The 2023 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 29th edition of the Tour of Sloveniastage race, held between 14 and 18 June 2023. The 2.Pro-category race is part of the UCI ProSeries. [1] The race started in Celje. The tour consisted of five stages, with a total distance of 833.3 km and 9134 m of elevation gain. The total prizemoney was €70,775.
Four UCI WorldTeams, ten UCI ProTeams, five UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty teams, for a total of 138 riders at the start (112 finished it).
The penultimate stage was the main mountain stage (queen stage). It started from the capital Ljubljana and finished in the Julian Prealps with two climbs of Kolovrat (1 Category climb; 10,3 km at 9,5 % step, 1084 m). It was won by ColombianJesús David Peña (Team Jayco–AlUla) despite a mechanical issue - riding on just the small chainring. This was Peña's first Pro career win. [14]
Stage 4
Stage 4 started with minute of silence for passed Gino Mäder
Jesús David Peña winner of Stage 4 at the morning team presentation
The final stage was won by Matej Mohorič (Team Bahrain Victorious), who attacked on the last category 3 climb (Trška Gora; 1.5 km at 10.5%, max. 20%), 10 km before the finish. The only one able to follow was Filippo Zana (Team Jayco–AlUla), though Mohorič was too strong in the uphill sprint finish. Both (Zana in General classification and Mohorič in stage win) dedicated victory to passed Gino Mäder. This was Mohorič's first stage win at the Tour of Slovenia.
Due to bicycle theft, Euskaltel–Euskadi did not start the last stage. Fourteen Orbea bicycles went missing overnight in Ljubljana.[16]