2022 Tour of Slovenia



The 2022 Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) was 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. Tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth by 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 791.4 km 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

Stage 1

 * 15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna, 164.7 km


 * align=center colspan=4|Official results
 * align=center|1||width=180px|🇵🇱 Rafał Majka||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 02' 10"
 * align=center|1||width=180px|🇵🇱 Rafał Majka||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 02' 10"
 * 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
 * align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 2

 * 16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina, 174.1 km

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|1||width=180px| Dylan Groenewegen||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|4h 12' 51"
 * 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
 * align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 3

 * 17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje, 144.6 km


 * align=center colspan=4|Official results
 * align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 27' 09"
 * align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 27' 09"
 * 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
 * align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 4

 * 18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina, 152.5 km

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|1||width=180px|🇵🇱 Rafał Majka ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 53' 52"
 * 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
 * align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage

Stage 5

 * 19 June 2022 – Vrhnika to Novo Mesto, 156.1 km


 * align=center colspan=4|Official results
 * align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 42' 35"
 * align=center|1||width=180px| Tadej Pogačar ||width=250px|||width=76px align=right|3h 42' 35"
 * 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
 * align=center colspan=4|General classification after the stage