Tour of Slovenia 2019 – Stage 4 [LAST 20 KM]

June 22, 2019

Tour of Slovenia 2019 – Stage 4 – Nova Gorica – Ajdovščina : 153,9 km

The Tour of Slovenia is marking its jump to 2.HC level this year with a line up that includes five WorldTour teams and a roster that includes Mark Cavendish, Tadej Pogacar, Pascal Ackermann and Esteban Chaves.

Giovanni Visconti (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia) won the penultimate stage of the Tour of Slovenia, beating overall leader Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) to the line in a four-up sprint in Ajdovščina.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) placed third after playing a pivotal role in aiding Ulissi on the decisive climb of Predmeja, while Aleksandr Vlasov (Gazprom-Rusvelo) took fourth place. After surviving the toughest stage of the race, the 2011 winner Ulissi will expect to pick up his second overall victory at the Tour of Slovenia on Sunday.

The stage was animated by an early break featuring Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) but the move was pegged back ahead of the 9km ascent of Predmeja. Vlasov kicked off the attacking on the climb after his Gazprom teammates set a fearsome tempo on the lower slopes. He was joined immediately by Pogacar who marked the move and waited for Visconti and Ulissi to bridge across.

“Our goal was to defend the green jersey, and we did that perfectly, the whole team was working together,” Pogacar said. “Each of us gave 100 percent. Team Gazprom-Rusvelo started with very strong pace on climb to Predmeja, Vlasov attacked shortly after that. I covered his attack and waited for Ulissi. I’m happy with my race, I’m stronger with each of the stages and I’m giving my best. I wish the race would be longer.”

Pogacar, Vlasov, Ulissi and Visconti crested the summit together and combined well to come home 32 seconds clear of the chasing group that featured Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott). Visconti produced a sharp sprint to hold off his fellow countryman Ulissi for the stage honours.

“I was waiting for the sprint finish, our sports director is always saying that you either win or lose the race in the sprint,” Visconti said. “Today it worked out for me.”

Ulissi retains the leader’s green jersey and carries a buffer of 22 seconds over Visconti into Sunday’s final stage. Vlasov lies third overall at 25 seconds, with Pogacar a further 5 seconds back in fourth.

“The stage was hard, with rain in the beginning and hard climb on the end. Vlasov launched a strong attack, but Pogačar had him covered,” Ulissi said. “I want to thank him for his help on my way to defend the green jersey. This was a climb for the pure climbers, and I’m not that. Tadej did excellent job in the beginning of the climb when he covered the attack, I had some problems at that point and only caught up with them later.”

