2021 Okolo Slovenska

2021 Okolo Slovenska
2021 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates15 – 19 September 2021
Stages4 + Prologue
Distance692.1 km (430.1 mi)
Winning time15h 51' 00"
Results
Winner  Peter Sagan (SVK) (Bora–Hansgrohe)
  Second  Jannik Steimle (GER) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)
  Third  Cees Bol (NED) (Team DSM)
Points  Peter Sagan (SVK) (Bora–Hansgrohe)
Mountains  Andrea Garosio (ITA) (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè)
Youth  Idar Andersen (NOR) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
Combativity  Andrea Garosio (ITA) (Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè)
  Team Team DSM
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The 2021 Okolo Slovenska (transl. Tour of Slovakia) was the 65th edition of the Okolo Slovenska road cycling stage race.[1] It was held from 15 and 19 September 2021, as a category 2.1 event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour.[2][3][4]

Teams

Seven of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, five UCI ProTeams, eight UCI Continental teams, and the Slovakian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race.[5] All but two teams entered a full squad of seven riders: Adria Mobil entered six, while Cycling Team Friuli ASD entered five. In total, 144 riders started the race, of which 105 finished.[6]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

National Teams

Route

Stage characteristics and winners[7]
Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner
P 15 September Košice 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Individual time trial  Kaden Groves (AUS)
1 16 September Košice to Košice 158.4 km (98.4 mi) Hilly stage  Álvaro Hodeg (COL)
2 17 September Spišské Podhradie to Dolný Kubín 179.7 km (111.7 mi) Mountain stage  Jannik Steimle (GER)
3 18 September Dolný Kubín to Považská Bystrica 193.2 km (120.0 mi) Hilly stage  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR)
4 19 September Trenčianske Teplice to Trnava 159.2 km (98.9 mi) Flat stage  Itamar Einhorn (ISR)
Total 692.1 km (430.1 mi)

Stages

Prologue

15 September 2021 — Košice, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) (ITT)[8][9]
Prologue Result[10][11]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange 1' 50"
2  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
3  Marceli Bogusławski (POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1"
4  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 1"
5  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1"
6  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 1"
7  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2"
8  Frederik Rodenberg (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 2"
9  Jason Osborne (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 2"
10  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3"
General classification after Prologue[10][11]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange 1' 50"
2  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
3  Marceli Bogusławski (POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1"
4  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 1"
5  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1"
6  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 1"
7  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2"
8  Frederik Rodenberg (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 2"
9  Jason Osborne (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 2"
10  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3"

Stage 1

16 September 2021 — Košice to Košice, 158.4 km (98.4 mi)[12][13]
Stage 1 Result[14][15]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 34' 38"
2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
3  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 0"
4  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 0"
5  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
6  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"
7  Luca Coati (ITA) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 0"
8  Dominik Neuman (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 0"
9  Norman Vahtra (EST) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"
10  Kiko Galván (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0"
General classification after Stage 1[14][15]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 36' 19"
2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6"
3  Eirik Lunder (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo + 8"
4  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 9"
5  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 9"
6  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 9"
7  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 10"
8  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 10"
9  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 10"
10  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 11"

Stage 2

17 September 2021 — Spišské Podhradie to Dolný Kubín, 179.7 km (111.7 mi)[16][17]
Stage 2 Result[18][19]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 18' 30"
2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
3  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
4  Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 0"
5  Kiko Galván (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0"
6  Gal Glivar (SLO) Adria Mobil + 0"
7  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana–Premier Tech + 0"
8  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana–Premier Tech + 0"
9  Matúš Štoček (SVK) Topforex–ATT Investments + 0"
10  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0"
General classification after Stage 2[18][19]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 7h 54' 45"
2  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 3"
3  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4"
4  Eirik Lunder (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo + 12"
5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 13"
6  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 13"
7  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 14"
8  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 14"
9  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 15"
10  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 15"

Stage 3

18 September 2021 — Dolný Kubín to Považská Bystrica, 193.2 km (120.0 mi)[20][21]
Stage 3 Result[22][23]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 4h 28' 47"
2  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 0"
3  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
4  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
5  Antonio Puppio (ITA) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 0"
6  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0"
7  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"
8  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
9  Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 0"
10  Dominik Neuman (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 0"
General classification after Stage 3[22][23]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 12h 23' 30"
2  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 2"
3  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 5"
4  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 12"
5  Eirik Lunder (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo + 14"
6  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 15"
7  Matěj Zahálka (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 16"
8  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 16"
9  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 16"
10  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 17"

