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Tour of Slovenia 2026 - Stage 5

Litija > Novo Mesto, 169.4km

17.06-21.06

Florian Lipowitz won stage 5 of the Tour of Slovenia with a solo attack on the closing climb to seal the overall classification. The German went clear with 9km to go on the run-in to Novo Mesto and held off the chase to take his second stage win of the race.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 4:03:16
2 Laurence Pithie Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.24
3 Alessandro Fancellu MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 00.24
4 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.24
5 Ivan Cobo Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.24
6 Hugo de la Calle Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.24
7 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.24
8 Alex Tolio Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 00.24
9 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain Victorious + 00.24
10 Luca Covili Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 00.24
11 Mario Aparicio Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.24
12 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.24
13 Jorge Gutiérrez Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.24
14 Samuel Fernández Garcia Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.28
15 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.28
16 Mattia Cattaneo Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.28
17 Ben Oliver Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 00.47
18 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.47
19 Stefano Oldani Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.47
20 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.47
21 Thomas Pesenti Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.47
22 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 00.47
23 Gotzon Martín Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.47
24 Fausto Masnada MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 00.47
25 Domenico Pozzovivo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.47
26 Unai Iribar Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.47
27 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.51
28 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.51
29 Lorenzo Masciarelli MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 01.33
30 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.33
31 Mihael Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 01.33
32 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.33
33 Xabier Berasategi Euskaltel-Euskadi + 01.33
34 Nicolas Gojkovic Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 01.45
35 Samuele Zoccarato MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 01.45
36 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 01.45
37 Jon Pritrznik Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 01.49
38 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 02.35
39 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 02.35
40 Matteo Ambrosini MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 02.39
41 Gasper Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 02.39
42 Louis Sutton Euskaltel-Euskadi + 03.09
43 Roman Ermakov Bahrain Victorious + 03.09
44 Josh Burnett Burgos Burpellet BH + 03.09
45 Nejc Peterlin Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 03.09
46 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 03.09
47 Bastian Petric Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 03.09
48 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 03.09
49 Tilen Finkst Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 03.09
50 Stefan de Bod Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 03.09
51 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 03.09
52 Enrico Zanoncello Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 06.12
53 Oliver Stockwell Bahrain Victorious + 06.34
54 Max van der Meulen Bahrain Victorious + 06.34
55 Fran Miholjevic Bahrain Victorious + 06.34
56 Fabrizio Crozzolo Team Polti VisitMalta + 06.40
57 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 06.40
58 Marcin Budzinski MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 06.40
59 Byron Munton Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 06.42
60 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 06.42
61 Jan Tratnik Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 06.43
62 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 06.43
63 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 08.19
64 Andrea Montagner Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 08.19
65 Anze Ravbar Factor Racing + 09.24
66 Martin Jurik Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 10.10
67 Taj Zagar Factor Racing + 10.10
68 Jakub Musialik Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 10.10
69 Gal Oblak Factor Racing + 10.10
70 Zsombor Palumby Team United Shipping + 10.10
71 Mateusz Kostanski Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 10.10
72 Georgios Boúglas Burgos Burpellet BH + 10.10
73 Andrea Peron Team Novo Nordisk + 10.10
74 Zeteny Szijarto Team United Shipping + 10.10
75 Nejc Komac Factor Racing + 10.10
76 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 10.10
77 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 10.10
78 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 10.10
79 Igor Sek Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 10.10
80 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 10.10
81 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 10.10
82 Jaka Marolt Factor Racing + 10.10
83 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.10
84 Gabriele Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 10.10
85 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 10.10
86 Leon Lukic Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 20.21
87 Filippo Cettolin Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 20.21
88 Quinten De Graeve Team Novo Nordisk + 20.42
89 Anze Skok Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 20.42
- Bartlomiej Proc Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski DNF
- Jakob Slibar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana DNF
- Erik Fetter Team United Shipping DNF
- Vid Murn Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto DNF
- Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping DNF
- Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain Victorious DNF
- Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious DNF
- Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF
- Marcel Skok Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 19:45:44
2 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.42
3 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain Victorious + 02.06
4 Alessandro Fancellu MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 02.49
5 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.55
6 Samuel Fernández Garcia Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.57
7 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 03.21
8 Alex Tolio Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 03.24
9 Luca Covili Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 03.37
10 Ivan Cobo Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.15
11 Fausto Masnada MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 04.31
12 Domenico Pozzovivo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 04.44
13 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 05.00
14 Mario Aparicio Burgos Burpellet BH + 05.00
15 Hugo de la Calle Burgos Burpellet BH + 05.29
16 Gotzon Martín Euskaltel-Euskadi + 06.15
17 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 06.35
18 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 06.50
19 Xabier Berasategi Euskaltel-Euskadi + 07.01
20 Jorge Gutiérrez Equipo Kern Pharma + 07.11
21 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 08.00
22 Lorenzo Masciarelli MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 08.04
23 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 09.50
24 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 10.48
25 Mattia Cattaneo Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 11.07
26 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 11.14
27 Stefano Oldani Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 12.59
28 Louis Sutton Euskaltel-Euskadi + 13.09
29 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 13.27
30 Jan Tratnik Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 14.10
31 Roman Ermakov Bahrain Victorious + 15.09
32 Thomas Pesenti Team Polti VisitMalta + 15.22
33 Max van der Meulen Bahrain Victorious + 16.20
34 Ben Oliver Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 16.58
35 Matteo Ambrosini MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 17.11
36 Josh Burnett Burgos Burpellet BH + 19.19
37 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 19.22
38 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 21.07
39 Unai Iribar Equipo Kern Pharma + 21.46
40 Byron Munton Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 23.46
41 Laurence Pithie Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 24.17
42 Samuele Zoccarato MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 25.20
43 Oliver Stockwell Bahrain Victorious + 28.19
44 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 30.01
45 Michal Schuran Team United Shipping + 30.05
46 Jon Pritrznik Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 30.33
47 Nicolas Gojkovic Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 30.47
48 Jaka Marolt Factor Racing + 32.06
49 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 32.12
50 Fabrizio Crozzolo Team Polti VisitMalta + 32.20
51 Tilen Finkst Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 33.01
52 Stefan de Bod Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 34.46
53 Gasper Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 35.49
54 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 37.53
55 Fran Miholjevic Bahrain Victorious + 38.30
56 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 39.17
57 Enrico Zanoncello Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 39.52
58 Anze Ravbar Factor Racing + 39.57
59 Igor Sek Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 41.27
60 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 42.07
61 Riley Pickrell Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 44.15
62 Georgios Boúglas Burgos Burpellet BH + 45.45
63 Marcin Budzinski MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 45.48
64 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 45.49
65 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 46.57
66 Nejc Peterlin Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 50.32
67 Nejc Komac Factor Racing + 53.17
68 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 53.23
69 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 54.24
70 Gabriele Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 54.35
71 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 54.50
72 Zeteny Szijarto Team United Shipping + 55.14
73 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 56.46
74 Mihael Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 57.06
75 Mateusz Kostanski Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 57.56
76 Bastian Petric Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 58.01
77 Andrea Montagner Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 59.18
78 Andrea Peron Team Novo Nordisk + 59.22
79 Taj Zagar Factor Racing + 01:00.18
80 Zsombor Palumby Team United Shipping + 01:00.37
81 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01:00.51
82 Jakub Musialik Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 01:02.07
83 Martin Jurik Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 01:02.08
84 Gal Oblak Factor Racing + 01:05.25
85 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping + 01:06.08
86 Leon Lukic Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 01:09.36
87 Quinten De Graeve Team Novo Nordisk + 01:09.54
88 Anze Skok Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 01:11.29
89 Filippo Cettolin Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 01:16.24
- Bartlomiej Proc Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski DNF
- Jakob Slibar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana DNF
- Erik Fetter Team United Shipping DNF
- Vid Murn Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto DNF
- Nikiforos Arvanitou Team United Shipping DNF
- Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain Victorious DNF
- Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious DNF
- Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF
- Marcel Skok Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain Victorious 19:47:50
2 Hugo de la Calle Burgos Burpellet BH + 03.23
3 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping + 05.54
4 Roman Ermakov Bahrain Victorious + 13.03
5 Max van der Meulen Bahrain Victorious + 14.14
6 Jon Pritrznik Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 28.27
7 Nicolas Gojkovic Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 28.41
8 Jaka Marolt Factor Racing + 30.00
9 Fabrizio Crozzolo Team Polti VisitMalta + 30.14
10 Gasper Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 33.43
11 Anze Ravbar Factor Racing + 37.51
12 Samuel Florez Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 40.01
13 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 43.43
14 Nejc Peterlin Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 48.26
15 Gabriele Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 52.29
16 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 52.44
17 Bastian Petric Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 55.55
18 Andrea Montagner Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 57.12
19 Taj Zagar Factor Racing + 58.12
20 Martin Jurik Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 01:00.02
21 Gal Oblak Factor Racing + 01:03.19
22 Leon Lukic Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 01:07.30
23 Filippo Cettolin Bardiani CSF 7 Saber + 01:14.18

