Okolo Slovenska
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Race details | |
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Date | Early June |
Region | Slovakia |
English name | Tour of Slovakia |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 1954 |
Editions | 58 (as of 2014) |
First winner | Karl Nesl (TCH) |
Most wins | Jiří Škoda (TCH) Milos Hrazdira (TCH) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Oleksandr Polivoda (UKR) |
Okolo Slovenska (English: Tour of Slovakia; French: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2005, it has been rated as a 2.2 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
See also
References
- Tour de Slovaquie results from Cycling Archives
- Tour de Slovaquie results from Cycling News
External links
(Slovak) Official website