Tour of Slovenia 2017 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

June 16, 2017

Tour of Slovenia 2017 – Stage 2 – Ljubljana – Ljubljana : 169,9 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.

Luka Mezgec (Orica-Scott) claimed victory on stage 2 of the Tour of Slovenia, winning by a clear margin after crashes disrupted the final couple of kilometres in rainy Ljubljana.

The wet roads made the pair of 90-degree left-hand bends treacherous, and race leader Sam Bennett’s Bora-Hansgrohe lead-out man slid out just shy of the flamme rouge. A couple of hundred metres later Bennett himself went down, hitting the deck with Mark Cavendish and a number of other riders.

Mezgec was leading, and took a look around before accelerating from long-range. Cavendish’s lead-out man Mark Renshaw was sitting in second wheel but couldn’t respond, with Roberto Ferrari coming through to take second place. Mezgec takes over atop the general classification as a result of his stage win.

“I am really, really happy,” Mezgec said. “We came so close yesterday to starting the race with a win and I’m overjoyed to have been able to get there today. It was a nervy finale with the slippery roads and crashes, but the boys were fantastic, they kept me at the front and out of trouble and then all I had to do was give it everything to the line.”

The stage was animated by a seven-man move featuring Andrea Vendrame (Androni-Sidermec-Bottecchia), Anton Vorobyev (Gazprom–RusVelo), Ivan Santaromita (Nippo-Vini Fantini), Gorazd Per (Adria Mobil), Enrico Salvador (Tirol Cycling Team), Tomaš Buchaček (Elekov-Author Cycling Team) and Bruno Maltar (Meridiana Kamen). The septet established a maximum lead of five minutes before Orica-Scott set about pegging them back. Santaromita, Per, Salvador and Buchacek were the final survivors, but they were swept up 15 kilometres from the finish in rain-soaked Ljubljana.

In the overall standings, Mezgec holds a lead of four seconds over stage 1 winner Sam Bennett. “It is my first win of the season and I’m very proud to have taken the victory here in the capital of my home country,” Mezgec said. “It’s very special and it will be an honour for me to wear the race leader’s jersey tomorrow.”

