Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer,[1] who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the Diadora–Pasta Zara, Bizkaia–Durango (two spells) and BTC City Ljubljana squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI Women's Team BTC City Ljubljana. She won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships nine times,[2] successively between 2010 and 2018.
.jpg) Batagelj at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Polona Batagelj |
| Born | 7 June 1989
|
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2011 | Bizkaia–Durango |
| 2012 | Diadora–Pasta Zara |
| 2013 | Bizkaia–Durango |
| 2014–2018 | BTC City Ljubljana |
| Managerial team | |
| 2019 | BTC City Ljubljana (directeur sportif) |
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race,[3][4] finishing 22nd.[4] At the 2016 Olympics, she finished in 32nd in the women's road race.[4] She was on the start list for 2018 European Road Cycling Championships and finished 27th.
Personal life
editIn 2020, Batagelj completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Law at the Nova univerza, having previously completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.[5]
Major results
edit- 2009
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
- 8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 2012
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
- 6th Overall La Route de France
- 7th Overall Gracia–Orlová
- 2016
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 9th La Classique Morbihan
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 10th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
References
edit- ^ "Which women cyclists are retiring in 2018?". The Women's Tour. SweetSpot. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Teran Košir, Alenka (7 June 2020). "Takih je malo: slovenska kolesarka z doktoratom iz prava, ki ceni vsako minuto #video" [There are few of them: a Slovenian cyclist with a doctorate in law, who values every minute #video]. Siol (in Slovenian). TSmedia. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Polona Batagelj". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Polona Batagelj". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Polona Batagelj". Novi Univerza (in Slovenian). Evropska pravna fakulteta Nove univerze. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
External links
edit- Polona Batagelj at UCI
- Polona Batagelj at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Polona Batagelj at ProCyclingStats
- Polona Batagelj at Cycling Quotient
- Polona Batagelj at Olympedia
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