Tour of Slovenia will take place from 15th to 19th June 2022, it will have 5 stages and in total 791,4 kilometers long route with total altitude gain of 9152 meters. The competition on the race will be strong, with total of 21 teams, 4 of them from the World Tour ranks: UAE Team Emirates, Astana – Qazaqstan, Bahrain Victorious & Team BikeExchange. Details of the Slovenian tour – part of the UCI ProSeries – were revealed today in Ljubljana, in the office building of Krka d.d.
Tour of Slovenia will have five stages, with some destinations that will host the race for the first time in history:
S1: Nova Gorica – Postojna, 164,4 km,
S2: Ptuj – Rogaška Slatina, 174,1 km,
S3: Žalec – Celje, 144,2 km,
S4: Laško – Velika planina, 152,4 km,
S5: Vrhnika – Novo mesto, 156,3 km.
The route of the race will be challenging till the very last meter as the last stage has a new finish with a climb to Trška gora just before the last kilometers of the race and finish line in Novo mesto. The race has one first category climb, this is 8,2 kilometers long finish climb to Velika planina on stage 4. As always, the race is very diverse and technically hard, so only a most complete rider will be able to answer to all of the challenges and the competition, and take home the green jersey.
The race will get harder with each of the stages. First two days are perfect for fast riders, then the race for the overall standings really begins. Stage 3 already has two categorized climbs, with main battle for the green jersey happening on the last climb of the stage 4. Fight for Green will be likely decided on that stage, but last day can still offer surprises.
Organizers will once again host a BEST venue challenge. Criteria for the competition are innovation with activation and promotion of the destination, involvement of the local community, sustainable aspect and activities on websites and on social medias.
In a way the race will not end when crossing the finish line in Novo mesto, the young riders will also get their chance with the second edition of Kids Tour of Slovenia. In 2021 close to 300 young riders from 8 European countries entered the race and we expect similar numbers in 2022. The race will take place from 1st to 3rd July.
