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Simon Špilak
2026-11-16 01:18:37 · The Daily Ledger
Simon Špilak (born 23 June 1986) is a retired Slovenian professional road bicycle racer.
Professional career
Born in Tišina, Špilak was the winner of the 2010 Tour de Romandie, after original race winner Alejandro Valverde had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension. Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in 2013 and 2014, both times behind Chris Froome. In 2013, he was the victor of the GP Miguel Induráin and the Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop, his only two victories of the year. In 2015, he won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse with only five seconds of an advantage over Geraint Thomas. The victory was decided on the last day's time trial. Špilak was considered a rarity in road cycling in that he is a general classification rider who targets one-week races rather than the three-week Grand Tours. In an interview he said that he disliked the heat, so he was always preparing for spring races instead of Grand Tours which took part mostly in summer.
In October 2019, Špilak announced his retirement after his team folded.
Major results
2003
10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2004
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall GP Général Patton
3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2005
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
7th GP Kranj
9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2006
1st Poreč Trophy
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Trofeo Zsšdi
7th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
7th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
2007
1st La Côte Picarde
4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
5th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
2008
5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
9th Tour of Flanders
2009
1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
2010
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
2011
5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
5th Giro del Friuli
2012
4th Overall Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
8th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2013
1st GP Miguel Induráin
1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
6th Overall Paris–Nice
9th Overall Tour de Suisse
10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2014
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 3 Arctic Race of Norway
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 3
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
8th Overall Paris–Nice
9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2015
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
2016
7th Overall Tour de Romandie
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
9th Overall Tour de Suisse
2017
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 7
2nd Pro Ötztaler 5500
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2018
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
9th GP Miguel Induráin
2019
5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
6th Overall Tour of California
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes
References
External links
1986 births
Living people
People from Tišina
Slovenian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Slovenia
Tour de Suisse stage winners
