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 1st Time trial 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 1st Time trial 5th Road race 8th Emakumeen Nafarroako 2023 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 7th Overall Tour de Suisse 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 10th Giro dell'Emilia 2024 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 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 Major Tour results timeline Major Tours 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 La Vuelta Femenina Race did not exist 40 — — 6 Giro Rosa — — — 63 50 78 — — DNF 1298 Tour de France FemmesRace did not exist 29 — — — 48 Stage race results timeline Stage race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Emakumeen Bira — — —6044Race no longer exists Ladies Tour of Norway — — — — —NH44 No longer exists Lotto Belgium Tour — — — — —NH73 —Not held — — UAE TourRace did not exist DNF — 73 — Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs — — — — —NH — — — — — — Itzulia WomenRace did not exist19 —2816 — Vuelta a Burgos — — — —7NH —4963 — — — Tour de SuisseRace not held —30795 — Tour of ScandinaviaRace did not exist —38NHNH — Tour de Romandie3732412 — Holland Ladies Tour — — —66 —NH — — — — — —
Classics results timeline Monument 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Tour of Flanders — — — — — — — — — — — Paris–RoubaixRace did not existNH — — — — — Milan-San RemoRace did not exist 49 Liège–Bastogne–LiègeRace did not exist — — 87 — — — 64 32 38 Classic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Clásica de San SebastiánRace did not exist 34NH 36No longer exists Open de Suède Vårgårda — — — — —Not held 60No longer exists Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — — —— 83 84 — — — — — Strade Bianche — — — OTL DNF — — DNF — — 51Trofeo Alfredo Binda — — — — DNFNH DNF 50 69 40 — Dwars door VlaanderenRace did not exist — — —NH 104 — — — — Scheldeprijs Race did not exist DNF — — — —Brabantse PijlN/A — — 62 DNF — — DNF — — 69 Amstel Gold RaceNot held — 79 — NH — — 82 — — La Flèche Wallonne — — — 55 DNF — — 59 43 40 — GP de Plouay-Bretagne DNF — — 64 — DNF — DNF — 29 Giro dell'Emilia — — 28 17 42 73 — 12104 Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry — — — — — — — — — — 14
Major championships results Event 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 World Championships Road race — — — 67 DNF 105 DNF — DNF 24 23 Time trial — — — — — — — 28 29 17 16 European Championships Road raceN/A — — — — DNF 23 76 — — Time trialN/A — — — — 23 — — — — National Championships Road race76753345215 Time trial —3 —43131112
See also List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders
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