Polona Batagelj

Polona Batagelj
Personal information
Full namePolona Batagelj
Born (1989-06-07) 7 June 1989 (age 35)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Role
Professional teams
2010–2011Bizkaia–Durango
2012Diadora–Pasta Zara
2013Bizkaia–Durango
2014–2018BTC City Ljubljana
Managerial team
2019BTC City Ljubljana (directeur sportif)

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.

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

In 2020, Batagelj completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Law at the Nova univerza [sl], having previously completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.[5]

Major results

2009
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
2011
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
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
2014
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2015
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
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
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
9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

References

  1. ^ "Which women cyclists are retiring in 2018?". The Women's Tour. SweetSpot. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b c "Polona Batagelj". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Polona Batagelj". Novi Univerza (in Slovenian). Evropska pravna fakulteta Nove univerze. Retrieved 26 October 2021.


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