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Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the , (two spells) and squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team,
UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's Road World Cup and the team time trial for trade teams at the ...
. She won the
Slovenian National Road Race Championships The Slovenian National Road Race Championships have been held since independence in 1991. Blaž Jarc (U23 category) set absolute best time in 2009 Championships and beat all top riders (Elite category), and the same thing with U23 also happened ...
nine times, successively between 2010 and 2018. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 22nd. At the
2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
, she finished in 32nd in the women's road race. She was on the start list for 2018 European Road Cycling Championships and finished 27th.


Personal life

In 2020, Batagelj completed her
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degree (PhD) in Law at the , having previously completed
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(BA) and
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(MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.


Major results

;2009 : National Road Championships ::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::3rd Road race ;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 7th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira : 8th Overall
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol was a women's cycle race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racin ...
: 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ;2012 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 3rd Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage : 6th Overall
La Route de France The Route de France Féminine is a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Bouc ...
: 7th Overall
Gracia–Orlová Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...
;2016 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 9th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn : 9th
La Classique Morbihan La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, ...
;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite : 10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic : 10th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne The Grand Prix de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France. It is organized annually since 2002, on the day of the men's race and on the same circuit. The race consists of fou ...
;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite : 10th Overall
Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta La Vuelta Femenina (; "The Female Tour") is an elite women's professional bicycle race held in Spain. The race is organised by and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also organises the men's Vuelta a España. It is part of the UCI Women' ...


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* 1989 births Living people Slovenian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Slovenia Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Slovenia Sportspeople from Šempeter pri Gorici {{Slovenia-cycling-bio-stub