Polona Batagelj Explained
| Polona Batagelj |
| Fullname: | Polona Batagelj |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1989 |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Proyears1: | 2010–2011 |
| Proyears2: | 2012 |
| Proyears3: | 2013 |
| Proyears4: | 2014–2018 |
| Manageyears1: | 2019 |
| Manageteam1: | (directeur sportif) |
Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer,[1] who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the, (two spells) and squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI Women's Team . She won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships nine times,[2] successively between 2010 and 2018.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race,[3] finishing 22nd. At the 2016 Olympics, she finished in 32nd in the women's road race. She was on the start list for 2018 European Road Cycling Championships and finished 27th.
Personal life
In 2020, Batagelj completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Law at the, having previously completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.[4]
Major results
- 2009
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
- 2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
- 2011
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
7th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
8th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 2012
1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2013
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
- 2014
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
- 2015
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
3rd Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
6th Overall La Route de France
7th Overall Gracia–Orlová
- 2016
1st Road race, National Road Championships
9th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
9th La Classique Morbihan
- 2017
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
10th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 2018
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La VueltaNotes and References
- News: Which women cyclists are retiring in 2018?. The Women's Tour. SweetSpot. 11 December 2018. 7 February 2019.
- News: Alenka. Teran Košir. Takih je malo: slovenska kolesarka z doktoratom iz prava, ki ceni vsako minuto #video. Slovenian. There are few of them: a Slovenian cyclist with a doctorate in law, who values every minute #video. Siol. TSmedia. 7 June 2020. 26 October 2021.
- Web site: Polona Batagelj . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075550/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/polona-batagelj-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 20 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
- Web site: Polona Batagelj. Slovenian. Novi Univerza. Evropska pravna fakulteta Nove univerze. 26 October 2021.
