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Results Tour of Slovakia 2025 | Visma | Lease a Bike’s superiority undone by Double

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by Hendrik Boermans
Sunday, 21 September 2025 at 14:01
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The World Championships in Rwanda are exciting, sure, but starting Wednesday, there’s plenty of racing in Europe too. Alongside the Tour of Luxembourg, the Tour of Slovakia kicks off: a five-day stage race with a very interesting list of participants. Which riders will show their form ahead of the battle for the rainbow jerseys in Africa? IDLProCycling.com tells you everything you need to know.
A look at the Slovakia honor roll shows a clear shift in level from 2017 onward. That makes sense, as the stage race was upgraded from a 2.2 to a 2.1 event that year. Big names like Jan Tratnik, Julian Alaphilippe, and Peter Sagan have taken wins here over the years. What stands out most, though, is the dominance of Soudal–Quick Step, with five overall victories in the last ten editions.

Latest winners Tour of Slovakia

2024 Mauro Schmid
2023 Rémi Cavagna
2022 Josef Cerny
2021 Peter Sagan
2020 Jannik Steimle
2019 Yves Lampaert
2018 Julian Alaphilippe
2017 Jan Tratnik
2016 Mauro Finetto
2015 Davide Viganò

Course, favorites stage wins and timings Tour of Slovakia 2025

Stage 1, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025: Bardejov - Bardejov (141.2 km)

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Three categorized climbs are on the menu, but the expectation is still that we’ll see sprints at the end of small uphill drags.
Winner
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step)

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Stage 2, Thursday, September 18, 2025: Svidník - Košice (169.4 km)

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Stage 2 will be a toss-up for the fast men, with three climbs in the second half of the stage that could open the door for sprinters who handle the hills better.
Winner
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step)  

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Stage 3, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025: Kežmarok - Banská Bystrica (191.7 km)

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Up, down, up, down, up, down. Could this already be where riders land an early blow, ones we’ll also see back in contention for the GC later in the week?
Winner
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step)    

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Stage 4, Saturday, September 20, 2025: Vráble - Sládkovičovo (169.1 km)

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Flat as a pancake, so sprinting it is!
Winner
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step)    

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Stage 5, Sunday, September 21, 2025: Nová Dubnica - Kohútka (124.0 km)

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Short but sharp! With the Vrsatec climb tackled three times (3.6 km at 8.1%) and a mountain-top finish in Kohútka after a 5.5 km climb at 6.5% average, this is where everything will be decided.
Winner
Paul Double (Jayco AlUla)

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Final classification Tour of Slovakia 2025

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