2022 Tour of Slovenia
The 2022 Tour of Slovenia was the 28th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race scheduled between 15 and 19 June 2022. The 2.Pro-category race is a part of the UCI ProSeries. The tour was participated by defending Tour de France and Tour of Slovenia winner Tadej Pogačar and Matej Mohorič, first and sixth, respectively, by the UCI Men's road racing world ranking list.
The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of. Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič. Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from for season main race - 2022 Tour de France.
The Tour consisted of 5 stages with and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975. Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road.
Teams
Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 riders at the start.UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
Route and stages
Stage 1
;15 June 2022 – Nova Gorica to Postojna,Stage 2
;16 June 2022 – Ptuj to Rogaška Slatina,On hilly second stage was led by Matej Mohorič and Jan Tratnik on the front trying to blew the peloton apart and get rid of classical sprinters in an effort to help their newest member Matevž Govekar who is part of from 1 June 2022. Ackermann and Merlier were both dropped but Ackermann was able to rejoin the peloton before the finish. Stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen with help of lead-out sprinter Luka Mezgec.
Stage 3
;17 June 2022 – Žalec to Celje,Stage 4
;18 June 2022 – Laško to Velika Planina,Mountain stage with two Cat.3 climbs, one Cat.2 climb and one Cat.1 climb showed utter dominance by Rafał Majka and Tadej Pogačar where winner was solved with Rock paper scissors hand game before the finish line.