| Urška Žigart | |
| Fullname: | Urška Žigart |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 2015–2019 |
| Proteam1: | [1] |
| Proyears2: | 2020 |
| Proteam2: | [2] |
| Proyears3: | 2021– |
| Majorwins: | One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2024) National Time Trial Championships |
Urška Žigart (pronounced as /sl/) (born 4 December 1996) is a Slovenian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[3]
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 .[6]
In November 2020, Žigart signed a contract for the 2021 season with the team, later renamed .[7]
From 2025, Žigart will race for .[8]
Žigart's partner is cyclist Tadej Pogačar,[9] a three-time Tour de France winner.[10] 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 to compete at the Games.[11]
| Major Tour results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Major Tours | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vuelta Femenina | Race did not exist | 40 | — | ||||||||||||
| Giro Rosa | — | — | — | 63 | 50 | 78 | — | — | DNF | 12 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | — | ||||||||||||
| Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs | — | — | — | — | 54 | NH | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Itzulia Women | Race did not exist | 19 | — | 28 | |||||||||||
| Vuelta a Burgos | — | — | — | — | 7 | NH | — | 49 | 63 | — | |||||
| Tour de Suisse | Race not held | — | 30 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tour of Scandinavia | Race did not exist | — | 38 | NH | |||||||||||
| Tour de Romandie | 37 | 32 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Holland Ladies Tour | — | — | — | 66 | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Roubaix | Race did not exist | NH | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | 64 | 32 | ||
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| 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 | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | |
| 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 |
| Event | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | 67 | DNF | 105 | DNF | — | DNF | 24 |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 29 | 17 | |
| 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 |
| Time trial | — | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |