Okolo Slovenska

Tour of Slovakia okolo slovenska/Around the Slovakia
Race details
Date Early June
Region Slovakia
English name Tour of Slovakia
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1954 (1954)
Editions 61 (as of 2017)
First winner  Karl Nesl (TCH)
Most wins  Jiří Škoda (TCH)
 Milos Hrazdira (TCH)
(3 wins)
Most recent  Jan Tratnik (SLO)

Okolo Slovenska (English: Tour of Slovakia; French: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2018, it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages.

History

Okolo Slovenska started on June 19, 1954 on Stalin square in Bratislava and included 7 stages. The first race was won by Czech cyclist Karel Nesel, the Slovak cyclist Vlastimil Ružička won three of the seven stages of the race.

The 2011 race started on June 4, 2011 in Nováky and finished on June 11, 2011 in Gabčíkovo.

Winners

Rider Team
1954 Czechoslovakia Karel Nesel (TCH)
1955 Czechoslovakia Jan Veselý (TCH)
1956 Italy Aurelio Cestari (ITA)
1957 France Pierre Le Don (FRA)
1958 Czechoslovakia Walter Renner (TCH)
1959 East Germany Lothar Höhne (DDR)
1960 Hungary Antal Megyerdi (HUN)
1961
1963
No race
1964 Czechoslovakia Matej Laczo (TCH)
1965 Czechoslovakia Jiří Háva (TCH)
1966 Czechoslovakia Pavel Konečný (TCH)
1967 Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1968 Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1969 Czechoslovakia Břetislav Souček (TCH)
1970 Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Moravec (TCH)
1971 Czechoslovakia Jiří Háva (TCH)
1972 Czechoslovakia Antonin Bartoníček (TCH)
1973 Czechoslovakia Miloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1974 Czechoslovakia Pavol Čambal (TCH)
1975 Czechoslovakia Josef Dvořák (TCH)
1976 Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda (TCH)
1977 Czechoslovakia Miroslav Sýkora (TCH)
1978 Netherlands Theodorus de Roy (NED)
1979 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Poslušný (TCH)
1980 Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda (TCH)
1981 Soviet Union Andrei Vedernikov (URS)
1982 Soviet Union Vladimir Volochin (URS)
1983 East Germany Bernd Drogan (DDR)
1984 Czechoslovakia Miroslav Sýkora (TCH)
1985 Czechoslovakia Jiří Škoda (TCH)
1986 Czechoslovakia Václav Toman (TCH)
1987 Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov (URS)
1988 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Sedláček (TCH)
1989 Soviet Union Pavel Tonkov (URS)
1990 Czechoslovakia Miroslav Lipták (TCH)
1991 Germany Heinrich Trumheller (GER)
1992 Czechoslovakia Lubor Tesař (TCH)
1993 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar (UKR)
1994 Czech Republic Vladimir Svehlik (CZE)
1995 Czech Republic František Trkal (CZE)
1996 Slovakia Jan Valach (SVK)
1997 Czech Republic Jaromír Purmenský (CZE)
1998 Slovenia Andrej Hauptman (SLO)
1999 Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka (CZE)
2000 Czech Republic René Andrle (CZE) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
2001 Czech Republic František Trkal (CZE) PSK-Remerx
2002 Sweden Gustav Larsson (SWE) Team Crescent CK
2003 Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka (CZE) CCC–Polsat
2004 Poland Piotr Chmielewski (POL) Action ATI
2005 Slovakia Martin Prázdnovský (SVK) CK ZP Sport A.S. Podbrezova
2006 Poland Radoslaw Romanik (POL) DHL-Author
2007 Netherlands Joost van Leijen (NED) Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten
2008 Denmark Kristoffer Nielsen (DEN) Team GLS-Pakke Shop
2009 Australia Leigh Howard (AUS) Australia (national team)
2010 Slovenia Robert Vrečer (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
2011 Russia Nikita Novikov (RUS) Itera–Katusha
2012 Italy Enrico Rossi (ITA) Meridiana–Kamen
2013 Czech Republic Petr Vakoč (CZE) Etixx–IHNed
2014 Ukraine Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team
2015 Italy Davide Viganò (ITA) Team Idea 2010 ASD
2016 Italy Mauro Finetto (ITA) Unieuro–Wilier
2017 Slovenia Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice

See also

References

(in Slovak) Official website

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