort to help their newest member Matevž Govekar who is part of from 1 June 2022. Ackermann and Merlier were both dropped but Ackermann was able to rejoin the peloton before the finish. Stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen with help of lead-out sprinter Luka Mezgec.^[11]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^{[12] [13]} |-| align=center|1||width=180px| Dylan Groenewegen||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 12' 51"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 3

17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje, 144.6km (89.9miles)^[14]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^{[15] [16]} |-| align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 27' 09" |-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 4

18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina, 152.5km (94.8miles)^[17]

Mountain stage with two Cat.3 climbs (Jesenovo; 2.8 km at 6.9%, Trojane; 2.4 km at 8.2%), one Cat.2 climb (Črnivec; 10.6 km at 5.7%) and one Cat.1 climb (Velika Planina; 8.2 km at 7.6%) showed utter dominance by Rafał Majka and Tadej Pogačar (both) where winner was solved with Rock paper scissors hand game before the finish line.^[18]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^{[19] [20]} |-| align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 53' 52" |-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 5

19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto, 156.1km (97miles)^[21]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^{[22] [23]} |-| align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 42' 35"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Classification leadership

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Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Rafał Majka	Rafał Majka	Rafał Majka	Rafał Majka	Alex Tolio
2	Dylan Groenewegen				Vojtěch Řepa
3	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar
4	Rafał Majka
5	Tadej Pogačar		Tadej Pogačar
Final		Tadej Pogačar			Vojtěch Řepa

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	width=180px		width=255px		width=76px align="right"	19h 18' 09"
2			+ 12"
3	Domen Novak		+ 2' 32"
4	Vincenzo Albanese		+ 2' 42"
5			+ 3' 10"
6			+ 3' 17"
7	Paul Double		+ 3' 32"
8			+ 3' 40"
9			+ 3' 52"
10	Davide Gabburo		+ 4' 23"

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	width=180px		width=255px		86
2			86
3	Vincenzo Albanese		55
4	Luka Mezgec		40
5	Matej Mohorič		39
6			38
7			36
8	Domen Novak		32
9	Fabio Felline		28
10	Dylan Groenewegen		25

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	width=180px		width=255px		30
2			23
3	Viktor Potočki		12
4	Samuele Zoccarato		10
5	Domen Novak		9
6	Fernando Barceló		6
7	Alex Tolio		4
8	Matej Mohorič		4
9	Tomasz Budziński		4
10	Lucas De Rossi		3

Young rider classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	width=180px		width=255px		19h 21' 19"
2	Alex Tolio		+ 2' 28"
3	Santiago Umba		+ 20' 05"
4	Gal Glivar		+ 25' 01"
5	Dylan Hopkins		+ 26' 42"
6			+ 26' 55"
7	Matevž Govekar		+ 27' 52"
8	Alessandro Fancellu		+ 40' 42"
9	Francesco Carollo		+ 41' 01"
10	Alexandre Balmer		+ 41' 38"

Team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	width=255px		58h 05' 54"
2		+ 3' 09"
3		+ 10' 06"
4		+ 10' 09"
5		+ 10' 42"
6		+ 12' 57"
7		+ 17' 39"
8		+ 42' 39"
9		+ 48' 20"
10		+ 53' 04"

UCI point ranking

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General classification	200	150	125	100	85	70	60	50	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5	3
Per stage	20	10	5
Leader	5

Classification
Position	Rider	Team	General	Stage	Leader	Total
1.			200	55	10	265
2.			150	55	10	215
3.			125	10	-	135
4.			100	-	-	100
5.			85	-	-	85
6.			70	5	-	75
7.			60	-	-	60
8.			50	-	-	50
9.			40	5	-	45
10.			35	-	-	35

External links

• • wvcycling.com
• procyclingstats.com
• cyclingarchives.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCI Ranking Individual . procyclingstats.com . 13 April 2022.
2. Web site: Kate . Wagner . Tour of Slovenia: UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma remain on a collision course for the Tour de France . velonews.com . 20 June 2022.
3. Prizes . Tour of Slovenia 2022 . 2022 . Brochure . 47 .
4. Web site: Startlist for Tour of Slovenia 2022 . www.procyclingstats.com . 15 June 2022 . en.
5. Web site: START LIST . tourofslovenia.si . 15 June 2022 . si . 15 June 2022.
6. Web site: Stages. Tour of Slovenia. 13 April 2022.
7. Web site: Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia. Tour of Slovenia. 3 June 2022.
8. Web site: Rafal Majka surprising winner of stage 1 . tourofslovenia.si . 15 June 2022 . en . 15 June 2022.
9. Web site: Tour of Slovenia: Majka wins stage 1 as Pogacar shines . cyclingnews.com . 15 June 2022 . en . 15 June 2022.
10. Web site: Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia. Tour of Slovenia. 3 June 2022.
11. Web site: Wagner . Kate . Dylan Groenewegen wins Tour of Slovenia’s lone sprint stage . velonews.com . 17 June 2022.
12. Web site: Tour of Slovenia: Groenewegen wins stage 2 sprint. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. 16 June 2022. 16 June 2022.
13. Web site: Stage 2 Result. Procyclingstats. 16 June 2022. 16 June 2022.
14. Web site: Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia. Tour of Slovenia. 3 June 2022.
15. Web site: Tour of Slovenia: Pogacar wins stage 3 to take race lead. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. 17 June 2022. 18 June 2022.
16. Web site: Stage 3 Result. Procyclingstats. 17 June 2022. 18 June 2022.
17. Web site: Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia. Tour of Slovenia. 3 June 2022.
18. Web site: 'LOVE THAT' - TADEJ POGACAR AND RAFAL MAJKA PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS TO DECIDE WINNER OF TOUR OF SLOVENIA STAGE . Eurosport . 22 June 2022.
19. Web site: Tour of Slovenia: Majka and Pogacar dominate Velika Planina summit finish. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. 18 June 2022. 18 June 2022.
20. Web site: Stage 4 Result. Procyclingstats. 18 June 2022. 18 June 2022.
21. Web site: Stage 5 Tour of Slovenia. Tour of Slovenia. 3 June 2022.
22. Web site: Tadej Pogacar seals Tour of Slovenia with victory on final stage. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. 19 June 2022. 19 June 2022.
23. Web site: Stage 5 Result. Procyclingstats. 19 June 2022. 19 June 2022.