2015 Tour of Slovenia

The 2015 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 22nd edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 18 and 21 June 2015. Primož Roglič won the overall classification, took the race lead on the penultimate stage to the Trije Kralji Ski Resort.[1][2][3]

2015 Tour of Slovenia
2015 UCI Europe Tour (2.1 race)
Russian team Katusha on Stage 1 in Ljubljana
Race details
Dates18–21 June
Stages4
Distance534.8 km (332.3 mi)
Winning time13h 42' 16"
Results
Winner Slovenia Primož Roglič (Adria Mobil)
  Second Spain Mikel Nieve (Team Sky)
  Third Slovenia Jure Golčer (Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels)
Points Italy Salvatore Puccio[lower-alpha 1] (Team Sky)
Mountains Italy Mauro Finetto (Southeast Pro Cycling)
Youth Slovenia Domen Novak (Adria Mobil)
  Team Slovenia Adria Mobil

The race consisted of 4 stages with 534.8 km (332.3 mi) in total.[4][5][6]

Teams

Total 128 riders (113 finished it) from 17 teams started the race.[7]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental

UCI Continental

National

Route and stages
Stage characteristics and winners
Stage Date Course Length Type Winner
1 18 June Ljubljana – Ljubljana 8.8 km (5 mi) Individual time trial Russia Artem Ovechkin
2 19 June Škofja Loka – Kočevje 182 km (113 mi) Intermediate stage Italy Pierpaolo De Negri
3 20 June Dobrovnik – Trije Kralji Ski Resort 178.5 km (111 mi) Mountain stage Slovenia Primož Roglič
4 21 June Rogaška Slatina – Novo mesto 165.5 km (103 mi) Hilly stage Slovenia Marko Kump
Total 534.8 km (332.3 mi)

Stage 1
Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky) finished second to Artem Ovechkin (Team Katusha) on the stage.
18 June 2015 — Ljubljana to Ljubljana, 8.8 km (5.5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[4]
1 Russia Artem Ovechkin RusVelo 10' 22"
2 Italy Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 0"
3 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida + 2"
4 Russia Vladimir Isaichev Team Katusha + 4"
5 Russia Alexander Porsev Team Katusha + 5"
DSQ Italy Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 6"
6 Italy Marco Canola UnitedHealthcare + 6"
7 Slovenia Jure Golčer Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 7"
8 Norway Sven Erik Bystrøm Team Katusha + 7"
9 Italy Mauro Finetto Southeast Pro Cycling + 7"
10 United Kingdom Andrew Fenn Lampre–Merida + 9"

Stage 2
19 June 2015 — Škofja Loka to Kočevje, 182 km (113.1 mi)
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[8]
1 Italy Pierpaolo De Negri Nippo–Vini Fantini 4h 39' 52"
2 Italy Antonino Parrinello D'Amico–Bottecchia + 0"
3 Italy Simone Ponzi Southeast Pro Cycling + 0"
4 Italy Manuele Mori Lampre–Merida + 0"
5 Italy Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 0"
DSQ Italy Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0"
6 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil + 0"
7 Belgium Thomas Sprengers Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"
8 Italy Mauro Finetto Southeast Pro Cycling + 0"
9 Austria Matthias Krizek Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 0"
10 Switzerland Enea Cambianica Lampre–Merida + 0"
General classification after the stage[8]
1 Russia Artem Ovechkin RusVelo 4h 50' 14"
2 Italy Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 0"
3 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida + 2"
4 Russia Vladimir Isaichev Team Katusha + 4"
DSQ Italy Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 6"
5 Slovenia Jure Golčer Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 7"
6 Norway Sven Erik Bystrøm Team Katusha + 7"
7 Italy Mauro Finetto Southeast Pro Cycling + 7"
8 Australia Nathan Earle Team Sky + 9"
9 Belgium Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 11"
10 Slovenia Jan Polanc Lampre–Merida + 12"

Stage 3
20 June 2015 — Dobrovnik to Trije Kralji Ski Resort, 178.5 km (110.9 mi)
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[3]
1 Slovenia Primož Roglič Adria Mobil 5h 04' 39"
2 Spain Mikel Nieve Team Sky + 0"
3 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil + 0"
4 Italy Mauro Finetto Southeast Pro Cycling + 14"
5 Slovenia Jure Golčer Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 14"
6 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida + 25"
7 Italy Francesco Manuel Bongiorno Bardiani–CSF + 37"
8 Russia Egor Silin Team Katusha + 45"
9 Russia Alexander Foliforov RusVelo + 45"
10 Croatia Matija Kvasina Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 45"
General classification after the stage[3]
1 Slovenia Primož Roglič Adria Mobil 9h 55' 06"
2 Spain Mikel Nieve Team Sky + 5"
3 Slovenia Jure Golčer Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 8"
4 Italy Mauro Finetto Southeast Pro Cycling + 8"
5 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida + 14"
6 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil + 15"
7 Italy Salvatore Puccio Team Sky + 32"
8 Slovenia Jan Polanc Lampre–Merida + 44"
9 Italy Simone Stortoni Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 51"
10 Russia Alexander Foliforov RusVelo + 53"

Stage 4
21 June 2015 — Rogaška Slatina to Novo mesto, 165.5 km (102.8 mi)
Rank Rider Team Time
Official results[2]
1 Slovenia Marko Kump Adria Mobil 3h 47' 10"
2 Argentina Maximiliano Richeze| Lampre–Merida + 0"
3 Australia Christopher Sutton Team Sky + 0"
DSQ Italy Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0"
4 Belgium Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"
5 Italy Andrea Piechele Bardiani–CSF + 0"
6 Germany Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare + 0"
7 Italy Rafael Andriato Southeast Pro Cycling + 0"
8 Italy Elia Favilli Southeast Pro Cycling + 0"
9 Italy Pierpaolo De Negri Nippo–Vini Fantini + 0"
10 Italy Federico Zurlo UnitedHealthcare + 0"

Classification leadership
Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General
classification
General classification		 Points
classification
Points classification		 Mountains
classification
Mountains classification		 Young rider
classification
Young rider classification		 Team
classification

1 Artem Ovechkin Artem Ovechkin Artem Ovechkin not awarded Marko Pavlič Team Katusha
2 Pierpaolo De Negri Salvatore Puccio Mauro Finetto
3 Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Domen Novak Adria Mobil
4 Marko Kump Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1]
Salvatore Puccio
Final Primož Roglič Salvatore Puccio[lower-alpha 1] Mauro Finetto Domen Novak Adria Mobil

Final classification standings
Legend
  Yellow jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification   White jersey   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification
  Red jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification   Blue jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification

General classification
Rank Rider[2] Team Time
1 Slovenia Primož Roglič Yellow jersey Adria Mobil 13h 42' 16"
2 Spain Mikel Nieve Team Sky + 5"
3 Slovenia Jure Golčer Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 8"
4 Italy Mauro Finetto Blue jersey Southeast Pro Cycling + 8"
5 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida + 14"
6 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil + 15"
7 Italy Salvatore Puccio Red jersey Team Sky + 32"
8 Slovenia Jan Polanc Lampre–Merida + 44"
9 Italy Simone Stortoni Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 51"
10 Russia Alexander Foliforov RusVelo + 53"

Points classification
Rank Rider[9] Team Points
DSQ Italy Davide Appollonio[lower-alpha 1] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 42
1 Italy Salvatore Puccio Red jersey Team Sky 41
2 Italy Pierpaolo De Negri Nippo–Vini Fantini 31
3 Italy Mauro Finetto Blue jersey Southeast Pro Cycling 27
4 Italy Diego Ulissi Lampre–Merida 26
5 Slovenia Primož Roglič Yellow jersey Adria Mobil 25
6 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil 25
7 Russia Artem Ovechkin RusVelo 25
8 Slovenia Marko Kump Adria Mobil 25
9 Italy Antonino Parrinello D'Amico–Bottecchia 23
10 Argentina Maximiliano Richeze Lampre–Merida 22

Mountains classification
Rank Rider[2] Team Points
1 Italy Mauro Finetto Blue jersey Southeast Pro Cycling 23
2 Slovenia Primož Roglič Yellow jersey Adria Mobil 12
3 Slovenia Klemen Štimulak Adria Mobil 12
4 Italy Gianfranco Zilioli Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 9
5 Belgium Jarl Salomein Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise 9
6 Spain Mikel Nieve Team Sky 8
7 Colombia Alex Cano Colombia 8
8 Italy Francesco Gavazzi Southeast Pro Cycling 8
9 Croatia Radoslav Rogina Adria Mobil 6
10 Italy Simone Stortoni Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 4

Young rider classification
Rank Rider[2] Team Points
1 Slovenia Domen Novak White jersey Adria Mobil 13h 43' 56"
2 Russia Artem Nych RusVelo + 3' 59"
3 Russia Ildar Arslanov RusVelo + 6' 31"
4 Slovenia Marko Pavlič Radenska–Ljubljana + 7' 46"
5 Slovenia Žiga Grošelj Slovenia + 16' 36"
6 Slovenia Gašper Katrašnik Slovenia + 29' 29"
7 Italy Federico Zurlo UnitedHealthcare + 32' 04"
8 Slovenia Žiga Ručigaj Radenska–Ljubljana + 32' 21"
9 Colombia Edward Díaz Colombia + 32' 22"
10 Colombia Carlos Ramírez Colombia + 37' 14"

Teams classification
Rank Team[2] Time
1 Slovenia Adria Mobil 41h 08' 15"
2 United Kingdom Team Sky + 31"
3 Italy Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 2' 34"
4 Russia RusVelo + 6' 37"
5 Italy Southeast Pro Cycling + 10' 47"
6 Italy Lampre–Merida + 12' 35"
7 Austria Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 20' 42"
8 Italy Bardiani–CSF + 22' 41"
9 Italy Nippo–Vini Fantini + 29' 00"
10 Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 31' 08"

Notes
  1. Davide Appollonio's results were expunged following his four-year suspension for erythropoietin (EPO) later in 2015.

References
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  2. "Tour de Slovénie: Roglic wins overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. "Tour de Slovénie: Roglic wins on climb to Trije Kralji". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. "Tour de Slovénie: Ovechkin wins stage 1 time trial". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. "Bulletin nr. 3 – Stage 2 – Official results" (PDF). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. "Bulletin nr. 3 – Stage 3 – Official results" (PDF). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  7. "Bulletin nr. 3 – Stage 4 – Official results" (PDF). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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