The 2022 Tour of Slovenia () was the 28th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race scheduled between 15 and 19 June 2022. The 2.Pro-category race is a part of the UCI ProSeries. The tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth, respectively, by the UCI Men's road racing world ranking list ().
The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of . Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič (). Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka () showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from (who showed domination in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné) for season main race - 2022 Tour de France. The Tour consisted of 5 stages with and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975 . Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road.
Teams
Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 riders at the start (124 finished it).
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
Slovenia
Route and stages
+ Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 15 June Nova Gorica – Postojna Hilly stage Rafał Majka 2 16 June Ptuj – Rogaška Slatina Hilly stage Dylan Groenewegen 3 17 June Žalec – Celje Hilly stage Tadej Pogačar 4 18 June Laško – Velika Planina Mountain stage Rafał Majka 5 19 June Vrhnika – Novo Mesto Hilly stage Tadej Pogačar Total
Stage 1 15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 02' 10"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Stage 2 16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina,
On hilly second stage was led by Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik on the front trying to blew the peloton apart and get rid of classical sprinters (Tim Merlier, Pascal Ackermann, Dylan Groenewegen) in an effort to help their newest member Matevž Govekar who is part of from 1 June 2022. Ackermann () and Merlier () were both dropped but Ackermann was able to rejoin the peloton before the finish. Stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen with help of lead-out sprinter Luka Mezgec.
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=180px| Dylan Groenewegen||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 12' 51"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Stage 3 17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 27' 09"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Stage 4 18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina,
Mountain stage with two Cat.3 climbs (Jesenovo; 2.8 km at 6.9%, Trojane; 2.4 km at 8.2%), one Cat.2 climb (Črnivec; 10.6 km at 5.7%) and one Cat.1 climb (Velika Planina; 8.2 km at 7.6%) showed utter dominance by Rafał Majka and Tadej Pogačar (both ) where winner was solved with Rock paper scissors hand game before the finish line.
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=180px| Rafał Majka ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 53' 52"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Stage 5 19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto,
| align=center colspan=4|Official results |- | align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 42' 35"
| align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage
Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneralclassificationPointsclassificationMountainsclassificationYoung riderclassificationTeamclassification 1 Rafał Majka Rafał Majka Rafał Majka Rafał Majka Alex Tolio 2 Dylan Groenewegen Vojtěch Řepa 3 Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar 4 Rafał Majka 5 Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar Final Tadej Pogačar Vojtěch Řepa
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
General classification Rank Rider Team Time1 Tadej Pogačar 19h 18' 09"2 Rafał Majka + 12"3 Domen Novak + 2' 32"4 Vincenzo Albanese + 2' 42"5 Vojtěch Řepa + 3' 10"6 Nicola Conci + 3' 17"7 Paul Double + 3' 32"8 Joel Nicolau + 3' 40"9 Fernando Barceló + 3' 52"10 Davide Gabburo + 4' 23"
Points classification Rank Rider Team Points1 Tadej Pogačar 862 Rafał Majka 863 Vincenzo Albanese 554 Luka Mezgec 405 Matej Mohorič 396 Fernando Barceló 387 Nicola Conci 368 Domen Novak 329 Fabio Felline 2810 Dylan Groenewegen 25
Mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points1 Rafał Majka 302 Tadej Pogačar 233 Viktor Potočki 124 Samuele Zoccarato 105 Domen Novak 96 Fernando Barceló 67 Alex Tolio 48 Matej Mohorič 49 Tomasz Budziński 410 Lucas De Rossi 3
Young rider classification Rank Rider Team Time1 Vojtěch Řepa 19h 21' 19"2 Alex Tolio + 2' 28"3 Santiago Umba + 20' 05"4 Gal Glivar + 25' 01"5 Dylan Hopkins + 26' 42"6 Carlos Canal + 26' 55"7 Matevž Govekar + 27' 52"8 Alessandro Fancellu + 40' 42"9 Francesco Carollo + 41' 01"10 Alexandre Balmer + 41' 38"
Team classification Rank Team Time1 58h 05' 54"2 + 3' 09"3 + 10' 06"4 + 10' 09"5 + 10' 42"6 + 12' 57"7 + 17' 39"8 + 42' 39"9 + 48' 20"10 + 53' 04"
UCI point ranking Position 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.-30. 31.-40. General classification 200 150 125 100 85 70 60 50 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 3 Per stage 20 10 5 Leader 5
Classification Position Rider Team General Stage Leader Total 1. Tadej Pogačar 200 55 10 265 2. Rafał Majka 150 55 10 215 3. Domen Novak 125 10 - 135 4. Vincenzo Albanese 100 - - 100 5. Vojtěch Řepa 85 - - 85 6. Nicola Conci 70 5 - 75 7. Paul Double 60 - - 60 8. Joel Nicolau 50 - - 50 9. Fernando Barceló 40 5 - 45 10. Davide Gabburo 35 - - 35
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External links
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