The whole stage was chaotic

This year’s ended Cycling race around Slovenia. Norwegian Anders Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) is the winner of 31. In the last stage, on the route from Litija to Novo mesto (124.1 km) in the sprint of a larger group celebrated Portuguese Ivo Oliveira. The best Slovenian in total was Jacob Omrzelwhich in the end of the leaders in the end kept the fourth place.

For 25-year-old Johannessen, this was the first career victory at all, and he took a big step to it in Saturday’s royal stage on Golte, which he concluded in third place, but ahead of all other candidates for a joint celebration.

“It is exceptional that I have completed the work that the boys did yesterday. I do not know where my teams come from that they have lasted and led me to a joint victory. He was exceptional all week, this is my first victory in professional races and is really a winner of the whole team, « said the overall winner in a statement to the organizers.

To Trška gora was the rhythm too strong for the attack

He ended today’s stage in a larger group that competed in Novo mesto to win after a good kilometer before the finish of a Spaniard’s last fugitive Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-trse). The strongest in Main Square was Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-Xrg), a twin brother Rui Oliveirewho accidentally remained without winning in Rogaška Slatina after an allegedly dangerous sprint. For Iva, this was the sixth career victory.

“It wasn’t easy not even. The whole stage was chaotic since the start, it was very tiring. Although I did not survive the last ascent, I returned on the descent. Felix (Grossschartner, op. Sta) helped me to catch Lopez, and then I tried a long sprint, knowing that it would be so difficult for me to catch. It was important that we were in the right place in the last bend, « Portugalec, 28, told organizers.

He also remembered the events in Rogaška Slatina and the unhappy brother: “I am happy, my brother achieved my first victory, I achieved the second one myself. This is extraordinary for us, Felix was second in the total and proved how good it is. I really appreciate what he did today, thanks to my team. « 

Second place went to Italian today in the stage Andrei Bagioli (Lidl-trse) and the third Fernando Barcelo (Caja Rural-Seguros Rga). In the first pursuing group, the race was also finished in seventh place, preserving the fourth place and enrolling as side by side Tadej Pogacar.

Omrzel became the first Slovenian after Kristjan Hočevar (2021) with a white T -shirt of the best young cyclist on a home ribbon. In 2018 and 2019, he was the best young cyclist Tadej Pogacar, who was also fourth in the total at the time.

Ivo Emanuel Oliveira Photo: Matej Družnik

A nineteen -year -old Slovenian cyclist, who comes from Novo mesto, repeated the success of his famous countryman, and also fought for the stage for winners on domestic roads. The rhythm was too strong to Trška Gora, but constantly followed and caught the top Johannessen, who was the strongest.

“It is a very good feeling to win a white T -shirt, something was expected, but I am very proud of everything achieved. Fourth place could be said to be an unfortunate city. It ran out to the stage for the winners in the standings, but next year we will return even stronger and start not only on white but also to the green T -shirt, « Omrzel told RTV Slovenia. The next goal for the promising Slovenian cyclist is the unique youth race in Italy, which begins on 15 June.

Negotiations with the International Cycling Federation

Only the winner of Johannessen, a second -ranked Austrian, finished in the overall standings before Omrzel Felix Grossschartner (UAE Team Emirates-Xrg), which is 14 seconds behind and the third British Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) with 19 seconds behind. It struck 35 seconds behind. In the point ranking, a red T -shirt with a fourth place in today’s stage wore a Swiss Fabio Christen (Q36.5), and the blue T -shirt of the best hilly hill also belonged to the Swiss.

Races across Slovenia has expired for the organization of the 2nd races, so that organizers in the next period are waiting for negotiations with the International Cycling Federation for the Retention of Competition and also the term in June.