Tour of Slovenia - 2.1

Slovenia, June 8-11, 2006

2005 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - June 8: Lendava - Brežice, 214 km
Stage 2 - June 9: Medvode - Nova Gorica, 183 km
Stage 3 - June 10: Nova Gorica - Vršic, 158 km
Stage 4 - June 11: Grosuplje - Novo mesto, 156 km

Preview

The four-day Tour of Slovenia starts Thursday, June 8 in Lendava, the easternmost town in Slovenia and finishes Sunday, June 11 with its traditional final stage into Novo mesto.

The race will host Slovenian teams plus visitors from Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. In addition two ProTour teams will start: Lampre-Fondital and Liquigas.

Over the race's 12-year existence it has been won six times by Slovenian riders and six times by foreigners. This year, the Slovenian side will be represented by riders such as Tadej Valjavec, Gorazd Stangelj (both Lampre Fondital) and Matej Mugerli (Liquigas) and Slovenian teams such as Adria Mobil, Perutnina Ptuj, Sava Kranj, and Radenska Powerbar. The foreign contingent will be led by last year's winner Przemyslaw Niemiec (Miche) from Poland

Start list

Miche                                     Perutnina Ptuj
 
1 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol)                11 Jure Golcer (Slo)
2 Tommaso Caneschi (Ita)                  12 Mitja Mahoric (Slo)
3 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzb)                   13 Matija Kvasina (Cro)
4 Guiseppe Di Grande (Ita)                14 Radoslav Rogina (Cro)
5 Eddy Serri (Ita)                        15 Bostjan Mervar (Slo)
6 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol)               16 Borut Bozic (Slo)
7 Slawomir Kohut (Pol)                    17 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro)
                                          18 Matej Stare (Slo)
 
Adria Mobil                               Radenska Powerbar
 
21 Simon Spilak (Slo)                     31 Kristjan Fajt (Slo)
22 Miha Svab (Slo)                        32 Matej Gnezda (Slo)
23 Tomas Nose (Slo)                       33 Blaz Mihovec (Slo)
24 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro)               34 Jure Kocjan (Slo)
25 Joze Senekovic (Slo)                   35 Leon Makarovic (Slo)
26 Bruno Bertolini (Ita)                  36 Matic Strgar (Slo)
27 Jure Zagar (Slo)                       37 David Tratnik (Slo)
28 Zoran Klemencic (Slo)                  38 Robert Vrecer (Slo)
 
Sava                                      Liquigas
 
41 Grega Bole (Slo)                       51 Dario Andriotto (Ita)
42 Valter Bonca (Slo)                     52 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
43 Vladimir Kerkez (Slo)                  53 Eros Capecchi (Ita)
44 Tom Jerse (Slo)                        54 Alberto Curtolo (Ita)
45 Marko Hlebanja (Slo)                   55 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
46 Bostjan Rezman (Slo)                   56 Matej Mugerli (Slo)
47 Gasper Svab (Slo)                      
 
Acqua e Sapone                            Team Tenax Salmilano
 
61 Andrus Aug (Est)                       71 Massimo Codol (Ita)
62 Alexander Arekeev (Rus)                72 David Mcpartland (Aus)
63 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita)                73 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita)
64 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita)             74 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita)
65 Jure Zrimsek (Slo)                     75 Christian Murro (Ita)
66 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze)                   76 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita)
67 Stefano Cavallari (Ita)                77 Micula De Matteis (Ita)
68 Andrea Rossi (Ita)                     78 Cristiano Salerno (Ita)
 
Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi     Lampre-Fondital
 
81 Nicola Scattolin (Ita)                 101 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
82 Maurizio Bellin (Ita)                  102 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
83 Konstantin Klyuev (Rus)                103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita)
84 Daniele Callegarin (Ita)               104 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
85 Marco Marcato (Ita)                    105 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita)
86 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita)                 106 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita)
87 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex)            
88 Luca Solari (Ita)                      
 
Amore & Vita-McDonald's                   PSK Whirlpool Hradec Kralove
 
111 Artur Krol (Pol)                      121 Rene Andrle (Cze)
112 Jakub Lorek (Pol)                     122 Petr Bencik (Cze)
113 Christofer Stevenson (Swe)            123 Tomas Buchacek (Cze)
114 Drasutis Stundzia (Ltu)               124 Jan Faltynek (Cze)
115 Timothy Jones (Zim)                   125 Radek Blahut (Cze)
116 Dainius Kairelis (Ltu)                126 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze)
117 Kimmo Kanannen (Fin)                  127 Martin Riska (Svk)
118 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita)                  128 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze)
 
Austrian National Team                    
 
131 Mario Holler (Aut)                    
132 Markus Eibegger (Aut)                 
133 Hans-Jorg Leopold (Aut)               
134 Josef Kugler (Aut)                    
135 Georg Hausbacher (Aut)                
136 Marco Oreggia (Aut)                   
137 Matthias Schroger (Aut)               
138 Christoph Sokoll (Aut)

Past winners

2005 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 
2004 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj    
2003 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj
2002 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
2001 Faat Zakirov (Rus) Amore&Vita-Beretta
2000 Martin Derganc (Slo) Krka-Telekom Slovenije
1999 Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita
1998 Branko Filip (Slo) Krka Telekom
1997 Race cancelled due to financial reasons
1996 Lorenzo di Silvestro (Ita) Cantina Tollo
1995 Valter Bonca (Slo) ZG Mobili
1994 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
1993 Boris Premuzic (Slo) Rog Radenska
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com