Okolo Slovenska is an annual cycling stage race in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Founded in 1954, since 2005, it has been rated

UCI race classifications

The Union Cycliste Internationale , the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale....

 as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages.

History

Okolo Slovenska started on June 19, 1954 on Stalin square in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 and included 7 stages. The first race was won by Czech cyclist Karel Nesel, the Slovak

Slovak

Slovak may refer to:* Related to, from, or belonging to the country of Slovakia* Slovaks, An ethnic sub-group of the Western Slavic people inhabiting the nation of Slovakia.* Slovak language...

 cyclist Vlastimil Ružička won three of the seven stages of the race.

The 2011 race started on June 4, 2011 in Nováky

Nováky

Nováky is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant is located near the town.The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.-Geography:...

 and finished on June 11, 2011 in Gabčíkovo

Gabcíkovo

Gabčíkovo is a municipality in Slovakia. It has around 5,100 inhabitants of whom 90% are Hungarians.The Hungarian name of the village was first recorded in 1102 as Beys and preserves the name of its erstwhile pecheneg inhabitants, pecheneg being besenyő in Hungarian...

.

Winners