The 2018 Tour of Slovenia () was the 25th edition of the Tour of Slovenia cycling stage race, held between 13 and 17 June 2018. 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
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 113 June Lendava – Murska Sobota Intermediate stage Simone Consonni 214 June Maribor – Rogaška Slatina Intermediate stage Dylan Groenewegen 315 June Slovenske Konjice – Celje Intermediate stage Rigoberto Urán 416 June Ljubljana – Kamnik Mountain stage Primož Roglič 517 June Trebnje – Novo mesto Individual time trial Primož Roglič Total
Stage 1 13 June 2018 — Lendava to Murska Sobota,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | 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,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | 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
Stage 3 15 June 2018 — Slovenske Konjice to Celje,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=176px| Rigoberto Urán||width=285px|||width=76px|4h 56' 00"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Stage 4 16 June 2018 — Ljubljana to Kamnik,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | 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
Stage 5 17 June 2018 — Trebnje to Novo mesto,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | 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 WinnerGeneralclassificationPointsclassificationMountainsclassificationYoung riderclassificationTeamclassification 1 Simone Consonni Simone Consonni Simone Consonni Benjamin Hill Jon Božič 2 Dylan Groenewegen Benjamin Hill Matteo Pelucchi 3 Rigoberto Urán Rigoberto Urán Primož Roglič Michael Storer 4 Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Simone Consonni Fausto Masnada 5 Primož Roglič Tadej Pogačar Final 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 RankRiderTeamPoints 1 Simone Consonni 52 2 Matteo Pelucchi 44 3 Primož Roglič 41 4 Rigoberto Urán 37 5 Rafał Majka 30 6 Matej Mohorič 29 7 Dylan Groenewegen 25 8 Ben Hill 24 9 Ildar Arslanov 21 10 Tadej Pogačar 19
Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints 1 Fausto Masnada 18 2 Primož Roglič 12 3 Domen Novak 8 4 Alexander Foliforov 6 5 Ben Hill 4 6 Rigoberto Urán 4 7 Rafał Majka 4 8 Ildar Arslanov 4 9 Jai Hindley Team Sunweb 4 10 Žiga Grošelj 4
Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 Tadej Pogačar 15h 20' 29" 2 Michael Storer Team Sunweb + 2" 3 Jai Hindley Team Sunweb + 1' 44" 4 Iván Sosa + 6' 45" 5 Jakub Otruba + 10' 16" 6 Dario Puccioni + 17' 08" 7 Joan Bou + 17' 49" 8 Tilen Finkšt + 19' 05" 9 Martin Lavrič Slovenia + 19' 17" 10 Omer Goldstein + 20' 40"
Team classification RankTeamTime 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"
References
External links
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