The CRO Race (formally: Tour of Croatia) is a men's road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. Since 2026, it has been on the UCI ProSeries calender. It was previously part of the UCI Europe Tour as a UCI category 2.1 event. 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 the 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 rated as the 2.HC for first time ever.<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 was 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
2024 The 2024 CRO Race was held from 1 October to 6 October 2024 and consisted of six stages over . Stages of 2024: Vodice - Sinj Biograd na Moru - Novalja Otočac - Opatija Krk - Labin Ozalj - Karlovac Sveta Nedelja - Zagreb
2025 The 2025 CRO Race was held from 30 September to 5 October 2025 and consisted of six stages over . Stages of 2025: Split - Sinj Biograd na Moru - Novalja Gospić to Rijeka Krk - Labin Karlovac - Sveta Nedelja Samobor - Zagreb
2026 The 2026 CRO Race was held from 22 to 27 September 2026 and consisted of six stages over . The 2026 edition was rated as 2.Pro by UCI race classifications. Stages of 2026: Split - Seget Biograd na Moru - Novalja Krk - Labin Pula to Rijeka Karlovac - Sveta Nedelja 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.
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