2018 Okolo Slovenska

The 2018 Okolo Slovenska (transl. Tour of Slovakia) was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race. The race is the 62nd edition of the Okolo Slovenska. It was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race started in Poprad on 12 September and finish on 16 September in Galanta.

2018 Tour of Slovakia

2018 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	September 12–16, 2018
Stages	5[lower-alpha 1]
Distance	695.5 km (432.2 mi)
Winning time	16h 33' 08"
Results
Winner  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) (Quick-Step Floors)   Second  Jan Tratnik (SLO) (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice)   Third  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Points  Martin Haring (SVK) (Dukla Banská Bystrica) Mountains  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) (Bardiani–CSF) Youth  Tobias Foss (NOR) (Uno-X Norwegian Development Team)   Team CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice

The Frenchmen rider Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors won the general classification, by taking first place at the summit finish in Štrbské Pleso. He won the race by sixteen seconds overall, from CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice's Jan Tratnik, Benedetti completed the podium.

Teams

The 21 teams invited to the race were:[1]

UCI World Tour teams

• Quick-Step Floors
• Bora–Hansgrohe

UCI Professional Continental teams

• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Cofidis
• Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
• Bardiani–CSF
• Gazprom–RusVelo

UCI Continental teams

• Dukla Banská Bystrica
• Adria Mobil
• Uno-X Norwegian Development Team
• Riwal CeramicSpeed
• Elkov–Author
• Team Hurom
• WSA–Pushbikers
• Kőbánya Cycling Team
• Pannon Cycling Team
• Team Novak
• Apple Team

National teams

• Slovakia
• Belgium
• Germany

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
Prologue	12 September	Poprad	1.6 km (1 mi)		Individual time trial	Bob Jungels (LUX)
1	13 September	Poprad to Štrbské Pleso	164.4 km (102 mi)		Mountain stage	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2	14 September	Ružomberok to Dubnica nad Váhom	191.7 km (119 mi)		Hilly stage	Rüdiger Selig (GER)
3	15 September	Dubnica nad Váhom to Nitra	180.6 km (112 mi)		Flat stage	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)
4	16 September	Nitra to Galanta	157.2 km (98 mi)		Flat stage	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)
	Total		695.5 km (432 mi)

Stages

Prologue

12 September 2018 — Poprad, 1.6 km (1 mi), (Individual time trial)[2]

Result of Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bob Jungels (LUX) Quick-Step Floors 2' 02" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 3  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 1" 5  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 2" 6  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 2" 7  Kamil Gradek (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 2" 8  Niki Terpstra (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 2" 9  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil + 3" 10  Johannes Schinnagel (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" Source: [3]

General classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bob Jungels (LUX) Quick-Step Floors 2' 02" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 3  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 1" 5  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 2" 6  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 2" 7  Kamil Gradek (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 2" 8  Niki Terpstra (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 2" 9  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil + 3" 10  Johannes Schinnagel (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3" Source: [4]

Stage 1

13 September 2018 — Poprad to Štrbské Pleso, 164.4 km (102 mi)[5]

Result of Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors 4h 14' 40" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) Belgium (national) + 0" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Pannon Cycling Team + 0" 4  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 0" 5  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 2" 6  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 4" 7  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 8  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 5" 9  Radoslav Rogina (CRO) Adria Mobil + 5" 10  Tobias Foss (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 5" Source: [6]

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors 4h 16' 33" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 11" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Pannon Cycling Team + 15" 4  Ben Hermans (BEL) Belgium (national) + 15" 5  Josef Černý (CZE) Elkov–Author + 19" 6  Tobias Foss (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 20" 7  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 20" 8  Steff Cras (BEL) Belgium (national) + 20" 9  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 20" 10  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 24" Source: [7]

Stage 2

14 September 2018 — Ružomberok to Dubnica nad Váhom, 191.7 km (119 mi)[8]

Result of Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 32' 32" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 3  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 4  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2" 5  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 2" 6  Ben Hermans (BEL) Belgium (national) + 10" 7  Michael Bresciani (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 10" 8  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 10" 9  Niki Terpstra (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 10" 10  Adrian Kurek (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 10" Source: [9]

