2018 Tour of Slovenia explained

The 2018 Tour of Slovenia (sl|Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 25th edition of the Tour of Slovenia cycling stage race, held between 13 and 17 June 2018.^[1] It was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour, consisted of 5 stages in total.

The race was decided on its queen stage 4 in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps with climbs to Seeberg Saddle (1218 m), Pavlič Pass (1338 m) and Volovljek Pass (1029 m). The stage was won by Primož Roglič with a 33-second lead over 2nd-placed Matej Mohorič, with Rafał Majka in 3rd.

Teams

Total 151 riders (143 finished it) from 22 teams started the race.

9 UCI WorldTeams and 13 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams^{[2] [3]}

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	13 June	Lendava – Murska Sobota	159km (99miles)		Intermediate stage	Simone Consonni
2	14 June	Maribor – Rogaška Slatina	152.7km (94.9miles)		Intermediate stage	Dylan Groenewegen
3	15 June		175.7km (109.2miles)		Intermediate stage	Rigoberto Urán
4	16 June	Ljubljana – Kamnik	155.2km (96.4miles)		Mountain stage	Primož Roglič
5	17 June	Trebnje – Novo mesto	21.5km (13.4miles)		Individual time trial	Primož Roglič
Total		664.1km (412.7miles)

Stage 1

13 June 2018 — Lendava to Murska Sobota, 159km (99miles)^[5]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^[6] |-| align=center|1||width=176px| Simone Consonni||width=285px|||width=76px align=right|3h 32' 05"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 2

14 June 2018 — Maribor to Rogaška Slatina, 152.7km (94.9miles)^[7]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^[8] |-| align=center|1||width=176px| Dylan Groenewegen||width=285px|||width=76px align=right|3h 35' 43"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage^[8]

Stage 3

15 June 2018 — Slovenske Konjice to Celje, 175.7km (109.2miles)^[9]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^[10] |-| align=center|1||width=176px| Rigoberto Urán||width=285px|||width=76px|4h 56' 00"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage^[10]

Stage 4

16 June 2018 — Ljubljana to Kamnik, 155.2km (96.4miles)^[11]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^[12] |-| align=center|1|| width=176px| Primož Roglič|| width=285px||| width=76px align=right|3h 44' 53"|-| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage^[12]

Stage 5

17 June 2018 — Trebnje to Novo mesto, 21.5km (13.4miles)^[13]

|-| align=center colspan=4|Official results^[14] |-| align=center|1|| width=176px| Primož Roglič|| width=285px||| width=76px align=right|24' 46"

Classification leadership

Points for the mountains classification

Position	1	2	3	4	5
Points for	12	8	6	4	2
Points for	6	4	2	0
Points for	3	2	1
Points for	1	0

In the 2018 Tour of Slovenia, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a green jersey and the winner of the general classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued – awarded on a 5–3–1 scale – at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.

Mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, third or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1996 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.

Best young rider (under 23 years) by time was awarded with white jersey.

Best team, three best times of cyclists of the same team are taken into account.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Simone Consonni	Simone Consonni	Simone Consonni	Benjamin Hill	Jon Božič
2	Dylan Groenewegen	Benjamin Hill	Matteo Pelucchi
3	Rigoberto Urán		Primož Roglič	Michael Storer
4	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič	Simone Consonni	Fausto Masnada
5	Primož Roglič	Tadej Pogačar
Final [15]		Primož Roglič			Tadej Pogačar

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification		Denotes the winner of the Points classification
	Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification

General classification

|-| align=center|1|| width=188px| Primož Roglič || width=285px||| width=76px align=right|15h 18' 13"

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1		width=285px		width=76px style="text-align:center;"	52
2	Matteo Pelucchi		44
3			41
4	Rigoberto Urán		37
5			30
6	Matej Mohorič		29
7	Dylan Groenewegen		25
8	Ben Hill		24
9	Ildar Arslanov		21
10			19

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1		width=285px		width=76px style="text-align:center;"	18
2			12
3			8
4	Alexander Foliforov		6
5	Ben Hill		4
6	Rigoberto Urán		4
7			4
8	Ildar Arslanov		4
9	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	4
10	Žiga Grošelj		4

Young rider classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1		width=285px		width=76px style="text-align:right;"	15h 20' 29"
2		Team Sunweb	+ 2"
3	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	+ 1' 44"
4		width=200px		+ 6' 45"
5		width=200px		+ 10' 16"
6		width=200px		+ 17' 08"
7		width=200px		+ 17' 49"
8			+ 19' 05"
9			+ 19' 17"
10			+ 20' 40"

Team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1
2		+ 6' 01"
3		+ 6' 19"
4		+ 9' 02"
5		+ 11' 04"
6		+ 14' 41"
7		+ 21' 31"
8		+ 23' 39"
9		+ 27' 24"
10		+ 27' 29"

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018»25th Tour of Slovenia (2.1). 14 July 2018. procyclingstats.com.
2. News: Teams. procyclingstats.com. 13 June 2018. 14 July 2018.
3. Web site: Start list . cyclingnews.com . 4 June 2019.
4. Web site: Stages of the Tour of Slovenia. procyclingstats.com. 14 July 2018.
5. Web site: Profile Stage 1. procyclingstats.com. 13 July 2018.
6. News: Stage 1. procyclingstats.com. 13 June 2018. 13 July 2018.
7. Web site: Profile Stage 2. procyclingstats.com. 14 July 2018.
8. News: Stage 2. procyclingstats.com. 14 June 2018. 14 July 2018.
9. Web site: Profile Stage 3. procyclingstats.com. 15 June 2018.
10. News: Stage 3. procyclingstats.com. 15 June 2018. 15 June 2018.
11. Web site: Profile Stage 4. procyclingstats.com. 16 June 2018.
12. News: Stage 4. procyclingstats.com. 16 June 2018. 16 June 2018.
13. Web site: Profile Stage 5. procyclingstats.com. 17 June 2018.
14. News: Stage 5. procyclingstats.com. 18 June 2017. 18 June 2017.
15. Web site: Results . Results Tour of Slovenia 2018. procyclingstats.com . 24 September 2018.