Urška Žigart

Urška Žigart (born 4 December 1996) is a Slovenian professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Žigart has won the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships four times (2020, 2022–2024), and won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2024.

Career In 2020, she won the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships and competed in the Tour de l'Ardeche and Giro Rosa. She finished third in the Slovenian National Road Race Championships behind her teammate Urša Pintar and Špela Kern of the .

In November 2020, Žigart signed a contract for the 2021 season with the team, later renamed . In 2022, Žigart won the Slovenian national time trial championship for the second time – repeating this in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Žigart also won the Slovenian national road race championship.

From 2025, Žigart has been a rider on Team .

In June 2026, Žigart crashed in the final kilometers of stage 2 of the Tour de Swiss women, suffering a broken jaw.

Personal life Žigart's partner is cyclist Tadej Pogačar, a five-time Tour de France winner. They were engaged in September 2021. After Pogačar withdrew from the Slovenia team for the Paris Olympics due to "extreme fatigue"(after winning the Tour just a week prior to the Paris Olympics), he said his decision was also swayed by the Slovenian Olympic Committee, which had not selected Žigart, who had won the Slovenian road race and time trial championships that year, to compete at the Games.

Major results

2016 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2018 National Road Championships 4th Time trial 5th Road race 7th Road race, Mediterranean Games 2019 National Road Championships 3rd Road race 3rd Time trial 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2020 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 10th Overall Tour de Feminin 2021 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 4th Road race 7th Overall Tour de Feminin 2022 National Road Championships

5th Road race 8th Emakumeen Nafarroako 2023 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 7th Overall Tour de Suisse 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 10th Giro dell'Emilia 2024 National Road Championships

3rd Overall Gracia–Orlová 4th Giro dell'Emilia 9th Overall Tour de Suisse 2025 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 5th Road race 2nd Tour de Romandie 3rd Trofeo Tessile & Moda Donne 5th Overall Tour de Suisse 9th Overall Giro d'Italia 2026 6th Overall La Vuelta Femenina 8th Overall Giro d'Italia

General classification results

Classics results timeline

Major championships results