Cro Race

The 9th edition of the international cycling race CRO Race is held from September 26th to October 1st and bring together many famous names of the world cycling scene. It will host 20 cycling teams from Europe, Asia, America and Australia, through 6 stages, on a route longer than 1,000 kilometers which traditionally connects the coast with the continent, pass through eight counties and the City of Zagreb and include both already known and completely new destinations. CRO Race is also specific in that, in addition to well-known destinations, every year it tries to introduce some new areas into the story and in this way get closer to all parts of Croatia.

CRO Race is a sports event that not only promotes cycling as a sport, but by promoting natural beauty and cultural heritage puts Croatia on the map of the most attractive cycling destinations in the world and sends one of the most beautiful postcards in Croatia to the world.

Cycling, adrenaline, fans - get ready! 6 stages - 6 days - 893 km.

This year, cyclists will start in Vodice for the first time, while the finish line, as always, will be in Zagreb.

Stages:

1. Vodice – Sinj (162,5 km)
2. Biograd na Moru – Novalja (114,5 km)
3. Otočac – Opatija (154 km)
4. Krk – Labin (160,5 km)
5. Ozalj – Karlovac (167 km) 
6. Sveta Nedelja – Zagreb (157,5 km)

The end of the last stage and the announcement of the overall winner will be on Sunday, October 6 at around 3 pm in front of the National and University Library in Zagreb.

Along with professional cyclists, children will also compete this year, about five hundred of them aged 9 to 12 years as part of the KIDS CRO Race. Virtual trainers will be provided for them in Vodice, Sinj, Novalja, Opatija, Labin, Karlovac and Zagreb. The overall KIDS CRO Race winners will be announced along with the CRO Race winners.

The biggest cycling aces of today who recognized the importance of this event performed at previous editions of the race: Jonas Vingegaard, Mark Cavendish, Primož Roglič, Adam Yates, Matej Mohorič, Vincenzo Nibali and many others.The CRO Race, which has also found its place in the UCI's international race calendar, gathers and brings to Croatia the strongest names and teams from the UCI WorldTeams, ProTeams and ContinentalTeams competition level, which earned their reputation by climbing to the podium of the most important races in the cycling world.

A total of 20 teams from three strong categories, six "WorldTour" teams (Bahrain Victorious, INEOS Grenadiers, Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, dsm-firmenich PostNL, Jayco AlUla, UAE Emirates), eight team from "ProTeams" (Caja Rural, Kern Pharma, Q36.5, TDT-Unibet, Polti-Kometa, Tudor, Uno X-Mobility, Israel-Premier Tech) and six UCI Continental teams (Adria Mobil, ATT Investments, Ljubljana Gusto Santic, Mazowsze Serce Polski, Metec-Solarwatt, Santic Wibatech).

Croatian cyclists at the CRO Race are: Fran Miholjević (Bahrain Victorius), Viktor Potočki, (Ljubljana Gusto Santic), Nicolas Gojković (Adria Mobil), Ian Peran (Ljubljana Gusto Santic).

This year too, the most beautiful parts of Croatia are included in the race. Visitors and spectators from all over the world will, in addition to the exciting race, also enjoy a variety of natural beauties.

The race will be broadcast by numerous television stations from as many as 6 continents - in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australia - in as many as 140 countries.

You will be able to follow some of the race routes live through our webcams.

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  Davor Pavlović, Mario Stiehl