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors 8h 49' 04" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 16" 3  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 4  Ben Hermans (BEL) Belgium (national) + 26" 5  Josef Černý (CZE) Elkov–Author + 28" 6  Tobias Foss (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 31" 7  Steff Cras (BEL) Belgium (national) + 31" 8  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 31" 9  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 34" 10  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 35" Source: [10]

Stage 3

15 September 2018 — Dubnica nad Váhom to Nitra, 180.6 km (112 mi)[11]

Result of Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 22' 11" 2  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 3  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 0" 4  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Szymon Sajnok (POL) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 0" 7  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil + 0" 8  Michael Bresciani (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 9  Marco Maronese (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 10  Ahmed Galdoune (MAR) Kőbánya Cycling Team + 0" Source: [12]

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors 13h 11' 15" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 16" 3  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 4  Ben Hermans (BEL) Belgium (national) + 26" 5  Josef Černý (CZE) Elkov–Author + 28" 6  Tobias Foss (NOR) Uno-X Norwegian Development Team + 31" 7  Steff Cras (BEL) Belgium (national) + 31" 8  Pieter Weening (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 31" 9  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 34" 10  Ildar Arslanov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 35" Source: [13]

Stage 4

16 September 2018 — Nitra to Galanta, 157.2 km (98 mi)[14]

Result of Stage 4

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Quick-Step Floors	3h 21' 53"
2	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 0"
3	Christophe Laporte (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 0"
4	Sebastian Lander (DEN)	Riwal CeramicSpeed	+ 0"
5	Marco Maronese (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 0"
6	Cesare Benedetti (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 0"
7	Michael Bresciani (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 0"
8	Ahmed Galdoune (MAR)	Kőbánya Cycling Team	+ 0"
9	Dušan Rajović (SRB)	Adria Mobil	+ 0"
10	Mirco Maestri (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 0"
Source: [15]

Classification leadership

In the 2018 Tour of Slovakia, five jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey sponsored by national lottery TIPOS. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Tour of Slovakia, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Points classification points for the top 10 positions by type

Type		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Prologue	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	Stage finishes	20	15	12	10	8	6
	Intermediate sprint	8	5	3	2	1	0

The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Points were also won in intermediate sprints. The leader of the points classification was awarded a white jersey with blue polka-dots sponsored by ŠŠkoda.

Points for the mountains classification

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points for Category 1	10	7	5	3	2	1
Points for Category 2	6	4	2	1	0

There was also a mountains classification for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. The climbs were categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, as second and first-category. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a white jersey with red polka-dots sponsored by private equity company janom.

The fourth jersey represented the under-23 classification, marked by a white jersey sponsored by Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport. Only riders born after 1 January 1996 were eligible; the under-23 best placed rider in the general classification was the leader of the under 23 classification. Additionally there was also a classification for Slovakian riders, marked by a white, blue and red jersey. Only Slovakian riders were eligible and they were awarded according to their placement in the general classification of the race.

There was also a classification for Combativity given after each stage to the rider considered, by the organisers, the most combative rider. The winner wore a red bib for the next stage. The final classification was the team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Under-23 rider classification	Best Slovakian rider classification	Combativity classification	Team classification
Prologue[3]	Bob Jungels	Bob Jungels	Yves Lampaert	Christophe Laporte	Fabio Jakobsen	Erik Baška	not awarded	Quick-Step Floors
1[6]	Julian Alaphilippe	Julian Alaphilippe	Martin Haring	Giulio Ciccone	Attila Valter	Matúš Štoček	Martin Haring	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2[9]	Rüdiger Selig		Julian Alaphilippe		Tobias Foss		Umberto Orsini
3[12]	Matteo Pelucchi		Martin Haring				Patrik Tybor
4[15]	Fabio Jakobsen						Andreas Stokbro
Final[15]		Julian Alaphilippe	Martin Haring	Giulio Ciccone	Tobias Foss	Matúš Štoček	not awarded	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice

• In stage three, Jan Tratnik, who was second in the points classification, wore the white with blue polka-dots jersey, because first placed Julian Alaphilippe wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the points classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Quick-Step Floors	16h 33' 08"
2	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	+ 16"
3	Cesare Benedetti (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 22"
4	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Belgium (national)	+ 26"
5	Josef Černý (CZE)	Elkov–Author	+ 28"
6	Tobias Foss (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	+ 31"
7	Steff Cras (BEL)	Belgium (national)	+ 31"
8	Pieter Weening (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 31"
9	Nick van der Lijke (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 34"
10	Łukasz Owsian (POL)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	+ 36"
Source: [16]

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Martin Haring (SVK)	Dukla Banská Bystrica	56
2	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	35
3	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Quick-Step Floors	35
4	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Quick-Step Floors	32
5	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Quick-Step Floors	30
6	Rüdiger Selig (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	28
7	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	25
8	Cesare Benedetti (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	23
9	Christophe Laporte (FRA)	Cofidis	22
10	Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Quick-Step Floors	17

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	87
2	Martin Haring (SVK)	Dukla Banská Bystrica	41
3	Patrik Tybor (SVK)	Dukla Banská Bystrica	30
4	Vitaliy Buts (UKR)	Team Hurom	22
5	Jan Bárta (CZE)	Elkov–Author	21
6	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	17
7	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Belgium (national)	16
8	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Quick-Step Floors	15
9	Umberto Orsini (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	15
10	Emanuel Piaskowy (POL)	Team Hurom	12

Under-23 rider classification

Final Under-23 classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tobias Foss (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	16h 33' 39"
2	Steff Cras (BEL)	Belgium (national)	+ 0"
3	Attila Valter (HUN)	Pannon Cycling Team	+ 15"
4	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	+ 29"
5	Viktor Verschaeve (BEL)	Belgium (national)	+ 39"
6	Kevin Inkelaar (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 42"
7	Márton Dina (HUN)	Pannon Cycling Team	+ 48"
8	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 52"
9	Jonas Rutsch (GER)	Germany (national)	+ 1' 50"
10	Johannes Schinnagel (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2' 18"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	49h 41' 06"
2	Belgium (national)	+ 19"
3	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 30"
4	Quick-Step Floors	+ 1' 34"
5	Uno-X Norwegian Development Team	+ 1' 34"
6	Elkov–Author	+ 1' 54"
7	Adria Mobil	+ 2' 03"
8	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 2' 59"
9	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 3' 53"
10	Bardiani–CSF	+ 5' 18"

Notes and references

References

1. "Liste des Engages - Entry List" (PDF). Tour of Slovakia. F2Concept. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
2. "Prologue - Tour of Slovakia". Slovak Cycling Federation. Okolo Slovenska. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
3. "Jungles takes narrow win in Tour of Slovakia prologue". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
4. "Prologue-complet" (PDF). Slovak Cycling Federation. F2Concept. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
5. "1st Stage - Tour of Slovakia". Slovak Cycling Federation. Okolo Slovenska. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
6. "Alaphilippe wins in Strbske Pleso, takes overall lead". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
7. "Stage 1" (PDF). Slovak Cycling Federation. F2Concept. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
8. "2nd Stage - Tour of Slovakia". Slovak Cycling Federation. Okolo Slovenska. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
9. "Rudiger Selig wins stage 2 at Tour of Slovakia". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
10. "Stage 2" (PDF). Slovak Cycling Federation. F2Concept. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
11. "3rd Stage - Tour of Slovakia". Slovak Cycling Federation. Okolo Slovenska. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
12. "Pelucchi wins Tour of Slovakia stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
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14. "4th Stage - Tour of Slovakia". Slovak Cycling Federation. Okolo Slovenska. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
15. "Julian Alaphilippe wins 2018 Tour of Slovakia". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
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Notes

1. 4 road stages and a prologue time trial.

External links

• Official website