The 1993 Tour of Slovenia () was the first edition of the Tour of Slovenia, an amateur International stage race held between 3 and 9 May 1993 with start and finish in Novo mesto.
The Tour consisted of opening prologue and 7 actual stages with 905.5 km (562.7 mi) in total.
Total prize money was 40,000 deutsche marks. Race winner was awarded with a Škoda Favorit car.
Best Slovenian classification with pink jersey was exceptionally competed only in the first edition.
Teams Total 92 riders (56 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.
Amateur U. C. Trevigiani MTV La Campana Perspective RSV Oseh. Ali Breda Holl
National Slovenia 1 Slovenia 2 Krka - Petrol (Slovenia 3) Albania United States Slovakia Croatia Austria Czechia Poland Bulgaria
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseLengthTypeWinner03 May Novo mesto Prologue Gorazd Štangelj14 MayOtočec – Celje Hilly stage Robert Pintarič25 May Rogaška Slatina – Ptuj Flat stage Boštjan Mervar36 May Krško Team time trial Slovenia 146 May Čatež Spa – Čatež Spa Flat stage Robert Sienders57 May Otočec – Ljubljana Hilly stage Mirko Crepaldi68 May Ajdovščina – Kranjska Gora Mountain stage Wim van de Meulenhof79 May Novo mesto – Novo mesto 160 km Flat stage Milan Eržen Total
Race overview
Prologue On 3 May 1993, the 5 km long prologue was held. Gorazd Štangelj won ahead of Robert Pintarič (2nd) and Martin Hvastija (3rd), all Slovenians.
Stage 1 On 4 May 1993 first real and the longest stage of the race (189 km), was held between Otočec and Celje.
Robert Pintarič who won the stage, also took overall lead with wearing yellow jersey due to many bonus points.
Stage 2 On 5 May 1993 second stage was held between Rogaška Slatina and Ptuj. In the sprint of peloton, Boštjan Mervar won the rainy stage.
Stage 3 & 4 On 6 May 1993 two stages were held. First was team time trial (46.2 km) held in the morning in Krško, which didn't count for individual ranking.
And the 4th round stage (80.3 km) followed in the afternoon with start and finish at Čatež Spa, with two points and one mountain classifications.
Stage 5 On 7 May 1993, the fifth stage (166 km) was held. It started at Otočec and through Metlika-Črnomelj-Dvor-Kočevje-Velike Lašče-Ljubljana.
The stage had three points classifications (Metlika, Črnomelj and Ribnica) and one mountain classification at Brezovica pri Metliki).
The stage was very chaotic with huge conflict between team directors and coaches, who forgot that national team interests have huge advantage before club interests. Instead of defending yellow jersey, peloton was strangely chasing Martin Hvastija, who was leading the two thirds of the race.
Stage 6 On 8 May 1993, the sixth and the toughest stage (142 km) from Ajdovščina to Kranjska Gora was held. With 16 km long incline over Vršič Pass.
Stage started with escape if 3 riders with 6 minutes ahead, but got caught by peloton at bottom of the Vršič climb. Srečko Glivar was the best at climb with 2 minutes ahead, but was caught at way down to the finish at Kranjska Gora by 2 riders, Wim van de Meulenhof won the stage at finish sprint.
Stage 7 On 9 May 1993, the seventh and last stage (160 km) with start and finish held at Novo mesto and went through Otočec, Orehovica and Ratež.
Slovenian rider Milan Eržen won the last stage at sprint and the Slovenia 1 team managed to kept the yellow jersey in general classification.
Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner Generalclassification Pointsclassification Mountainsclassification Young riderclassification Intermed. sprintsclassification Best Slovenianclassification Teamclassification 0 Gorazd Štangelj Gorazd ŠtangeljBorut Rovšček Martin Hvastija Boštjan Mervar Robert Pintarič Marko Baloh Slovenia 1 1 Robert Pintarič Robert Pintaričnot available Gianluca Pianegondanot available Boštjan Mervar not available 2 Boštjan Mervar 3 Slovenia 1 4 Robert Sienders 5 Mirko Crepaldi Martin Hvastija 6 Wim van de Meulenhof Boris Premužič 7 Milan Eržen Boštjan Mervar Gorazd Štangelj FinalBoris Premužič Boštjan MervarBoštjan MervarSlovenia 1
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification Denotes the leader of the best Slovenian classification
General classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Boris Premužič Slovenia 1 2 Srečko Glivar Slovenia 2 3 Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia 1 4 Wim van de Meulenhof 5 Robert Pintarič Slovenia 1 6 Bolzan 7 Iztok Melanšek Krka – Petrol 8 Martin Slaník Czechia 9 Martin Hvastija Slovenia 2 10 Sandi Papež Slovenia 1
Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Boštjan Mervar Slovenia 2 612 Milan Eržen Krka – Petrol 583 Bogdan Fink Slovenia 1 524 Martin Hvastija Slovenia 2 515 Wim van de Meulenhof 48
Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Gianluca Pianegonda 212 Boris Premužič Slovenia 1 143 Robert Pintarič Slovenia 1 134 Srečko Glivar Slovenia 2 135 Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia 1 13
Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia 122h 10' 49"2 Sergej Aoutko Belarus 3 Boštjan Mervar Slovenia 2+ 7' 52"4 Kotal Czechia 5 Kot Poland
Intermediate sprints classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Boštjan Mervar Slovenia 2202 Milan Eržen Krka – Petrol143 Gregor Puš Krka – Petrol114 Martin Hvastija Slovenia 275 Brane Ugrenovič Slovenia 26
Team classification RankTeamTime1 Slovenia 1 67h 10′ 43″2 Slovenia 2 + 09′ 03″3 Trevigiani + 21′ 04″4 Czechia + 22′ 11″5 Belarus + 23′ 09″ ... ... ...8 Krka – Petrol + 31′ 14″
References
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