Slovenia was a country with little history in cycling until just 4 years ago when two monsters like Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic, accompanied by other great riders like Matej Mohoric, started winning with an incomprehensible ease considering the size of the Balkan country.
Since 2019 they have managed to elevate Slovenia to incredible milestones including 6 grand tours, numerous wins in classics and all types of races and recognition worldwide. Tremendous what they have achieved to date. We sum it up with data from the folks at Cycling Statistics:
GRAND TOUR RESULTS.
2 Tour de France
3 Vuelta a Espana
1 Giro d'Italia
7 podiums in grand tours
33 stages in grand tours
72 leader's jerseys in Grand Tours
WEEK LONG RESULTS.
4 Tyrrhenian Adriatic
2 Paris-Nice
2 Criterium du Dauphiné
2 Volta a Catalunya
2 Itzulia
2 Tour de Romandie
CLASSICS
2 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
2 Lombardy
1 Milan-San Remo
1 Tour of Flanders
1 Amstel Gold Race
1 Flèche Wallonne
1 Strade Bianche
1 Olympic gold against the clock
TOTAL
145 victories
101 WorldTour Level