Results :
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 4:00:53
2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
3 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
4 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
5 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:32
6 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
8 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:38
9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:22
10 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
11 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
12 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
13 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
14 Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
15 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
16 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
17 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:19
18 Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
19 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
20 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
21 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:14
22 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
23 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:06:32
24 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
25 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
26 Kristjan Hocevar (Slo) Slovenia
27 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
28 Lars Bak Ytting (Den) Dimension Data
29 Martin Lavric (Slo) Slovenia
30 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
31 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
32 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
33 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Slovenia 0:09:47
34 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:09:54
35 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
36 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
37 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:12:12
38 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
39 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
40 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
41 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk
42 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
43 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
44 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
45 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
46 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:13:35
47 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:14:25
48 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:14:50
49 Andi Bajc (Slo) Felbermayr Simplon Wels
50 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:16:46
51 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
52 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
53 Jan Stohr (Cze) AC Sparat Raha
54 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
56 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
57 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
58 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:57
59 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:17:41
60 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:41
61 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:18:42
62 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
63 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
64 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
65 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil
66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
67 Rok Korosec (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
68 Luka Cotar (Slo) Slovenia
69 Alja_ Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil
70 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
71 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
72 Timothy Guy (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
73 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
74 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data
75 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
76 Matic Veber (Slo) Slovenia
77 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
78 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
79 Przemys_aw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
80 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
81 Alja_ Prah (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
82 Ga_per Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
83 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
84 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Dimension Data
85 Franti_ek Honsa (Cze) AC Sparat Raha
86 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
87 _iga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil
88 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
89 Matic Groselj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
90 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
92 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
94 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
95 Florian Kierner (Aut) Felbermayr Simplon Wels
96 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
97 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:51
98 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF
99 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
100 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
101 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
102 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Meridiana Kamen Team
103 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy
104 _iga Horvat (Slo) Adria Mobil
105 Tomá_ Kalojiros (Cze) AC Sparat Raha
106 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
107 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
108 Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
109 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe
110 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
111 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
112 Luka Lakota (Slo) Slovenia 0:19:13
DNF Ruben Dario Acosta (Col) Nippo-ViniFantini-Faizane
DNF _iga Rucigaj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic
DNF Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) Felbermayr Simplon Wels
DNF Tomá_ Schuhler (Cze) AC Sparat Raha
DNF Michal Schuran (Slo) AC Sparat Raha
DNF Emanuel Ki_erlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
DNF Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNS Matthias Krizek (Aut) Felbermayr Simplon Wels
DNS Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Felbermayr Simplon Wels
DNS Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 15:39:28
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:00:22
3 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:25
4 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:30
5 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:04
6 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:08
7 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:14
8 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:14
9 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:58
10 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:04:49
11 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
12 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
13 Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:04:56
14 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:05:40
15 Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:46
16 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
17 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:06:27
18 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:08:53
19 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:08:59
20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
21 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:09:03
22 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:10:37
23 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:12:06
24 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:14:39
25 Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:16:17
26 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:16:24
27 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:34
28 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:16:35
29 Kristjan Hocevar (Slo) Slovenia 0:17:01
30 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk 0:17:46
31 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:50
32 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:21:48
33 Lars Bak Ytting (Den) Dimension Data 0:22:14
34 Martin Lavric (Slo) Slovenia 0:22:49
35 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:25:20
36 Andi Bajc (Slo) Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:26:08
37 Tomá_ Kalojiros (Cze) AC Sparat Raha 0:26:30
38 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:26:31
39 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:27:13
40 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
41 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:28:17
42 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:28:43
43 _iga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:30:00
44 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:30:27
45 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:32:28
46 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:33:11
47 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:35:03
48 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:36:53
49 Alja_ Prah (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:38:05
50 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:38:43
51 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:38:55
52 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Slovenia 0:40:06
53 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:40:08
54 Alja_ Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:40:28
55 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:40:38
56 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Dimension Data
57 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:42:33
58 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:43:04
59 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:44:36
60 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:44:39
61 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:44:43
62 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 0:44:59
63 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:45:11
64 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:46:00
65 Matic Veber (Slo) Slovenia 0:46:22
66 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:47:17
67 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data 0:47:32
68 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:48:04
69 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:48:06
70 Jan Stohr (Cze) AC Sparat Raha 0:48:22
71 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:48:48
72 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:48:53
73 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:49:01
74 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:49:12
75 Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:49:16
76 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 0:49:30
77 Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:50:19
78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:50:24
79 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:50:55
80 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:51:31
81 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:52:23
82 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:52:51
83 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:52:53
84 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:53:25
85 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:53:34
86 Franti_ek Honsa (Cze) AC Sparat Raha 0:54:03
87 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:54:20
88 Matic Groselj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:54:46
89 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:54:52
90 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:55:03
91 Rok Korosec (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:55:51
92 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:56:00
93 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
94 Luka Cotar (Slo) Slovenia
95 Ga_per Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
96 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:56:05
97 Luka Lakota (Slo) Slovenia 0:56:31
98 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:56:50
99 Przemys_aw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:57:11
100 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:57:21
101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:58:03
102 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
103 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
104 Timothy Guy (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:58:10
105 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:58:12
106 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:58:19
107 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:58:54
109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:59:09
110 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:59:26
111 Florian Kierner (Aut) Felbermayr Simplon Wels 1:00:10
112 _iga Horvat (Slo) Adria Mobil 1:04:15