Simon Špilak (born 23 June 1986) is a retired

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n professional road bicycle racer.

Professional career

Born in Tišina, Špilak was the winner of the

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, after original race winner

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had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension. Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in

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and

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, both times behind

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. In 2013, he was the victor of the

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and the Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop, his only two victories of the year. In 2015, he won the general classification of the

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

with only five seconds of an advantage over

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. The victory was decided on the last day's time trial. Špilak was considered a rarity in road cycling in that he is a general classification rider who targets one-week races rather than the three-week Grand Tours. In an interview he said that he disliked the heat, so he was always preparing for spring races instead of Grand Tours which took part mostly in summer. In October 2019, Špilak announced his retirement after his team folded.

Major results

;2003 : 10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2004 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotEslovenia

Road race ::1st MaillotEslovenia

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: 3rd

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 4th

Paris–Roubaix Juniors Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...

;2005 : 1st MaillotEslovenia

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 7th

GP Kranj GP Kranj is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Kranj, Slovenia. Since 2007, The race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is ...

: 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 1st

Poreč Trophy Poreč Trophy (through history held under names Trofej Plava Laguna, G. P. Istria, Trophy Riviera and G.P. Umag) is a road bicycle race held annually near the town of Poreč, in the Istrian peninsula. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI ...

: 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th

Trofeo Zsšdi Trofeo Zsšdi-Unione dei Circoli Sportivi Sloveni in Italia is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. The trophy is contested around Trieste, near the frontier between Italy and Slovenia. Since 2005, it is classified a ...

: 7th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 7th Overall

Istrian Spring Trophy Istrian Spring Trophy ( hr, Istarsko proljeće) is a stage road bicycle race held annually in the Croatian part of the Istria peninsula. The race was first organized in 1961 as a small competition reserved to local cyclists. In 2000, it was opened ...

;2007 : 1st

La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

: 4th Overall

Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...

::1st

Young rider classification : 4th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

: 5th Overall

;2008 : 5th Overall

: 5th Overall

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: 9th

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...

;2009 : 1st Stage 3

: 6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto ;2010 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt ;2011 : 5th Overall

: 5th

Giro del Friuli Giro del Friuli is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. The first edition took place in 1974. From 2005 to 2008 the race was suspended, but it returned in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Contine ...

;2012 : 4th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th Overall

: 8th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Bet ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...

;2013 : 1st

: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 4th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 4th Overall

: 6th Overall Paris–Nice : 9th Overall

: 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes ;2014 : 1st Stage 5

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

: 1st Stage 3 Arctic Race of Norway : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 4th Overall

: 8th Overall Paris–Nice : 9th Overall

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall Paris–Nice ;2016 : 7th Overall

: 8th Overall

: 9th Overall

;2017 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 2nd Pro Ötztaler 5500 : 10th Overall

;2018 : 6th Overall

: 9th

;2019 : 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 6th Overall

: 6th Overall

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

: 9th Overall

: 10th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spilak, Simon 1986 births Living people People from Tišina Slovenian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Slovenia Tour de Suisse stage winners