Sunny Slovenia welcomes us for another running of the Tour of Slovenia - a race that rewards those good on the hills and against the clock! Let's see who comes out on top of this five day extravaganza.
Favourites
Rider
FL
SP
AC
RS
Abdul Halil
70
81
79
68
Banaszek
74
79
81
73
Steimle
74
78
80
69
Harrison
72
78
81
70
Szarka
77
78
78
73
Larsen
77
77
76
73
Dekker
77
77
76
77
Garcia Cortina
76
77
76
72
Silvestre
75
77
76
66
Rickaert
78
75
73
75
The early break forms and one team is very keen to represent - Llapi have put Villella and Yzeiraj in here along with Le Court.
Le Court wins the first KOM though, which surprisingly isn't contested. Villella and Yzeiraj is the order after that.
Villella wins the first intermediate sprint ahead of Le Court and Yzeiraj.
Tinkoff, ISA-Hexacta and Assa Abloy are doing the pace-making in the pack with 80 km to. The gap is 4'19". It was more than 6 minutes at its peak.
The order is the same at the second intermediate sprint as the first.
And again, the cross the third intermediate sprint point in the same order. The break's lead is down to 3'24".
Le Court wins the second KOM, followed by Villella and Yzeiraj. Martinez and Vlasov take the minor points from the pack.
A few riders have been dropped from the pack.
Yzeiraj is caught with 19 km to go.
The break is caught with 12 km left.
We jump forward to 1.5 km to go. Zakarin is leading out Banaszek as the only sprint train. Harrison and Dekker are next.
Rickaert attacks with a kilometer left as the sprinters bunch up instead of launching!
Rickaert still leads with 500 meters left. Harrison is the closest, followed by Banaszek.
Rickaert still holds his lead as Abdul Halil and Dekker also move within striking distance.
Rickaert's legs are gone! He can't go on any longer at top speed. The others are still behind but almost level now!
Harrison takes it! Banaszek is 2nd. Abdul Halil is 3rd, ahead of Dekker is 4th.
Garcia Cortina is 5th, with a slowing Rickaert claiming 6th. Hansen is 7th, and Silvestre next.
Szarka and Steimle complete the Top 10.
Today's winner - Sam Harrison.
Harrison takes the win and the leader's jersey. Villella is 2nd, courtesy of his breakaway run. Le Court leads the KOM. Aquilani leads the U25s. Assa Abloy leads the Teams classification.
