Simon Špilak
.jpg) Špilak at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Špilak |
| Nickname | Spile |
| Born |
23 June 1986 Tišina, Slovenia |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Katusha–Alpecin |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
All-rounder One week races specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2007 | KRKA–Adria Mobil |
| 2008–2011 | Lampre |
| 2012– | Team Katusha[1] |
| Major wins | |
| |
Simon Špilak (born 23 June 1986 in Tišina) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha–Alpecin.[2]
Professional career
Špilak was the winner of the 2010 Tour de Romandie, after original race winner Alejandro Valverde had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension. Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in 2013 and 2014, both times behind 2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome. In 2013, he was the victor of the GP Miguel Indurain and the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, his only two victories of the year. In 2015, he won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse with only five seconds of an advantage over Geraint Thomas. The victory was decided on the last day's time trial.[3] Špilak is considered a rarity in road cycling in that he is a general classification rider who targets one-week races rather than the three-week Grand Tours.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd
- 2005
- 1st National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Porec Trophy
- 2007
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- 4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2008
- 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
- 6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2011
- 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 5th Giro del Friuli
- 2012
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2013
- 1st GP Miguel Indurain
- 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 6th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 3 Arctic Race of Norway
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2015
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 2016
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2017
- 1st
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Pro Ötztaler 5500
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2018
- 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th GP Miguel Induráin
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
48 | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
|
— | 109 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | ||||||
 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
|
12 | DNF | — | 13 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 31 | — | — | ||||||
 |
— | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 27 | ||||||
 |
— | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
|
— | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | ||||||
|
— | — | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
 |
— | 77 | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
|
— | — | DNF | — | DNF | 9 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Notes
- ↑ Retroactively awarded after Alejandro Valverde's results were disqualified following his backdated two-year ban in June 2010.
References
- ↑ Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ↑ "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ↑ Stuart Clarke (21 June 2015). "Geraint Thomas falls just short of Tour de Suisse title as Spilak wins overall". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-suisse-10-riders-to-watch/
External links
- Simon Špilak at Cycling Archives
- Simon Spilak profile on procyclingstats