Gorazd Štangelj (born 27 January 1973 in

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; ; also known by #Name, alternative names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, seventh-largest city of Slovenia. It is the economic and cultural centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola (southeastern Slovenia) and ...

) is a

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n former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

, who raced as a professional between 1997 and 2011. He currently works as a ''

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'' for

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Major results

;1991 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi ;1993 : 3rd Overall Tour de Slovénie ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ;1994 : 1st GP Kranj : 1st Stage 2 Giro delle Regioni ;1995 : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie ;1996 : 1st Giro del Belvedere : 2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza ;1997 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th GP Kranj ;1998 : 1st Overall GP Kranj ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 5

Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt The Internationale Niedersachsen–Rundfahrt is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour de Slovénie : 3rd Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Grand Prix Herning : 5th GP Aarhus : 8th

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season men's road bicycle race held annually in Monteveglio, near the city of Bologna, Italy. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;1999 : 1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic : 3rd GP du canton d'Argovie ;2000 : ~~1st Road race, National Road Championships~~ : 1st

Trofeo Melinda Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

: 4th Overall

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

::1st Stage 2b : 5th Overall

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation co ...

::1st Stage 5 : 5th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

: 6th

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 6th

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. First run in 1909, the race is considered a classic cycle race, and is traditionally grouped with the Giro del Piemonte and Giro di Lombard ...

: 7th Giro della Provincia di Lucca : 9th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

;2001 : 1st

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

: 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa : 9th

: 9th

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 UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 10th Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 10th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato ;2002 : 10th

;2003 : 5th

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is t ...

;2005 : 7th

;2006 : 10th Overall Tour de Slovénie ;2007 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 10th

;2008 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

;2009 : 4th

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021 it joined the UCI ProSeries calendar after being cancelled in 2020. A ...

: 10th Overall Tour de Slovénie ;2010 : 1st MaillotEslovenia

Road race, National Road Championships ;2011 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * * 1973 births Living people Slovenian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Slovenia Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Novo Mesto Slovenian cycling coaches {{Slovenia-cycling-bio-stub