Polona Batagelj

Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the, (two spells) and  squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI Women's Team. She won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships nine times, successively between 2010 and 2018.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 22nd. At the 2016 Olympics, she finished in 32nd in the women's road race. She was on the start list for 2018 European Road Cycling Championships and finished 27th.

Personal life
In 2020, Batagelj completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Law at the Nova univerza, having previously completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.

Major results

 * 2009
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 3rd Road race


 * 2010
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 3rd Time trial


 * 2011
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 7th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
 * 8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
 * 8th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
 * 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria


 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2013
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2014
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial


 * 2015
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
 * 3rd Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
 * 6th Overall La Route de France
 * 7th Overall Gracia–Orlová


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 9th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
 * 9th La Classique Morbihan


 * 2017
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
 * 10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
 * 10th GP de Plouay – Bretagne


 * 2018
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
 * 10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta