Boys A and B had a race on Sunday in Pieris, 19° Memorial Frederico Carlet. Gašper Mesec finished in 9th place in the boys' B category in the 31km long race. Franci Krajnc was 2nd.
Younger youths in the line-up of Vanja Kuntarič Žibert, Miha Otoničar, Maks Bahar, Matic Vintar, Mauro Mächtig, Žiga Stare and Tit Stevič competed in the Italian Pieris in an 83-kilometer race on Sunday. They did the first six laps of just over 7km around Pieris, and then two climbs awaited them, to San Martino del Carso and San Michele, where the mountain finish was also. The first major selection took place on the first climb, where four riders, Vinter, Kuntarič Žibert, and riders Meblo yoga, Komel and Olenik remained in the foreground. The escapers were also in the forefront at the mountain finish, which was won by Vintar, they worked together until the last kilometer, but here Vintar attacked and won the solo ride. Vanja took 4th place, Miha Otoničar was fifth and Mauro Mächtig 11th.
Younger and older youths competed today in the time trial at the 43rd Franja BTC City Marathon. The younger ones fought against time on the 11 km long course from Domžal to BTC City in Ljubljana, and the older ones on the 21.2 km long course from BTC City to Domžal, where they made a turn and back to the start-finish area on Ameriška street near the Crystal Palace. Even today, our riders were very successful and won places on the podium.
One of the toughest cycling races in the women's calendar took place this weekend in the Rhone-Alpes region of France. The race of the first category, the Alpes Grésivaudan Classic, was 113 km long, and the cyclists were able to overcome as much as 3,400 m of altitude difference and climb to the 1,848 m high Chamrousse pass at the end. At the start was a strong French line-up with the favorite Evita Muzic, a member of the World Tour team FDJ and the French team Cofidis Team. BTC City Ljubljana team member Zhiraf Ambedo, Giada Borghesi managed to reach an excellent 6th place and thus increase the points in the French Cup, where she is currently the leader. Urša Pintar finished the race in 17th place. The strongest was the young Frenchwoman Marion Bunel ahead of Evita Muzic, a member of the FDJ team.
Myalitsina Yana was 50th, Špela Colnar 55th, Sklyarova Yelizaveta 58th and Tserakh Hanna 61st.
The Slovenian women's cycling team consisting of Urša Pintar, Hana Žumer, Špela Colnar, Pija Galof, Sara Pestotnik and Zoja Ferlež completed the four-day Tour de Feminin race today. The race started with a time trial, in which Urša Pintar placed in the top twenty. In the second stage, a larger selection was made, where Urša Pintar managed to stay in the forefront, and Špela Colnar in the pursuit group. Young Sara Pestotnik also performed well. A stage followed, which was made more difficult by heavy rain, hail and falls. The most difficult stage took place today, with a height difference of over 2,000 meters. Urša Pintar crossed the finish line 11th and rose to 7th place overall.
The AG Insurance team dominated. The race was won by Kopecky Julia, the second was De Vries Femke (GT Krush Rebellease) and the third member of the Belgian national team, Van Sinaey Xaydee. Špela Colnar finished the race in 42nd place, Sara Pestotnik in 82nd place. Zoja Ferlež was involved in a fall in the last stage and did not finish the race.
The women's team Btc City Ljubljana Zhiraf drove the race of the first category, Durango-Durango, in the Basque Country. The demanding route, heavy rain and World Tour competition made the race very difficult. On the final climbs, Urša remained in the thinned out group of female cyclists A pint and Giada Borghesi.
The race was won by Kerbaol Cedrine, a member of the WNT Ceratizit team. Borghesi Giada finished in the top ten, in 6th place and Urša A pint in 27th place. Hana Žumer did not finish the race due to a large gap, and Špela Colnar retired due to a fall.
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, an important cycling competition organized by the Pogi Team in cooperation with the Rog Cycling Association will take place in Komenda. The event will take place on a circular course with a length of 3300 m + 300 m to the finish at the top of the slope.
Applications are possible until May 16, 2024 through the portal www.prijavim.se. On the day of the race, the starting numbers are raised at the start-finish area from 10:00 a.m. onwards.
For additional information, you can contact the Rog Cycling Association, 051-666-707 Miha Koncilija or email info@kdrog.si
In the Coppa Montesje race, Bor Ebner was the best, finishing the race in 11th place. He narrowly missed a top 10 finish.
42. Circuito del Bosco
Younger juniors recently achieved excellent results again in Italy. At the 42nd Circuito del Bosco, the cyclists rode 10 flat circuits with a total length of 62km. Pogi Teamovci were active throughout the race, Matic Vintar was the fastest at the third flying finish, and Vanja Kuntarič Žibert at the last. In the end, there was a sprint of the main body, in which Žiga Stare was our strongest. He reached 4th place.
Boys A and B raced in Manzano. In boys B, Gašper Mesec performed best with 14th place and Oskar Roškar with 17th place. In the category of boys A, Gal Klun took 5th place and Urban Hvastja took 9th place.
Even the younger juniors in the line-up: Vanja Kuntarič Žibert, Miha Otoničar, Žiga Stare, Maks Bahar and Tit Stevič also competed in Manzano, Italy. In the end, the 60-kilometer race was decided by the finish sprint, where Mai Prevejšek from Adria celebrated his victory, and our best was Miha Otoničar in 9th place
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and older juniors performed: Taj Žagar, Jure Medved, Žiga Hamun, Dorian Dolić, Bastian Petrič, Tine Jenk