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Laurence Pithie Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 90
2 Ivan Cobo Equipo Kern Pharma 55
3 Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 50
4 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 37
5 Stefano Oldani Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 36
6 Hugo de la Calle Burgos Burpellet BH 33
7 Alessandro Fancellu MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 32
8 Xabier Berasategi Euskaltel-Euskadi 31
9 Fausto Masnada MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 23
10 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain Victorious 23
11 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 21
12 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 20
13 Lorenzo Masciarelli MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 19
14 Ben Oliver Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 19
15 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 18
16 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 18
17 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi 16
18 Samuel Fernández Garcia Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16
19 Alex Tolio Bardiani CSF 7 Saber 15
20 Enrico Zanoncello Bardiani CSF 7 Saber 14
21 Luca Covili Bardiani CSF 7 Saber 12
22 Gal Oblak Factor Racing 10
23 Gotzon Martín Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
24 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma 8
25 Domenico Pozzovivo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 8
26 Tilen Finkst Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 8
27 Marcin Budzinski MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 8
28 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping 7
29 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping 6
30 Mario Aparicio Burgos Burpellet BH 5
31 Louis Sutton Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
32 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta 4
33 Jorge Gutiérrez Equipo Kern Pharma 4
34 Anze Ravbar Factor Racing 4
35 Thomas Pesenti Team Polti VisitMalta 3
36 Max van der Meulen Bahrain Victorious 3
37 Mihael Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana 3
38 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH 2
39 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk 2
40 Georgios Boúglas Burgos Burpellet BH 2
41 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
42 Josh Burnett Burgos Burpellet BH 1
43 Byron Munton Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
44 Jakub Musialik Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Florian Lipowitz Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 23
2 Fausto Masnada MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 21
3 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
4 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 12
5 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain Victorious 11
6 Louis Sutton Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
7 Samuel Fernández Garcia Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 8
8 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 8
9 Hugo de la Calle Burgos Burpellet BH 8
10 Veljko Stojnic Team United Shipping 5
11 Zsombor Palumby Team United Shipping 3
12 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2
13 Mihael Stajnar Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana 2
14 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1
15 Tomas Pridal Team United Shipping 1
16 Alessandro Fancellu MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort 1
17 Byron Munton Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 1
18 Gal Oblak Factor Racing 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 59:23:20
2 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 03.08
3 MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 09.33
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 10.16
5 Equipo Kern Pharma + 10.24
6 Burgos Burpellet BH + 15.35
7 Bahrain Victorious + 16.58
8 Team Polti VisitMalta + 20.34
9 Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber + 32.54
10 Team United Shipping + 01:04.24
11 Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 01:04.55
12 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01:16.17
13 Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana + 01:29.55
14 Team Novo Nordisk + 01:41.05
15 Factor Racing + 01:51.54
16 Wibatech Lubelskie Perla Polski + 02:30.33
17 Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto + 02:49.05

Race profile

Race
Tour of Slovenia
Start date
17.06.2026
End date
21.06.2026
Total distance
169.4 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.Pro
Country
Slovenia
Discipline
Road
First edition
1993

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