The 2024 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 30th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race, held between 12 and 16 June 2024. The 2.Pro-category race was part of the UCI ProSeries. The race finished, as it has traditionally, in Novo Mesto. The tour consisted of five stages.
The 1st stage was held in Slovenia's eastern regions of Prekmurje and Styria, but crossed Slovenia's borders thrice to neighboring countries Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, making it the first road cycling single stage in history to be held in 4 different countries. After the tour crossed the Italian border in the 3rd stage, the race had been held in a total of five countries, also the first time ever.
Italian cyclist Giovanni Aleotti won the race (and points classification) in front of Pello Bilbao and Giulio Pellizzari (youth classification).
Teams A record 23 teams (7 UCI WorldTeams, 11 UCI ProTeams and 5 UCI Continental) from a record of 31 countries started the race.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Route + Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Elevation gain Type Stage winner 1 12 June Murska Sobota to Ormož Flat stage 2 13 June Žalec to Rogaška Slatina Flat stage 3 14 June Ljubljana to Nova Gorica Hilly stage 4 15 June Škofljica to Krvavec Mountain stage 5 16 June Šentjernej to Novo Mesto Hilly stage Total
Stages Stage 1 12 June 2024 — Murska Sobota to Ormož,
The organizers announced in the morning hours that due to the effects of storms, they were forced to slightly adjust the route of the stage. Halfway through the originally planned -long stage, between the 99th and 111th kilometers, there were floods, so the cyclists had to cross the Mura river near Veržej instead of the originally planned crossing between Črenšovci and Ormož. Compared to the original route, the stage was redirected and consequently extended for 13.9 km to 205.8 km in total. As a result, the cyclists were made to set off five minutes earlier than the originally scheduled start, i.e. at 11:10 a.m. instead of 11:15 a.m., and expected a few minutes later at the finish line.
The stage crossed the Slovenian border for the first time, at Cankova to Austria, staying in Austria for 6 km., passing the town of Bad Radkersburg before returning to Slovenia at Gornja Radgona. The second time the tour crossed the Slovenian border was towards Hungary, staying in Hungary for another 6 km., passing Lenti-Rédics before returning to Slovenia at Lendava. The third and last time the tour crossed the Slovenian border was into Croatia, staying in Croatia for 10 km., passing the municipality of Cestica before returning to Slovenia at Zavrč.
There was only one categorized climb (4th category), 4.5 km long on top of Jeruzalem, with 3% average and 9.4% maximum incline.
Stage 2 13 June 2024 — Žalec to Rogaška Slatina,
There was only one categorized climb (2nd category), 7.6 km long on Celjska koča (721 m) above Celje, at 6.3% average and 9% max. incline.
Stage 3 14 June 2024 — Ljubljana to Nova Gorica,
Stage 4 15 June 2024 — Škofljica to Krvavec,
Stage 5 16 June 2024 — Šentjernej to Novo Mesto,
Classification leadership
+ Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner Generalclassification Pointsclassification Mountainsclassification Young riderclassification Teamclassification 1 Dylan Groenewegen Dylan Groenewegen Dylan Groenewegen Tomáš Kalojíros Jonathan Guatibonza 2 Phil Bauhaus Phil Bauhaus Phil Bauhaus Davide Baldaccini Alexander Hajek 3 Giovanni Aleotti Giovanni Aleotti Giulio Pellizzari 4 Pello Bilbao Giovanni Aleotti 5 Ben Healy Final Giovanni Aleotti Giulio Pellizzari
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 + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 20h 10' 36" 2 + 10" 3 + 26" 4 + 26" 5 + 43" 6 + 43" 7 + 44" 8 + 46" 9 + 1' 28" 10 + 1' 44"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 47 2 45 3 44 4 44 5 37 6 35 7 31 8 30 9 29 10 26
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 14 2 10 3 10 4 6 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 4 10 4
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 20h 11' 02" 2 + 4' 15" 3 + 10' 34" 4 + 14' 14" 5 + 16' 45" 6 + 19' 15" 7 + 20' 26" 8 + 22' 16" 9 + 22' 30" 10 + 29' 11"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 60h 34' 44" 2 + 11' 10" 3 + 12' 58" 4 + 14' 20" 5 + 18' 31" 6 + 18' 59" 7 + 21' 33" 8 + 21' 41" 9 + 28' 14" 10 + 29' 45"
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