Stage 4

19 September 2021 — Trenčianske Teplice to Trnava, 159.2 km (98.9 mi)[24][25]
Stage 4 Result[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation 3h 27' 40"
2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"
3  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 0"
4  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"
5  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 0"
6  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana–Premier Tech + 0"
7  Alexander Konychev (ITA) Team BikeExchange + 0"
8  Andreas Stokbro (DEN) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 0"
9  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana–Premier Tech + 0"
10  Jakub Kaczmarek (POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
General classification after Stage 4[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 15h 51' 00"
2  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 11"
3  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 17"
4  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 22"
5  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 24"
6  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 26"
7  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 27"
8  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana–Premier Tech + 27"
9  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana–Premier Tech + 30"
10  Niklas Märkl (GER) Team DSM + 30"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
General classification 		Points classification
Points classification 		Mountains classification
Mountains classification 		Young rider classification
Young rider classification 		Slovakian rider classification
Slovakian rider classification[a] 		Team classification Combativity award
Combativity award
P Kaden Groves Kaden Groves Not awarded Not awarded Julius Johansen Peter Sagan Deceuninck–Quick-Step Not awarded
1 Álvaro Hodeg Álvaro Hodeg Eirik Lunder Andrea Garosio Eirik Lunder Jaime Castrillo
2 Jannik Steimle Álvaro Hodeg Team DSM Jakub Otruba
3 Kristoffer Halvorsen Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Matěj Zahálka
4 Itamar Einhorn Idar Andersen Daniel Oss
Final Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Andrea Garosio Idar Andersen Peter Sagan Team DSM Andrea Garosio
  • For stage 1, per the race regulations, Jannik Steimle, the second-placed rider after the prologue, was assigned the green jersey of the leader of the points classification, and Marceli Bogusławski, the third-placed rider after the prologue, was assigned the polka-dot jersey of the leader of the mountains classification. However, neither rider was deemed to be officially leading those respective classifications, as no points were awarded in the prologue for either classification.[28]
  • On stage 2, Leon Heinschke, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Eirik Lunder wore the green jersey as the leader of the points classification.
  • On stage 3, Peter Sagan, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Álvaro Hodeg wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. On stage 4, Hodeg wore the green jersey, having switched positions with Sagan in both the general and the points classifications; Sagan wore the yellow jersey.

Final classification standings

Legend
Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the Slovakian rider classification
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 15h 51' 00"
2  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 11"
3  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 17"
4  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 22"
5  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 24"
6  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team DSM + 26"
7  Maciej Bodnar (POL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 27"
8  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana–Premier Tech + 27"
9  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana–Premier Tech + 30"
10  Niklas Märkl (GER) Team DSM + 30"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 58
2  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 34
3  Jannik Steimle (GER) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 32
4  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM 28
5  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation 24
6  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma 18
7  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange 18
8  Eirik Lunder (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo 16
9  Matěj Zahálka (CZE) Elkov–Kasper 16
10  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo 16

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Andrea Garosio (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè 37
2  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma 16
3  Tomasz Budziński (POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski 13
4  Jan Bárta (CZE) Elkov–Kasper 12
5  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Team Qhubeka NextHash 12
6  Matěj Zahálka (CZE) Elkov–Kasper 11
7  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo 10
8  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 9
9  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 8
10  Gabriele Petrelli (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD 6

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Idar Andersen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 15h 51' 24"
2  Niklas Märkl (GER) Team DSM + 6"
3  Gabriele Petrelli (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 1' 09"
4  Eirik Lunder (NOR) Gazprom–RusVelo + 9' 03"
5  Leon Heinschke (GER) Team DSM + 9' 07"
6  Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 9' 09"
7  Matúš Štoček (SVK) Topforex–ATT Investments + 9' 10"
8  Gleb Brussenskiy (KAZ) Astana–Premier Tech + 9' 10"
9  Antonio Puppio (ITA) Team Qhubeka NextHash + 9' 11"
10  Aljaž Jarc (SLO) Adria Mobil + 9' 12"

Slovakian rider classification

Final Slovakian rider classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 15h 51' 00"
2  Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 9' 33"
3  Matúš Štoček (SVK) Topforex–ATT Investments + 9' 34"
4  Marek Čanecký (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 9' 38"
5  Juraj Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 14' 26"
6  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 19' 22"
7  Filip Lohinský (SVK) Slovakia + 19' 29"
8  Samuel Oros (SVK) Cycling Academy Trenčín + 19' 57"
9  Patrik Tybor (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 20' 05"
10  Tobias Vančo (SVK) Dukla Banská Bystrica + 25' 56"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)[26][27]
Rank Team Time
1 Team DSM 47h 34' 20"
2 Team BikeExchange + 6"
3 Team Qhubeka NextHash + 12"
4 Bora–Hansgrohe + 22"
5 Israel Start-Up Nation + 3' 39"
6 Astana–Premier Tech + 9' 13"
7 Elkov–Kasper + 9' 16"
8 HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 18' 11"
9 Gazprom–RusVelo + 18' 19"
10 Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 19' 02"

Notes

  1. ^ The jersey for the Slovak rider classification will not be worn during the race; it will only be presented at the podium ceremony after every stage to the best placed Slovakian rider in the general classification.[3]

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