2015 Tour of Slovenia

The 2015 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 22nd edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 18 and 21 June 2015. Primož Roglič won the overall classification, took the race lead on the penultimate stage to the Trije Kralji Ski Resort.^[1][2][3]

2015 Tour of Slovenia

2015 UCI Europe Tour (2.1 race)
Russian team Katusha on Stage 1 in Ljubljana
Race details
Dates	18–21 June
Stages	4
Distance	534.8 km (332.3 mi)
Winning time	13h 42' 16"
Results
Winner Primož Roglič (Adria Mobil)   Second Mikel Nieve (Team Sky)   Third Jure Golčer (Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels) Points Salvatore Puccio[a] (Team Sky) Mountains Mauro Finetto (Southeast Pro Cycling) Youth Domen Novak (Adria Mobil)   Team Adria Mobil
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The race consisted of 4 stages with 534.8 km (332.3 mi) in total.^[4][5][6]

Teams

Total 128 riders (113 finished it) from 17 teams started the race.^[7]

UCI ProTeams

• Team Sky
• Lampre–Merida
• Team Katusha

UCI Professional Continental

• UnitedHealthcare
• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Bardiani–CSF
• RusVelo
• Colombia
• Southeast Pro Cycling
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise

UCI Continental

• Adria Mobil
• Radenska–Ljubljana
• Meridiana–Kamen
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• D'Amico–Bottecchia

National

• Slovenia

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Length	Type		Winner
1	18 June	Ljubljana – Ljubljana	8.8 km (5 mi)		Individual time trial	Artem Ovechkin
2	19 June	Škofja Loka – Kočevje	182 km (113 mi)		Intermediate stage	Pierpaolo De Negri
3	20 June	Dobrovnik – Trije Kralji Ski Resort	178.5 km (111 mi)		Mountain stage	Primož Roglič
4	21 June	Rogaška Slatina – Novo mesto	165.5 km (103 mi)		Hilly stage	Marko Kump
Total		534.8 km (332.3 mi)

Stage 1

Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky) finished second to Artem Ovechkin (Team Katusha) on the stage.

18 June 2015 — Ljubljana to Ljubljana, 8.8 km (5.5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
Official results[4]
1	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo	10' 22"
2	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 0"
3	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	+ 2"
4	Vladimir Isaichev	Team Katusha	+ 4"
5	Alexander Porsev	Team Katusha	+ 5"
DSQ	Davide Appollonio[a]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 6"
6	Marco Canola	UnitedHealthcare	+ 6"
7	Jure Golčer	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 7"
8	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Team Katusha	+ 7"
9	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 7"
10	Andrew Fenn	Lampre–Merida	+ 9"

Stage 2

19 June 2015 — Škofja Loka to Kočevje, 182 km (113.1 mi)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
Official results[8]
1	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo–Vini Fantini	4h 39' 52"
2	Antonino Parrinello	D'Amico–Bottecchia	+ 0"
3	Simone Ponzi	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 0"
4	Manuele Mori	Lampre–Merida	+ 0"
5	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 0"
DSQ	Davide Appollonio[a]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 0"
6	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	+ 0"
7	Thomas Sprengers	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"
8	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 0"
9	Matthias Krizek	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 0"
10	Enea Cambianica	Lampre–Merida	+ 0"
General classification after the stage[8]
1	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo	4h 50' 14"
2	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 0"
3	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	+ 2"
4	Vladimir Isaichev	Team Katusha	+ 4"
DSQ	Davide Appollonio[a]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 6"
5	Jure Golčer	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 7"
6	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Team Katusha	+ 7"
7	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 7"
8	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	+ 9"
9	Preben Van Hecke	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 11"
10	Jan Polanc	Lampre–Merida	+ 12"

Stage 3

20 June 2015 — Dobrovnik to Trije Kralji Ski Resort, 178.5 km (110.9 mi)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
Official results[3]
1	Primož Roglič	Adria Mobil	5h 04' 39"
2	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	+ 0"
3	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	+ 0"
4	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 14"
5	Jure Golčer	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 14"
6	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	+ 25"
7	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno	Bardiani–CSF	+ 37"
8	Egor Silin	Team Katusha	+ 45"
9	Alexander Foliforov	RusVelo	+ 45"
10	Matija Kvasina	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 45"
General classification after the stage[3]
1	Primož Roglič	Adria Mobil	9h 55' 06"
2	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	+ 5"
3	Jure Golčer	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 8"
4	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 8"
5	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	+ 14"
6	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	+ 15"
7	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 32"
8	Jan Polanc	Lampre–Merida	+ 44"
9	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 51"
10	Alexander Foliforov	RusVelo	+ 53"

