Tour of Slovenia 2018 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

June 15, 2018

Tour of Slovenia 2018 – Stage 3 – Slovenske Konjice – Celje : 175,7 km

Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour.

Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First-Drapac) won stage 3 of the Tour de Slovenie after late attacks by local riders Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) and Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) were pulled back on the climb to the finish.

Uran and several other riders caught Roglic almost in sight of the finishline, with the Colombian then beating Darryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) and Roglic in the uphill sprint.

Overnight leader Ben Hill (Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum) finished in a group several minutes behind and so Uran also took the overall race lead.

“I know that Roglic is pretty strong and so today for me the only tactic was follow him and then wait, wait, wait. I had good legs for the last climb and so could win it,” Uran said, almost struggling to believe he had won so comfortably when he hit the line first.

After two sprint stages the late climb and uphill finish above Celje meant the sprinters had little chance of success but after 50km of attacks Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) and Roger Kluge (Mitchelton-Scott) surprisingly formed the early break of the day, opening a lead of five minutes as the peloton let them hang out front.

LottoNL-Jumbo and Bahrain-Merida kept them in check for Roglic and Mohoric and finally swept them up mid-way up the major climb with 25km to go. Roglic was the first to attack and was chased by Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe), with a select group of ne riders joining them. Roglic attacked again and reached the top of the climb first but Mohoric used his descending skills on the narrow road to pass them both and hit out alone.

The former junior and under-23 world champion was strong and held off the chase until Luka Mezgec and Impey got back and worked to set up the South African for the finish.

Roglic tried yet again in the final metres of the climb to the line but had timed his move poorly. Impey was better and kicked past him but Uran was on his wheel and timed his own kick perfectly so he hit passed Impey on the outside and hit the line first.

