Grega Bole

{{short description|Slovenian road bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Grega Bole | image = Leuven - Brabantse Pijl, 15 april 2015, vertrek (B129).JPG | caption = Grega Bole at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl. | fullname = Grega Bole | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|8|13}} | birth_place = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Jesenice, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia|(now Slovenia)}} | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2005–2007 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|SAK|2005}} | amateuryears2 = 2021– | amateurteam2 = Shabab Al Ahli Cycling Team | proyears1 = 2008 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ADR|2008}} | proyears2 = 2009 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AMI|2009}} | proyears3 = 2010–2012 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|LAM|2010}} | proyears4 = 2013 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} | proyears5 = 2014 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|PPO|2014}} | proyears6 = 2015 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|CCC|2015}} | proyears7 = 2016 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|PPO|2016}} | proyears8 = 2017–2020 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|BMT|2017}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html|title=Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team|work=Merida Bikes|publisher=Merida Industry Co., Ltd.|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101111509/https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html|archive-date=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-bahrain-mclaren/|title=2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=26 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :{{nowrap|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 {{UCI team code|TBM|2020}}.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicolas|last=Gauthier|url=https://www.cyclismactu.net/news-route-bahrain-mclaren-ne-garde-pas-luka-pibernik-et-grega-bole-97129.html|title=Route - Bahrain-McLaren ne garde pas Luka Pibernik et Grega Bole|language=fr|trans-title=Road - Bahrain-McLaren does not keep Luka Pibernik and Grega Bole|work=Cyclism'Actu|publisher=Swar Agency|date=11 December 2020|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> His biggest victory is the 2011 GP Ouest–France, where he launched a solo attack with {{convert|2|km}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velowire.com/article/507/en/grega-bole-wins-the-grand-prix-de-plouay-2011.html|title=Grega Bole wins the Grand Prix de Plouay 2011|work=Velowire|date=28 August 2011|access-date=28 November 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-tour-de-croatie-g-bole-s-impose-devant-m-paterski-48995.html|title=Grega Bole s'impose devant Paterski|work=Cyclism'Actu|publisher=Swar-Agency|date=22 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|language=fr}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;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 20px 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 20px 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{{efn|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.}} : Tour de Korea ::1st 20px Sprints classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 1 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich : 2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Tour of Japan ::1st 20px 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 20px 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 20px Mountains classification, Tour of Turkey : 5th Overall Tour of Japan ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt ;2019 : 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt ;2022 : 1st 20px Overall Tour of Sharjah ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 3 {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|DNF |— | style="text-align:center;"|61 | style="text-align:center;"|135 |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|110 |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France | style="text-align:center;"|125 | style="text-align:center;"|127 | style="text-align:center;"|DNF |— |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|143 |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | style="text-align:center;"|97 |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|97 |— |— |— |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|DNF |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Procyclingstats}} *{{cycling archives|10109}} *[http://www.cyclingbase.com/Grega-Bole.html Grega Bole's profile on Cycling Base] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429080659/http://www.cyclingbase.com/Grega-Bole.html |date=29 April 2013 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bole, Grega}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Slovenian male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Slovenia Category:Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice