The 2023 Tour of Slovenia () was the 29th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race, held between 14 and 18 June 2023. The 2.Pro-category race is part of the UCI ProSeries. 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 prize money was â¬70,775.
Tadej PogaÃÂar was to compete for but skipped the race due to a wrist injury. Two favourites for victory were Domen Novak and Diego Ulissi (winner of 2011 & 2019 edition), both from , who won the last three Tours of Slovenia (2019, 2020, 2021).
The race was decided on the last two stages, with two ascents of Kolovrat (Stage 4) and the last climb to Trà ¡ka Gora (Stage 5) before the finish. Filippo Zana () won the race overall, while Matej Mohorià() passed Diego Ulissi () for second place.
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).
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
The stage profile was best for sprinters. It was won by Dylan Groenewegen, who had good lead-out help from Luka Mezgec (both ). It was his second win in Rogaà ¡ka Slatina, after winning stage 2 in the 2022 Tour of Slovenia.
The profile was similar to Stage 1, with a little bit of an uphill sprint. Dylan Groenewegen won the stage with lead-out help from Luka Mezgec (both ).
had a chance to get a third stage win, but Dylan Groenewegen missed the exit in the last roundabout, along with half the peloton. His leadout man, Luka Mezgec, came up just short in a reduced bunch sprint, won by Ide Schelling for .
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 Colombian Jesús David Peña () despite a mechanical issue - riding on just the small chainring. This was Peña's first Pro career win.
The final stage was won by Matej Mohorià(), who attacked on the last category 3 climb (Trà ¡ka Gora; 1.5 km at 10.5%, max. 20%), 10 km before the finish. The only one able to follow was Filippo Zana (), though Mohoriàwas too strong in the uphill sprint finish. Both (Zana in General classification and Mohoriàin stage win) dedicated victory to passed Gino Mäder. This was MohoriÃÂ's first stage win at the Tour of Slovenia.
Due to bicycle theft, did not start the last stage. Fourteen Orbea bicycles went missing overnight in Ljubljana.