Simon Špilak

Simon Špilak
	Špilak 2013
To person
Date of birth	June 23, 1986
nation	Slovenia
discipline	Street
Driver type	Tour driver
height	176 cm
Racing weight	68 kg
End of career	2019
Team (s)
2005 ; 2006–2007 ; 2008–2011 ; 2012–2019	KRKA-Adria Mobil ; Adria Mobil ; Lampre ; Katusha Alpecin
Most important successes
	Overall ranking Tour de Suisse 2015 , 2017; overall ranking Tour de Romandie 2010
	Last updated: October 22, 2019

Simon Špilak (born June 23, 1986 in Tišina ) is a former Slovenian cyclist . He was considered a specialist in shorter stage races .

Career

Simon Špilak won the bronze medal in the junior road race behind Roman Kreuziger and Rafaâ Chtioui at the 2004 road cycling world championships in Verona . At the 2006 road cycling world championships in Salzburg he was eighth in the U23 individual time trial . Also in 2006, Spilak won its first international competition with the one-day Poreč Trophy .

Spilak received his first contract with a UCI ProTeam from the 2008 season and achieved his greatest success for this team with the overall victory of the UCI ProTour stage race Tour de Romandie 2010 , in which he also won the fourth stage as a soloist.

For the 2012 season Spilak switched to the Katusha team . Twice he won the UCI World Tour -Rundfahrt Tour de Suisse : In the 2015 Tour de Suisse , he took over the overall lead in the final time trial. After Spilak took the overall lead on the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse 2017 with a solo victory on the mountain finish on the Tiefenbachferner , he secured the overall victory in the final time trial, in which he distanced the other class riders.

At the end of the 2019 season, Spilak ended his active career.