Stage 4

21 June 2015 — Rogaška Slatina to Novo mesto, 165.5 km (102.8 mi)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
Official results[2]
1	Marko Kump	Adria Mobil	3h 47' 10"
2	Maximiliano Richeze|	Lampre–Merida	+ 0"
3	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	+ 0"
DSQ	Davide Appollonio[a]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 0"
4	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"
5	Andrea Piechele	Bardiani–CSF	+ 0"
6	Robert Förster	UnitedHealthcare	+ 0"
7	Rafael Andriato	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 0"
8	Elia Favilli	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 0"
9	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo–Vini Fantini	+ 0"
10	Federico Zurlo	UnitedHealthcare	+ 0"

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Artem Ovechkin	Artem Ovechkin	Artem Ovechkin	not awarded	Marko Pavlič	Team Katusha
2	Pierpaolo De Negri		Salvatore Puccio	Mauro Finetto
3	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič			Domen Novak	Adria Mobil
4	Marko Kump		Davide Appollonio[a] Salvatore Puccio
Final		Primož Roglič	Salvatore Puccio[a]	Mauro Finetto	Domen Novak	Adria Mobil

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification		Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the Points classification		Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification

General classification

Rank	Rider[2]	Team	Time
1	Primož Roglič	Adria Mobil	13h 42' 16"
2	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	+ 5"
3	Jure Golčer	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 8"
4	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 8"
5	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	+ 14"
6	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	+ 15"
7	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	+ 32"
8	Jan Polanc	Lampre–Merida	+ 44"
9	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 51"
10	Alexander Foliforov	RusVelo	+ 53"

Points classification

Rank	Rider[9]	Team	Points
DSQ	Davide Appollonio[a]	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	42
1	Salvatore Puccio	Team Sky	41
2	Pierpaolo De Negri	Nippo–Vini Fantini	31
3	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	27
4	Diego Ulissi	Lampre–Merida	26
5	Primož Roglič	Adria Mobil	25
6	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	25
7	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo	25
8	Marko Kump	Adria Mobil	25
9	Antonino Parrinello	D'Amico–Bottecchia	23
10	Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre–Merida	22

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider[2]	Team	Points
1	Mauro Finetto	Southeast Pro Cycling	23
2	Primož Roglič	Adria Mobil	12
3	Klemen Štimulak	Adria Mobil	12
4	Gianfranco Zilioli	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	9
5	Jarl Salomein	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	9
6	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	8
7	Alex Cano	Colombia	8
8	Francesco Gavazzi	Southeast Pro Cycling	8
9	Radoslav Rogina	Adria Mobil	6
10	Simone Stortoni	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	4

Young rider classification

Rank	Rider[2]	Team	Points
1	Domen Novak	Adria Mobil	13h 43' 56"
2	Artem Nych	RusVelo	+ 3' 59"
3	Ildar Arslanov	RusVelo	+ 6' 31"
4	Marko Pavlič	Radenska–Ljubljana	+ 7' 46"
5	Žiga Grošelj	Slovenia	+ 16' 36"
6	Gašper Katrašnik	Slovenia	+ 29' 29"
7	Federico Zurlo	UnitedHealthcare	+ 32' 04"
8	Žiga Ručigaj	Radenska–Ljubljana	+ 32' 21"
9	Edward Díaz	Colombia	+ 32' 22"
10	Carlos Ramírez	Colombia	+ 37' 14"

Teams classification

Rank	Team[2]	Time
1	Adria Mobil	41h 08' 15"
2	Team Sky	+ 31"
3	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 2' 34"
4	RusVelo	+ 6' 37"
5	Southeast Pro Cycling	+ 10' 47"
6	Lampre–Merida	+ 12' 35"
7	Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels	+ 20' 42"
8	Bardiani–CSF	+ 22' 41"
9	Nippo–Vini Fantini	+ 29' 00"
10	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 31' 08"

Notes

1. Davide Appollonio's results were expunged following his four-year suspension for erythropoietin (EPO) later in 2015.