CRO Race

CRO Race
The CRO Race (formally: Tour of Croatia) is a men's road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the UCI as a 2.1 event, the third tier of professional stage races. The event is organised by Top Sport Events of Vladimir Miholjević, a former professional cyclist. The race was originally held in April in the build-up to the Giro d'Italia, but from 2019 race is held in September and October.
History
2015
First edition of race was held as 2015 Tour of Croatia from 22 to 26 April 2015 and consisted of five stages over .<br/ >
Stages of 2015:
Makarska - Split
Šibenik - Zadar
Plitvice Lakes - Učka mountain
Pula - Umag
Sveti Martin na Muri - Zagreb
2016
The 2016 Tour of Croatia was held from 19 to 24 April 2016 and consisted of six stages over .<br/ >
Stages of 2016:
Osijek - Varaždin
Plitvice Lakes - Split
Makarska - Šibenik
Crikvenica - Učka
Poreč - Umag (Team time trial)
Sveti Martin na Muri - Zagreb
2017
The 2017 Tour of Croatia was held from 18 to 23 April 2017 and consisted of six stages over .<br/ >
Stages of 2017:
Osijek - Koprivnica
Trogir - Biokovo (Sveti Jure)
Imotski - Zadar
Crikvenica - Umag
Poreč - Učka (Poklon)
Samobor - Zagreb
2018
The 2018 Tour of Croatia was held from 17 to 22 April 2018 and consisted of six stages over . The 2018 edition, was the only that has receive a rating of the 2.HC to date.<br/ >
Stages of 2018:
Osijek - Koprivnica
Karlovac - Zadar
Trogir/Okrug - Makarska Riviera/Biokovo(Sveti Jure) (Stage was shortened due the bad weather)
Starigrad - Crikvenica
Rabac - Učka
Samobor - Zagreb
2019
The race was called off a week before the start, due to a dispute between the organizers, instead renamed version called 2019 CRO Race was held between from 1 to 6 October and consisted of six stages over .<br/ >
Stages of 2019:
Osijek - Lipik
Slunj - Zadar
Okrug - Makarska
Starigrad - Paklenica - Crikvenica
Rabac - Platak
Sveta Nedelja - Zagreb
2020
The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
The 2021 CRO Race was held from 28 September to 3 October 2021 and consisted of six stages over .<br/ >
Stages of 2021:
Osijek - Varaždin
Slunj - Otočac
Primošten - Makarska
Zadar - Crikvenica
Rabac/Labin - Opatija
Samobor - Zagreb
2022
The 2022 CRO Race was held from 27 September to 2 October 2022 and consisted of six stages over .
Stages of 2022:
Osijek - Ludbreg
Otočac - Zadar
Sinj - Primošten
Biograd na Moru - Crikvenica
Opatija - Labin
Sveta Nedelja - Zagreb
2023
The 2023 CRO Race will be held from 26 September to 1 October 2023 and consisted of six stages over .
Stages of 2023:
Primošten - Sinj
Biograd na Moru - Novalja
Otočac - Opatija
Krk - Labin
Crikvenica - Ozalj
Samobor - Zagreb
Classifications
The jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Red / White checkered Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Blue Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climbing classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
Overall winners
References
External links
UCI Europe Tour races
Cycle races in Croatia
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
2015 establishments in Croatia
Annual sporting events in Croatia