Results :
1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:00:56
2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:04
4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:06
6 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:11
7 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:00:12
8 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
9 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:17
11 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
12 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:19
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:24
14 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
15 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:28
16 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:34
17 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:35
18 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:37
19 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:41
20 Josef Cerny (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:00:45
21 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:49
22 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:03
23 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:22
24 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:27
25 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
26 Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy
27 Jan Barta (Cze) Elkov-Author
28 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:34
29 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
30 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:22
31 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega 0:03:25
32 Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
33 Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
34 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
35 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
36 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
37 Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
38 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
39 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:03:29
40 Ivan Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:35
42 Péter Kusztor (Hun) My Bike Stevens 0:03:41
43 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:03:48
44 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:52
45 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
46 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:03
47 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
48 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:15
49 Julian Cardona Tabares (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:26
50 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:05:10
51 Jakub Otruba (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:05:32
52 Martin Lavric (Slo) Slovenia 0:05:35
53 Martin Haring (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
54 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
55 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:37
56 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:39
57 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
58 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
59 Andi Bajc (Slo) My Bike Stevens
60 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:42
61 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
62 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:05:45
63 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:46
64 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:05:48
65 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
66 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
67 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov-Author
68 Ziga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:05:53
69 Izidor Penko (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:05:55
70 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:06:00
71 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:06:10
72 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:06:18
73 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:31
74 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
75 Antonio Di Sante (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega 0:06:42
76 Matic Veber (Slo) Slovenia 0:06:49
77 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
78 Matic Groselj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
79 Marko Pavlic (Slo) Slovenia 0:07:14
80 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:08:00
81 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
82 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
83 Ziga Rucigaj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
84 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
85 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
86 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
87 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
88 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Slovenia 0:08:22
89 Rok Korosec (Slo) My Bike Stevens 0:08:31
90 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:10:38
91 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
92 Jaka Primozic (Slo) Slovenia 0:11:18
93 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy
94 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
95 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
96 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:11:32
97 Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:12:09
98 Jan Andrej Cully (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
99 Juraj Bellan (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
100 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
101 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
102 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
103 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
104 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
105 Marek Canecky (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
106 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
107 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
108 Gerd Fidler (Aut) My Bike Stevens
109 Marko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
110 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Elkov-Author
111 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
112 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
113 Martin Mahdar (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
114 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
115 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:12:33
116 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
117 Ziga Jerman (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
118 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:13:07
119 Sondre Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:13:12
120 Nik Cemazar (Slo) Slovenia 0:14:19
121 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
122 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
123 Josip Rumac (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
124 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
125 Martin Vlcák (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
126 Samuel Oros (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
127 Jon Bozic (Slo) Adria Mobil
128 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
129 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
130 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
131 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) My Bike Stevens
132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
133 János Zsombor Pelikán (Hun) My Bike Stevens
134 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
135 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
136 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
137 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
138 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
139 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
140 Luka Cotar (Slo) Slovenia
141 Stefan Mastaller (Aut) My Bike Stevens
142 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:45
143 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
144 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
145 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott
146 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
147 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:21:31
148 Antonino Schillaci Pugliese (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:22:05
DNF Deni Banicek (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
DNF Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 11:08:34
2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:10
4 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:14
5 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:16
6 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:21
7 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:00:22
8 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:24
9 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
10 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:25
11 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:00:27
12 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:29
13 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:34
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Adria Mobil
15 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:38
16 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:44
17 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:45
18 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:47
19 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:51
20 Josef Cerny (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:00:55
21 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:59
22 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:13
23 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:32
24 Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:37
25 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
26 Jan Barta (Cze) Elkov-Author
27 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
28 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:02:44
29 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:32
31 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega 0:03:35
32 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
33 Marco Tizza (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
34 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
35 Michele Gazzara (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
36 Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
37 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
38 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
39 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:03:39
40 Ivan Sosa (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:45
42 Péter Kusztor (Hun) My Bike Stevens 0:03:51
43 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:03:58
44 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:04:02
45 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
46 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:13
47 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:25
48 Julian Cardona Tabares (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:36
49 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:05:20
50 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:27
51 Jakub Otruba (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:05:42
52 Martin Lavric (Slo) Slovenia 0:05:45
53 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
54 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:47
55 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:49
56 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
57 Andi Bajc (Slo) My Bike Stevens
58 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
59 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:05:52
60 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
61 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:05:55
62 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:05:58
63 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov-Author
64 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
65 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
66 Ziga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:06:03
67 Izidor Penko (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:06:05
68 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:06:10
69 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:06:20
70 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:06:28
71 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:41
72 Antonio Di Sante (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega 0:06:52
73 Matic Veber (Slo) Slovenia 0:06:59
74 Matic Groselj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
75 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
76 Marko Pavlic (Slo) Slovenia 0:07:24
77 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:38
78 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:08:09
79 Ziga Rucigaj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:08:10
80 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
81 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
82 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
83 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
84 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
85 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Slovenia 0:08:32
86 Rok Korosec (Slo) My Bike Stevens 0:08:41
87 Martin Haring (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:08:48
88 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:09:01
89 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:10:48
90 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
91 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:11:28
92 Jaka Primozic (Slo) Slovenia
93 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:11:42
94 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy
95 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:53
96 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:12:04
97 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:09
98 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:12:11
99 Juraj Bellan (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:12:17
100 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega 0:12:19
101 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
102 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Elkov-Author
103 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
104 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
105 Marko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
106 Marek Canecky (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica
107 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
108 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
109 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
110 Martin Mahdar (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:12:33
111 Ziga Jerman (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum 0:12:43
112 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
113 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:12:56
114 Jan Andrej Cully (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:13:17
115 Sondre Enger (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:13:22
116 Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) Elkov-Author 0:13:33
117 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:13:56
118 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:14:16
119 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:14:19
120 Jon Bozic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:14:22
121 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:25
122 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:14:29
123 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
124 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) My Bike Stevens
125 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
126 Josip Rumac (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
127 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Sangemini-Mg. K Vis-Vega
128 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
129 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
130 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
131 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
133 Luka Cotar (Slo) Slovenia
134 Gerd Fidler (Aut) My Bike Stevens 0:14:31
135 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:47
136 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:48
137 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:55
138 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
139 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
140 János Zsombor Pelikán (Hun) My Bike Stevens 0:15:21
141 Stefan Mastaller (Aut) My Bike Stevens 0:15:37
142 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:16:02
143 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:33
144 Nik Cemazar (Slo) Slovenia 0:16:40
145 Samuel Oros (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:16:41
146 Martin Vlcák (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica 0:19:08
147 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:21:41
148 Antonino Schillaci Pugliese (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:23:13