Okolo Slovenska

Tour de Slovakia
Race details
Date	Middle of September
Region	Slovakia
English name	Tour of Slovakia
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Web site	www.okoloslovenska.com
History
First edition	1954
Editions	68 (as of 2024)
First winner	Karel Nesl (TCH)
Most wins	Jiří Škoda (TCH); Miloš Hrazdíra (TCH); (3 wins)
Most recent	Mauro Schmid (SUI)

Okolo Slovenska (English: Tour of Slovakia; French: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages.

History

Okolo Slovenska started on 19 June 1954, at Stalin square in Bratislava, and included seven stages. The first race was won by Czech cyclist Karel Nesl. The Slovak cyclist Vlastimil Ružička won three of the seven stages of the race.

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1954	Czechoslovakia	Karel Nesl
1955	Czechoslovakia	Jan Veselý
1956	Italy	Aurelio Cestari
1957	France	Pierre Le Don
1958	Czechoslovakia	Walter Renner
1959	East Germany	Lothar Höhne
1960	Hungary	Antal Megyerdi
1961– 1963	No race
1964	Czechoslovakia	Matej Laczo
1965	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Háva
1966	Czechoslovakia	Pavel Konečný
1967	Czechoslovakia	Miloš Hrazdíra
1968	Czechoslovakia	Miloš Hrazdíra
1969	Czechoslovakia	Břetislav Souček
1970	Czechoslovakia	Vlastimil Moravec
1971	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Háva
1972	Czechoslovakia	Antonin Bartoníček
1973	Czechoslovakia	Miloš Hrazdíra
1974	Czechoslovakia	Pavol Čambal
1975	Czechoslovakia	Josef Dvořák
1976	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Škoda
1977	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Sýkora
1978	Netherlands	Theo de Rooij
1979	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Poslušný
1980	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Škoda
1981	Soviet Union	Andrei Vedernikov
1982	Soviet Union	Vladimir Volochin
1983	East Germany	Bernd Drogan
1984	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Sýkora
1985	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Škoda
1986	Czechoslovakia	Václav Toman
1987	Soviet Union	Ivan Ivanov
1988	Czechoslovakia	Tomáš Sedláček
1989	Soviet Union	Pavel Tonkov
1990	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Lipták
1991	Germany	Heinrich Trumheller
1992	Czechoslovakia	Lubor Tesař
1993	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar
1994	Czech Republic	Vladimir Svehlik
1995	Czech Republic	František Trkal
1996	Slovakia	Ján Valach
1997	Czech Republic	Jaromír Purmenský
1998	Slovenia	Andrej Hauptman
1999	Czech Republic	Ondřej Sosenka
2000	Czech Republic	René Andrle	Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2001	Czech Republic	František Trkal	PSK–Remerx
2002	Sweden	Gustav Larsson	Team Crescent CK
2003	Czech Republic	Ondřej Sosenka	CCC–Polsat
2004	Poland	Piotr Chmielewski	Action
2005	Slovakia	Martin Prázdnovský	CK ZP Sport A.S. Podbrezova
2006	Poland	Radosław Romanik	DHL–Author
2007	Netherlands	Joost van Leijen	Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten
2008	Denmark	Kristoffer Nielsen	Team GLS–Pakke Shop
2009	Australia	Leigh Howard	Australia (national team)
2010	Slovenia	Robert Vrečer	Perutnina Ptuj
2011	Russia	Nikita Novikov	Itera–Katusha
2012	Italy	Enrico Rossi	Meridiana–Kamen
2013	Czech Republic	Petr Vakoč	Etixx–IHNed
2014	Ukraine	Oleksandr Polivoda	Kolss Cycling Team
2015	Italy	Davide Viganò	Team Idea 2010 ASD
2016	Italy	Mauro Finetto	Unieuro–Wilier
2017	Slovenia	Jan Tratnik	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018	France	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Floors
2019	Belgium	Yves Lampaert	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2020	Germany	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2021^[1]	Slovakia	Peter Sagan	Bora–Hansgrohe
2022	Czech Republic	Josef Černý	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2023	France	Rémi Cavagna	Soudal–Quick-Step
2024	Switzerland	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco–AIS

Classifications

As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
Red number Jersey – Worn by the leader of the combativity classification.
"Slovak" Jersey – Worn by the best Slovak rider of the overall classification.