Tour of Slovenia 2018 – Stage 2 [LAST 20 KM]

June 14, 2018

Tour of Slovenia 2018 – Stage 2 – Maribor – Rogaska Slatina : 152,7 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.

Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) won the second stage of the Tour de Slovenie on Thursday in Rogaska Slatina. The Dutch sprinter proved fastest to the finish line, taking the victory ahead of Matteo Pelucchi (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott). Stage 1 winner and overnight leader Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates) was fourth, Manuel Belletti (Androni-Sidermec) fifth and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) sixth.

“I am happy to win a stage here in Slovenia. It was a long sprint. The team did a really good job. This is good for the confidence towards the Tour,” Groenewegen said in a post-race interview.

Ben Hill (Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum) moved into the overall lead after the sprint stage. He started the stage in second place two seconds behind Consonni, however in much the same tactic as the previous day, he was involved in a breakaway and picked up extra bonus seconds to contribute to his top overall placing.

He now leads the race by three seconds ahead of Pelucchi and five seconds ahead of Consonni.

“We had the plan with four goals for the race: one get in the brake, two get at least three seconds but as many as possible would be better, three don’t get a time gap at the finish and four cross our fingers for the right person to win the race,” Hill said.

“I kept ticking those boxes as we went along the race and everything fell in the place nicely. I don’t intend on holding either of the jerseys all the way to the finish so just to have one at the moment is really special. So I am over the moon.”

Stage 2 of the Tour de Slovenie was 152.7km from Maribor to Rogaska Slatina. Hill was involved in a breakaway that included Slovenian Gašper Katrašnik (Adria Mobil Cycling) and Czech Vojtěch Hačecky (Elkov Author Cycling Team), and the trio managed to pull away for almost five minutes at one point.

Hill and Katrašnik took all of the intermediate and sole mountain finish, with Hill getting enough time bonuses for the green jersey of the overall leader on the race. The field pulled back the breakaway in time for a group sprint.

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

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