1998 Tour of Slovenia

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1998 Tour of Slovenia

| series = UCI‑5 race

| race_no =

| season_no =

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| date = 4–10 May 1998

| stages = 7 + prologue

| distance = 1085

| unit = km

| time = 26h 28' 01"

| speed =

| first = {{flagicon|SLO}} Branko Filip

| first_nat =

| first_team =

| first_color = yellow

| second = {{flagicon|SLO}} Gorazd Štangelj

| second_nat =

| second_team =

| third = {{flagicon|BUL}} Pavel Shumanov

| third_nat =

| third_team =

| points = {{flagicon|SLO}} Andrej Hauptman

| points_nat =

| points_team =

| points_color = blue

| mountains = {{flagicon|SLO}} Igor Kranjec

| mountains_nat =

| mountains_team =

| mountains_color = polkadot

| sprints = {{flagicon|SLO}} Igor Kranjec

| sprints_nat =

| sprints_team =

| sprints_color = green

| youth = {{flagicon|SLO}} Mitja Mahorič

| youth_nat =

| youth_team =

| youth_color = white

| team = {{flagicon|SLO}} {{UCI team code|PER|1998}}

| previous = 1996

| next = 1999

}}

The 1998 Tour of Slovenia ({{langx|sl|Dirka po Sloveniji}}) was the 5th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 4 and 10 May 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-HX9LOGPK/16/index.html#zoom=z|title=Na Ptuju le Krka Telekom z vso močjo|page=16|date=4 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-HX9LOGPK/11/index.html#zoom=z|title=Po Sloveniji od Ptuja do Novega mesta|page=11|date=4 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-TNEQPPKE/17/index.html#zoom=z|title=Prolog na Ptuju in rumena majica Nemcu Pollacku|page=17|date=5 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-SVMI8T9C/13/index.html#zoom=z|title=Spet Pollackova poskočnica. Veter pokopal upe PP&RR?|page=13|date=6 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-RLKFAZV6/17/index.html#zoom=z|title=Slovenski dan: Hauptmanue etapa, Štangelj v rumenem|page=17|date=7 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}

The race consisted of prologue and actual 7 stages with 1,085 km (674.2 mi) in total.{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-ZL4N65UY/11/index.html#zoom=z|title=Jezni Bonča junak vožnje na kronometer Krško '98|page=11|date=8 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-2COILL9Q/6/index.html#zoom=z|title=Maraton v znamenju Kranjca. Bo o Vršiču odločila zapora?|page=6|date=9 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}

Teams

Total 98 riders (62 finished it) from 13 different countries and 16 teams started the race.{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-7SYXUKYN/11/index.html#zoom=z|title=Branko Filip je do konca ubranil rumeno majico|page=11|date=11 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-7SYXUKYN/15/index.html#zoom=z|title=Srečko Glivar se le ni zmotil: Filipu pristoji rumena majica|page=15|date=11 May 1998|work=Delo|language=sl}}

= Professional =

  • {{flagicon|SLO}} {{UCI team code|PER|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} {{UCI team code|AMO|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} {{UCI team code|AND|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|UK}} {{UCI team code|LIN|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|POL}} {{UCI team code|MRO|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|CZE}} {{UCI team code|ZVZ|1998}}
  • {{flagicon|GER}} {{UCI team code|AAB|1998}}

= Amateur =

= National =

Route and stages

class="wikitable"

|+Stage characteristics and winners

!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Length

!colspan="2"|Type

!Winner

style="text-align:center"|0

|align=right|4 May

| Ptuj

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3.4|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Time Trial.svg

| Prologue

| {{flagicon|GER}} Olaf Pollack

style="text-align:center" style="border-top-width:4px"|1

|align=right style="border-top-width:4px"|5 May

| style="border-top-width:4px"|RadenciBeltinci

| style="text-align:center;" style="border-top-width:4px"| {{convert|198|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="border-top-width:4px"|File:Plainstage.svg

| style="border-top-width:4px"|Plain stage

| style="border-top-width:4px"|{{flagicon|GER}} Olaf Pollack

style="text-align:center"|2

|align=right|6 May

| MariborKranj

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|168|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Intermediate stage

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Andrej Hauptman

style="text-align:center"|3

|align=right|7 May

| KrškoBrežiceKrško

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Time Trial.svg

| Time trial

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Valter Bonča

style="text-align:center"|4

|align=right|7 May

| SemičMetlikaSemič

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|85|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Plainstage.svg

| Plain stage

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio De Pasquale

style="text-align:center"|5

|align=right|8 May

| RibnicaNova Gorica

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|230|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Intermediate stage

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Zucchi

style="text-align:center"|6

|align=right|9 May

| Nova GoricaVršičLjubljana

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|206|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Mountain stage

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Mori

style="text-align:center"|7

|align=right|10 May

| GrosupljeNovo mesto

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|177|km|0|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Andrej Hauptman

colspan="2"| Total

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|1085|km|1|abbr=on}}

Classification leadership

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"

|+ Classification leadership by stage

style="width:1%;"| Stage

! style="width:13%;"| Winner

! style="width:13%;"| General
classification
35px

! style="width:13%;"| Points
classification
35px

! style="width:13%;"| Mountains
classification
35px

! style="width:13%;"| Young rider
classification
35px

! style="width:13%;"| Intermediate sprints
classification
35px

! style="width:13%;"| Team
classification

0

|Olaf Pollack

|style="background:yellow;" rowspan=2| Olaf Pollack

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan=5|not available

|style="background:#FFA8A4;"| not available

| rowspan=2|Tadej Valjavec

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| not available

|style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan=2|not available

1

| Olaf Pollack

|style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan=2| Uroš Murn

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| Rik Reinerink

2

| Andrej Hauptman

|style="background:yellow;"| Gorazd Štangelj

| Mitja Mahorič

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| Marko Baloh

|style="background:#FFCD5F;"|Mroz

3

| Valter Bonča

|style="background:yellow;" rowspan=5| Branko Filip

|style="background:#FFA8A4;" rowspan=2|not available

| rowspan=4|not available

|style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan=2|not available

|style="background:#FFCD5F;" rowspan=4|not available

4

| Maurizio De Pasquale

5

| Simone Zucchi

| style="background:lightblue;" rowspan=3|Andrej Hauptman

|style="background:#FFA8A4;"| Igor Kranjec

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| Martin Čotak

6

| Simone Mori

|style="background:#FFA8A4;"| not available

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| not available

7

| Andrej Hauptman

|style="background:#FFA8A4;"| Igor Kranjec

| Mitja Mahorič

|style="background:#9CE97B;"| Igor Kranjec

|style="background:#FFCD5F;"| Krka Telekom

colspan=2| Final

! style="background:#FDEE00;"| Branko Filip

! style="background:#007FFF;" |{{font color|white|Andrej Hauptman|link=yes}}

! style="background:#FF3E33;"| {{font color|white|Igor Kranjec|link=yes}}

! style="background:white;" | Mitja Mahorič

! style="background:#00FF00;"| Igor Kranjec

! style="background:#E49B0F;"| Krka Telekom

Final classification standings

class="wikitable noresize"
colspan="4" | Legend
{{cjersey|yellow}}

| Denotes the leader of the general classification

| {{cjersey|polkadot}}

| Denotes the leader of the mountains classification

20px

| Denotes the leader of the points classification

| {{cjersey|white}}

| Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

{{cjersey|green}}

| Denotes the leader of the int. sprints classification

|

| Denotes the leader of the team classification

=General classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Rider

!Team

!Time

align=center|1

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Branko Filip 20px

| width=140|Krka Telekom

| width=78 align=right| {{nowrap|26h 38' 01"}}

align=center|2

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Gorazd Štangelj

| Krka Telekom

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 4"}}

align=center|3

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Pavel Shumanov

| Krka Telekom

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 9"}}

align=center|4

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Valter Bonča

| PP&RR

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 21"}}

align=center|5

| {{flagicon|POL}} Cezary Zamana

| Mroz

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 33"}}

align=center|6

| {{flagicon|POL}} Andrzej Sypytkowski

| Mroz

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 33"}}

align=center|7

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Konečný

| ZVVS

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 38"}}

align=center|8

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Saša Sviben

| Krka Telekom

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 50"}}

align=center|9

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Miloslav Kejval

| ZVVS

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 51"}}

align=center|10

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Rajko Petek

| Sava

| align=right| {{nowrap|+ 1' 13"}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Rider

!Team

!Points

align=center|1

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Andrej Hauptman 20px

| width=140|PP&RR

| width=78 align=center| 97

align=center|2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Zucchi

| Amore & Vita

| align=center| 75

align=center|3

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Konečný

| ZVVS

| align=center| 74

align=center|4

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Gorazd Štangelj

| Krka Telekom

| align=center| 71

align=center|5

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Boštjan Mervar

| Krka Telekom

| align=center| 65

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Rider

!Team

!Points

align=center|1

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Igor Kranjec 20px20px

| width=140| PP&RR

| width=78 align=center| 18

align=center|2

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Martin Čotar

| Sava

| align=center| 14

align=center|3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio De Pasquale

| Amore & Vita

| align=center| 13

=Young rider classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Rider

!Team

!Time

align=center|1

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Mitja Mahorič 20px

| width=140| PP&RR

| width=78 align=right|26h 39' 43"

align=center|2

| width=200|{{flagicon|CZE}} Richard Faltus

| aZVVS

| align=right|

align=center|3

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Tadej Valjavec

| Sava

| align=right|

=Intermediate sprints classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Rider

!Team

!Points

align=center|1

| width=200|{{flagicon|SLO}} Igor Kranjec 20px20px

| width=140| PP&RR

| width=78 align=center| 24

align=center|2

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Martin Čotak

| Sava

| align=center| 16

align=center|3

| {{flagicon|UK}} Julian Clark

| Linda McCartney

| align=center| 11

=Team classification=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Team

!Time

align=center|1

|width=230|{{flagicon|SLO}} Krka Telekom

|width=80 align=right| 79h 55′ 02″

align=center|2

|width=190|{{flagicon|POL}} Mroz

|width=50 align=right|+ 55″

align=center|3

|width=190|{{flagicon|SLO}} Perutnina Ptuj - Radenska Rog

|width=50 align=right|+ 1′ 20″

align=center|4

|width=190|{{flagicon|CZE}} ZVVS

|width=50 align=right| + 2′ 21″

align=center|5

|width=190|{{flagicon|ITA}} Amore & Vita

|width=50 align=right| + 5′ 22″

align=center|...

|width=190|...

|width=50 align=right| ...

align=center|6

|width=190|{{flagicon|SLO}} Sava

|width=50 align=right| + 1h 07′ 10″

align=center|10

|width=190|{{flagicon|SLO}} Hit Casino

|width=50 align=right| + 1h 25′ 54″

References

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