Tour of Slovenia (Slovenia) - Press Release: Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) was the only one that made a serious threat to Phil Bauhaus on the first stage, but now has the stage victory in his hands. Spaniard won 3rd stage of Tour of Slovenia, ahead of Slovenian Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) and Italian Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).

Stage has developed on the final climb of the day, 20 kilometers before the finish line. Sremič is not even a categorized climb, but the fastest set a brutal pace that broke the peloton in several smaller groups. 30 strong leading group didn’t wait for anyone and came to Krško stretched out thanks to Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious) who made a bold attack only two kilometers before the finish line. This was a very dangerous move, even Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) had to jump in to bridge the gap.

Photo credits: Sportida & Mario Stiehl.