Okolo Slovenska

Okolo Slovenska
Race details
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

Rider Team
1954 Czechoslovakia Nesel, KarelKarel Nesel (TCH)
1955 Czechoslovakia Veselý, JanJan Veselý (TCH)
1956 Italy Cestari, AurelioAurelio Cestari (ITA)
1957 France Le Don, PierrePierre Le Don (FRA)
1958 Czechoslovakia Renner, WalterWalter Renner (TCH)
1959 East Germany Höhne, LotharLothar Höhne (DDR)
1960 Hungary Megyerdi, AntalAntal Megyerdi (HUN)
1961
1963
No race
1964 Czechoslovakia Laczo, MatejMatej Laczo (TCH)
1965 Czechoslovakia Háva, JiříJiří Háva (TCH)
1966 Czechoslovakia Konečný, PavelPavel Konečný (TCH)
1967 Czechoslovakia Hrazdíra, MilošMiloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1968 Czechoslovakia Hrazdíra, MilošMiloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1969 Czechoslovakia Souček, BřetislavBřetislav Souček (TCH)
1970 Czechoslovakia Moravec, VlastimilVlastimil Moravec (TCH)
1971 Czechoslovakia Háva, JiříJiří Háva (TCH)
1972 Czechoslovakia Bartoníček, AntoninAntonin Bartoníček (TCH)
1973 Czechoslovakia Hrazdíra, MilošMiloš Hrazdíra (TCH)
1974 Czechoslovakia Čambal, PavolPavol Čambal (TCH)
1975 Czechoslovakia Dvořák, JosefJosef Dvořák (TCH)
1976 Czechoslovakia Škoda, JiříJiří Škoda (TCH)
1977 Czechoslovakia Sýkora, MiroslavMiroslav Sýkora (TCH)
1978 Netherlands de Roy, TheodorusTheodorus de Roy (NED)
1979 Czechoslovakia Poslušný, JaroslavJaroslav Poslušný (TCH)
1980 Czechoslovakia Škoda, JiříJiří Škoda (TCH)
1981 Soviet Union Vedernikov, AndreiAndrei Vedernikov (URS)
1982 Soviet Union Volochin, VladimirVladimir Volochin (URS)
1983 East Germany Drogan, BerndBernd Drogan (DDR)
1984 Czechoslovakia Sýkora, MiroslavMiroslav Sýkora (TCH)
1985 Czechoslovakia Škoda, JiříJiří Škoda (TCH)
1986 Czechoslovakia Toman, VáclavVáclav Toman (TCH)
1987 Soviet Union Ivanov, IvanIvan Ivanov (URS)
1988 Czechoslovakia Sedláček, TomášTomáš Sedláček (TCH)
1989 Soviet Union Tonkov, PavelPavel Tonkov (URS)
1990 Czechoslovakia Lipták, MiroslavMiroslav Lipták (TCH)
1991 Germany Trumheller, HeinrichHeinrich Trumheller (GER)
1992 Czechoslovakia Tesař, LuborLubor Tesař (TCH)
1993 Ukraine Honchar, SerhiySerhiy Honchar (UKR)
1994 Czech Republic Svehlik, VladimirVladimir Svehlik (CZE)
1995 Czech Republic Trkal, FrantišekFrantišek Trkal (CZE)
1996 Slovakia Valach, JanJan Valach (SVK)
1997 Czech Republic Purmenský, JaromírJaromír Purmenský (CZE)
1998 Slovenia Hauptman, AndrejAndrej Hauptman (SLO)
1999 Czech Republic Sosenka, OndřejOndřej Sosenka (CZE)
2000 Czech Republic Andrle, RenéRené Andrle (CZE) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
2001 Czech Republic Trkal, FrantišekFrantišek Trkal (CZE) PSK-Remerx
2002 Sweden Larsson, GustavGustav Larsson (SWE) Team Crescent CK
2003 Czech Republic Sosenka, OndřejOndřej Sosenka (CZE) CCC-Polsat
2004 Poland Chmielewski, PiotrPiotr Chmielewski (POL) Action ATI
2005 Slovakia Prázdnovský, MartinMartin Prázdnovský (SVK) CK ZP Sport A.S. Podbrezova
2006 Poland Romanik, RadoslawRadoslaw Romanik (POL) DHL-Author
2007 Netherlands van Leijen, JoostJoost van Leijen (NED) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten
2008 Denmark Nielsen, KristofferKristoffer Nielsen (DEN) Team GLS-Pakke Shop
2009 Australia Howard, LeighLeigh Howard (AUS) Australia (national team)
2010 Slovenia Vrečer, RobertRobert Vrečer (SLO) Perutnina Ptuj
2011 Russia Novikov, NikitaNikita Novikov (RUS) Itera-Katusha
2012 Italy Rossi, EnricoEnrico Rossi (ITA) Meridiana-Kamen
2013 Czech Republic Vakoč, PetrPetr Vakoč (CZE) Etixx-IHNed
2014 Ukraine Polivoda, OleksandrOleksandr Polivoda (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team

See also

References

External links

(Slovak) Official website