Urska Žigart adds first Slovenian road race championship to collection of ITT titles

Urska Žigart (Liv AlUla Jayco) put on a dominant performance in the road race Sunday and won a second elite women’s Slovenian National Championship in four days. 

Źigart won the 107.5km road event with a 10:47 margin over Ursa Pintar (BTC City Ljublijana Zhiraf Ambedo), who took the silver medal.

Winning the field sprint to secure the bronze medal was Spela Kern (Cofidis), 16 seconds behind Pintar’s solo effort.

Along with her fourth time trial title from Thursday, Žigart now has her first road race championship, after finishing second in 2023 and third twice before. She entered nationals in top form, having finished ninth overall at 2024 Tour de Suisse Women.

"It´s my first road race title so I´m super happy to finally wear the Slovenia flag in the road races. The race was really hard today. We started with the junior men, like always, and the course was hard this year with almost a 2km climb at 10% and it was really selective," she said in a team statement.

"After the first lap I was the only woman left in the group with the guys and I was really on the limit so I knew the next time around I would not make it. I followed some moves to get a little bit of an advantage before the second time climbing.

"We got a minute at the bottom so when the best guys from the group behind went again, it was perfect because I was in the front group. From then on, I just tried to stick with them and it was super hard. In the end I made it with a huge gap and I´m really, really happy to have the legs today to play it smart and it all came together."

Žigart will return to Monaco to train and focus on the Giro d'Italia Women, where she will showcase the Slovenian national colours for the first time.

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