1996 Tour of Slovenia

The 1996 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 4th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 6 and 12 May 1996.^[1][2]

1996 Tour of Slovenia

UCI‑5 race
Race details
Dates	6–12 May 1996
Stages	7 + Criterium
Distance	983 km (610.8 mi)
Winning time	23h 24' 41"
Results
Winner Lorenzo Di Silvestro   Second Stefano Giraldi   Third Marco Antonio Di Renzo Points Lorenzo Di Silvestro Mountains Alexander Vinokourov Youth Tadej Valjavec Sprints Alexander Vinokourov   Team Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.
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Tha main and biggest Slovenian daily newspaper Delo, sponsored additional money awarded sprints classification. Winner took then 150 deutsche marks (DEM) for each stage sprint win.^[3]

The Tour started with three short stages prologue (team time trial, elimination race and criterium).

And the main race consisted of actual 7 stages with 983 km (610.8 mi) in total.

Teams

Total 96 riders (72 finished it) from 10 different countries and 18 teams started the race.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Professional

• Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.
• Glacial–Selle Italia

Amateur

• Rog
• Krka I
• Krka II (Krka Telekom)
• Sava
• RSV Histor Öschelbronn
• Cottbus
• Joko
• Nardi
• Čukarički
• Perutnina Ptuj

National

• Belarus (canceled)
• Bulgaria (canceled)
• Canada
• Kazakhstan
• Netherlands
• Slovakia

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Length	Type		Winner
0	6 May	Ljubljana (BTC)	2.55 km (2 mi)		Team time trial	Rog
0	6 May	Ljubljana (BTC)	12 rounds		Elimination race	Marco Antonio Di Renzo
0	6 May	Ljubljana (BTC)			Criterium	Alexander Vinokourov
1	7 May	Metlika – Metlika	161 km (100 mi)		Plain stage	Stefano Giraldi
2	8 May	Podčetrtek – Radenci	149 km (93 mi)		Plain stage	Marco Antonio Di Renzo
3	9 May	Radenci – Ljutomer	29 km (18 mi)		Time trial	Robert Pintarič
4	9 May	Ljutomer – Beltinci	86 km (53 mi)		Plain stage	Olaf Pollack
5	10 May	Beltinci – Grosuplje	220 km (137 mi)		Hilly stage	Igor Kranjec
6	11 May	Vrhnika – Bovec	159 km (99 mi)		Mountain stage	Lorenzo Di Silvestro
7	12 May	Nova Gorica – Novo mesto	179 km (111 mi)		Hilly stage	Zoran Klemenčič
Total		983 km (610.8 mi)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Intermed. sprints classification	Delo's sprints classification	Team classification
0	Rog	Marco Di Renzo	Robert Pintarič	Matthias Jandt	not available	Alexander Vinokourov	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Rog
1	Stefano Giraldi	Stefano Giraldi	not available	Stefano Giraldi		Bedin	Bogdan Fink	Glacial–Selle Italia
2	Marco Di Renzo
3	Robert Pintarič			not available		not available	not awarded	not available
4	Olaf Pollack					Bedin
5	Igor Kranjec		Marco Di Renzo	Stefano Giraldi			Alexander Vinokourov
6	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	not available	not available		not available	not available
7	Zoran Klemenčič		Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Alexander Vinokourov	Tadej Valjavec	Alexander Vinokourov	Alexander Vinokourov	Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.
Final		Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Alexander Vinokourov	Tadej Valjavec	Alexander Vinokourov	Alexander Vinokourov	Cantina Tollo–Co.Bo.

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 Delo's blue jersey classification
	Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	23h 24' 41"
2	Stefano Giraldi	Selle Italia - Glacial	+ 2' 45"
3	Marco Antonio Di Renzo	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	+ 4' 37"
4	Boris Premužič	Rog	+ 4' 38"
5	Nicola Ramacciotti	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	+ 5' 34"
6	Iztok Melanšek	Perutnina Ptuj	+ 5' 36"
7	Robert Pintarič	Rog	+ 5' 50"
8	Martin Hvastija	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	+ 5' 51"
9	Tadej Valjavec	Sava	+ 6' 21"
10	Stefano Toniazzo	Nardi	+ 6' 50"

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Lorenzo DI Silvestro	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexander Vinokurov	Kazahstan	18
2	Lorenzo Di Silvestro	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	16
3	Andrej Kivilev	Kazahstan	12
4	Stefano Giraldi	Selle Italia - Glacial	12
5	Bogdan Ravbar	Krka	5

Young rider classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Valjavec	Sava Kranj	23h 31' 02"

Intermediate sprints classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexander Vinokourov	Kazahstan	24
2	Andrej Kivilev	Kazakhstan	18
3	Bogdan Fink	Krka	7
4	Michal Reif	Czechia	6
5	Bogdan Ravbar	Krka	5

Delo's blue jersey sprints classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexander Vinokurov	Kazahstan	24
2	Bogdan Fink	Krka	15
3	Rajko Petek	Sava	13
4	Bogdan Ravbar	Rog	8
5	Marco Antonio Di Renzo	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.	6

Team classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.
2	Selle Italia - Glacial
3	Rog
4
5
...	...	...
6	Krka I
7	Krka II