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Okolo Slovenska

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Tour de Slovakia
Race details
DateMiddle of September
RegionSlovakia
English nameTour of Slovakia
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.okoloslovenska.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1954 (1954)
Editions68 (as of 2024)
First winner Karel Nesl (TCH)
Most wins Jiří Škoda (TCH)
 Miloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
(3 wins)
Most recent Mauro Schmid (SUI)
Okolo Slovenska, 2011

Okolo Slovenska (English: Tour of Slovakia; French: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages.

History

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Okolo Slovenska started on 19 June 1954, at Stalin square in Bratislava, and included seven stages. The first race was won by Czech cyclist Karel Nesl. The Slovak cyclist Vlastimil Ružička won three of the seven stages of the race.

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1954  Czechoslovakia Karel Nesl
1955  Czechoslovakia Jan Veselý
1956  Italy Aurelio Cestari
1957  France Pierre Le Don
1958  Czechoslovakia Walter Renner
1959  East Germany Lothar Höhne
1960  Hungary Antal Megyerdi
1961–
1963
No race
1964  Czechoslovakia Matej Laczo
1965  Czechoslovakia Jiří Háva
1966  Czechoslovakia Pavel Konečný
1967  Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra
1968  Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra
1969  Czechoslovakia Břetislav Souček
1970  Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Moravec
1971  Czechoslovakia Jiří Háva
1972  Czechoslovakia Antonin Bartoníček
1973  Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra
1974  Czechoslovakia Pavol Čambal
1975  Czechoslovakia Josef Dvořák
1976  Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda
1977  Czechoslovakia Miroslav Sýkora
1978  Netherlands Theo de Rooij
1979  Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Poslušný
1980  Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda
1981  Soviet Union Andrei Vedernikov
1982  Soviet Union Vladimir Volochin
1983  East Germany Bernd Drogan
1984  Czechoslovakia Miroslav Sýkora
1985  Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda
1986  Czechoslovakia Václav Toman
1987  Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov
1988  Czechoslovakia Tomáš Sedláček
1989  Soviet Union Pavel Tonkov
1990  Czechoslovakia Miroslav Lipták
1991  Germany Heinrich Trumheller
1992  Czechoslovakia Lubor Tesař
1993  Ukraine Serhiy Honchar
1994  Czech Republic Vladimir Svehlik
1995  Czech Republic František Trkal
1996  Slovakia Ján Valach
1997  Czech Republic Jaromír Purmenský
1998  Slovenia Andrej Hauptman
1999  Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka
2000  Czech Republic René Andrle Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001  Czech Republic František Trkal PSK–Remerx
2002  Sweden Gustav Larsson Team Crescent CK
2003  Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka CCC–Polsat
2004  Poland Piotr Chmielewski Action
2005  Slovakia Martin Prázdnovský CK ZP Sport A.S. Podbrezova
2006  Poland Radosław Romanik DHL–Author
2007  Netherlands Joost van Leijen Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten
2008  Denmark Kristoffer Nielsen Team GLS–Pakke Shop
2009  Australia Leigh Howard Australia (national team)
2010  Slovenia Robert Vrečer Perutnina Ptuj
2011  Russia Nikita Novikov Itera–Katusha
2012  Italy Enrico Rossi Meridiana–Kamen
2013  Czech Republic Petr Vakoč Etixx–IHNed
2014  Ukraine Oleksandr Polivoda Kolss Cycling Team
2015  Italy Davide Viganò Team Idea 2010 ASD
2016  Italy Mauro Finetto Unieuro–Wilier
2017  Slovenia Jan Tratnik CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018  France Julian Alaphilippe Quick-Step Floors
2019  Belgium Yves Lampaert Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2020  Germany Jannik Steimle Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2021[1]  Slovakia Peter Sagan Bora–Hansgrohe
2022  Czech Republic Josef Černý Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2023  France Rémi Cavagna Soudal–Quick-Step
2024   Switzerland Mauro Schmid Team Jayco–AIS

Classifications

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As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

  • Yellow jersey Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
  • Green Jersey Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
  • Polkadot Jersey Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
  • White jersey White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
  • Red numbered jersey Red number Jersey – Worn by the leader of the combativity classification.
  • Slovak jersey "Slovak" Jersey – Worn by the best Slovak rider of the overall classification.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Peter Sagan wins Tour of Slovakia". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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