Results :
1 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott 3:50:51
2 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
4 Alois Kankovský (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
5 Jirí Polnický (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
6 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Sidermec
7 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
9 Rok Korošec (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc
10 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
11 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
12 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
13 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
14 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil
15 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
17 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
18 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
19 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
20 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Amplatz – Bmc
21 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
22 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Amplatz – Bmc
23 Izidor Penko (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
24 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
25 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
26 Michele Gazzarra (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
27 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
28 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
30 Josip Rumac (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
31 Luka Cotar (Slo) SLO
32 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
33 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
34 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina
35 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
36 Mattia De Marchi (Ita) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
37 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
38 Žiga Grošelj (Slo) Adria Mobil
39 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Adria Mobil
40 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
41 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Sidermec
42 Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team
43 Josef Cerný (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
44 Tilen Finkšt (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
45 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Wilier Triestina
46 Matej Drinovec (Slo) SLO
47 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
48 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier Triestina
49 Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
50 Tomáš Buchácek (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
51 Vojtech Hacecký (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
52 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
53 Alexander Edmonson (Aus) Orica-Scott
54 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
55 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
56 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Sidermec
57 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
58 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
59 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:15
60 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott
61 Žiga Jerman (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
62 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Sidermec 0:01:19
63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
64 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team 0:01:32
65 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
66 Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
67 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
68 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
69 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
70 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Sidermec 0:02:21
71 Mirko Trosino (Ita) Wilier Triestina
72 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
73 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:23
74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
75 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:02:45
76 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
77 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Sidermec
78 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
79 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:03:10
80 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:14
81 Gorazd Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
82 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
83 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
85 Kanan Gahramanli (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
86 Andreas Walzel (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
87 Musa Mikayilzade (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
88 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
89 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:34
90 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team 0:03:42
91 Matic Grošelj (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
92 Dennis Paulus (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
93 Jaka Primožic (Slo) SLO
94 Florian Gaugl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
95 Daniel Eichinger (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
96 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
97 Andreas Graf (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
98 Primož Obal (Slo) SLO
99 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
100 Martin Hunal (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
101 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
102 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
103 Valens Ndayisenga (Rwa) Tirol Cycling Team
104 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
105 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe
106 Andi Bajc (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc
107 Ion Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
108 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Sidermec
109 Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
110 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
111 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina
112 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
113 Marek Canecky (Svk) Amplatz – Bmc
114 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina
115 Robert Jenko (Slo) SLO
116 Tadej Logar (Slo) SLO
117 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:03:53
118 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
119 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team
120 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott
121 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:04:00
122 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:03
123 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:05
124 Enver Asanov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
125 János Zsombor Pelikán (Hun) Amplatz – Bmc
126 Ismail Iliasov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
127 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
128 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:04:58
129 Gianfranco Raffaele Visconti (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:06:08
130 Gerd Fidler (Aut) Amplatz – Bmc
131 Nils Friedl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
132 Aljaž Prah (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
133 Žiga Rucigaj (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
134 Uroš Repše (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team
135 Marko Pavlic (Slo) SLO
136 Jon Božic (Slo) Adria Mobil
137 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
138 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
139 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
140 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Sidermec
141 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc 0:06:15
142 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
143 Elgun Alizada (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Bruno Maltar (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
DNS Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
DNS Davide Orrico (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott 7:40:23
2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
3 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:08
4 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
5 Žiga Jerman (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:00:10
7 Tomáš Buchácek (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
8 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:00:11
9 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:00:13
10 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:00:14
11 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Sidermec
12 Rok Korošec (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc
13 Alois Kankovský (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
14 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
15 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
16 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
17 Paolo Totò (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
18 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
19 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
20 Jirí Polnický (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
21 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
22 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
23 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Amplatz – Bmc
24 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
25 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
26 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
27 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
28 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
29 Tilen Finkšt (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
30 Michele Gazzarra (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
31 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
32 Luka Cotar (Slo) SLO
33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
34 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Wilier Triestina
35 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
36 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
37 Vojtech Hacecký (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
38 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
39 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
40 Izidor Penko (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
41 Josip Rumac (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
42 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
43 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
44 Matej Drinovec (Slo) SLO
45 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina
46 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
47 Alexander Edmonson (Aus) Orica-Scott
48 Enrico Salvador (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team
49 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Amplatz – Bmc
50 Josef Cerný (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
51 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
52 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Sidermec
53 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
54 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
55 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
56 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
57 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Sidermec
58 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
59 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Sidermec
60 Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
61 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil
62 Mattia De Marchi (Ita) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
63 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier Triestina
64 Žiga Grošelj (Slo) Adria Mobil
65 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Adria Mobil
66 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
67 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
68 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
69 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:29
70 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Sidermec 0:01:33
71 Michele Scartezzini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis 0:01:46
72 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
73 Simone Bernardini (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
74 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
75 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:57
76 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:02:01
77 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Sidermec 0:02:35
78 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
79 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:37
80 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:03:24
81 Gorazd Per (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:03:25
82 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:03:27
83 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:28
84 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:48
85 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team 0:03:56
86 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina
87 Dennis Paulus (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
88 Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
89 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Florian Gaugl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
91 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Robert Jenko (Slo) SLO
93 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina
94 Martin Hunal (Cze) Elkov – Author Cycling Team
95 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Sidermec
96 Matic Grošelj (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
97 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
98 Andi Bajc (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc
99 Jaka Primožic (Slo) SLO
100 Daniel Eichinger (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
101 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina
103 Marek Canecky (Svk) Amplatz – Bmc
104 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
105 Tadej Logar (Slo) SLO
106 Andreas Graf (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
107 Valens Ndayisenga (Rwa) Tirol Cycling Team
108 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team 0:04:07
109 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
110 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:04:14
111 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:17
112 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:19
113 Ismail Iliasov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
114 János Zsombor Pelikán (Hun) Amplatz – Bmc
115 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:04:24
116 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:05:12
117 Žiga Rucigaj (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana 0:06:22
118 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
119 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
120 Aljaž Prah (Slo) Rog – Ljubljana
121 Uroš Repše (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team
122 Marko Pavlic (Slo) SLO
123 Gianfranco Raffaele Visconti (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
124 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Sidermec
125 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:06:29
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Amplatz – Bmc 0:06:44
127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:07:17
128 Kanan Gahramanli (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:08:53
129 Primož Obal (Slo) SLO 0:09:24
130 Musa Mikayilzade (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:09:26
131 Niccolo’ Salvietti (Ita) Sangemini – Mg. K Vis
132 Mirko Trosino (Ita) Wilier Triestina 0:09:58
133 Andreas Walzel (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:10:51
134 Ion Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:11:19
135 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:11:30
136 Jon Božic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:11:37
137 Enver Asanov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:11:42
138 Elgun Alizada (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0:11:45
139 Gerd Fidler (Aut) Amplatz – Bmc 0:11:47
140 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:51
141 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:12:00
142 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 0:12:02
143 Nils Friedl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:13:45