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Grega Bole

Grega Bole
Grega Bole at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl.
Personal information
Full nameGrega Bole
Born (1985-08-13) 13 August 1985 (age 39)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2005–2007Sava
2021–Shabab Al Ahli Cycling Team
Professional teams
2008Adria Mobil
2009Amica Chips–Knauf
2010–2012Lampre–Farnese Vini
2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014Vini Fantini–Nippo
2015CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2016Nippo–Vini Fantini
2017–2020Bahrain–Merida[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2011)
GP Ouest–France (2011)

Grega Bole (born 13 August 1985 in Jesenice, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren.[3] His biggest victory is the 2011 GP Ouest–France, where he launched a solo attack with 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to go. He held on as the field was closing in rapidly, with only Simon Gerrans who was second on the day being awarded the same time as Bole.[4] In 2015, Bole was the victor of the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Croatia after negotiating a series of bends where two crashes occurred.[5]

Major results

2003
1st Overall Tour of Croatia Juniors
1st Stages 2 & 3
7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2005
2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
10th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2006
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
5th Overall Giro delle Regioni
5th GP Kranj
8th Gran Premio della Liberazione
9th Overall The Paths of King Nikola
1st Stage 1
9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
1st Stage 2
2007
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
Giro delle Regioni
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Stage 1
2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
2nd Poreč Trophy
10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2008 (1 pro win)
1st GP Kranj
2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
7th Giro d'Oro
2009 (3)
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
1st Stage 3a Vuelta a Asturias
2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
1st Stage 7
2nd Giro del Friuli
3rd Ronde van Drenthe
3rd Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague
5th GP Kranj
6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
9th Vuelta a La Rioja
2010 (3)
1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
9th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Stages 1 & 2
2011 (2)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st GP Ouest–France
6th Giro del Friuli
9th Vattenfall Cyclassics
2013 (1)
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
3rd Roma Maxima
2014 (4)
Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stages 6 & 10[a]
Tour de Korea
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Tour of Japan
1st Points classification
2nd Giro dell'Appennino
2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
3rd Japan Cup
2015 (1)
4th GP Ouest–France
5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
5th Memorial Marco Pantani
7th Overall Dubai Tour
7th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
8th Clásica de Almería
10th Overall Tour of Croatia
1st Stage 1
2016 (2)
1st Overall Tour de Korea
1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2017
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2018 (2)
1st Mountains classification, Tour of Turkey
5th Overall Tour of Japan
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 7
6th Eschborn–Frankfurt
2019
10th Eschborn–Frankfurt
2022
1st Overall Tour of Sharjah
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 61 135 110
A yellow jersey Tour de France 125 127 DNF 143
A red jersey Vuelta a España 97 97 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes

  1. ^ Bole was promoted one position retroactively, after Ilya Davidenok's results were disqualified following his backdated two-year ban after testing positive for anabolic steroids.

References

  1. ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ Gauthier, Nicolas (11 December 2020). "Route - Bahrain-McLaren ne garde pas Luka Pibernik et Grega Bole" [Road - Bahrain-McLaren does not keep Luka Pibernik and Grega Bole]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Grega Bole wins the Grand Prix de Plouay 2011". Velowire. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Grega Bole s'impose devant Paterski". Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar-Agency. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.