Single-day races and Classics Simon Špilak (born 23 June 1986) is a retired Slovenian professional road bicycle racer.

Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in 2013 and 2014, both times behind Chris Froome.

In 2015, he won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse with only five seconds of an advantage over Geraint Thomas.

[3] Špilak was considered a rarity in road cycling in that he is a general classification rider who targets one-week races rather than the three-week Grand Tours.

[4] In an interview he said that he disliked the heat, so he was always preparing for spring races instead of Grand Tours which took part mostly in summer.