The 2016 Tour of Croatia was the 2nd edition of the Tour of Croatia cycling stage race. The race started on 19 April in Osijek and ended on 24 April in Zagreb and consisted of six stages. The race is part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour, and is rated as a 2.1 event.
The race has been won by Synergy Baku Cycling Project's Croatian rider Matija Kvasina, who took the leader's jersey after winning the fourth stage. Giacomo Nizzolo claimed the Points classification, Riccardo Zoidl won the Mountains classification, and Domen Novak finished first in the Young Rider classification. Synergy Baku Cycling Project won the Teams classification.
Schedule +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner119 April Osijek to Varaždin Flat stage220 April NP Plitvice Lakes to Split Intermediate stage321 April Makarska to Šibenik Hilly stage422 April Crikvenica to Učka Mountain stage523 April Poreč to Umag Team time trial624 April Sveti Martin na Muri to Zagreb Hilly stage Total
Participating teams Twenty-one (21) teams participated in the 2016 edition of the Tour of Croatia.
Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral classificationCrvena majicaPoints classificationPlava majicaMountains classificationZelena majicaYoung rider classificationBijela majicaTeam classification1 Giacomo Nizzolo Giacomo Nizzolo Giacomo Nizzolo Guillaume Boivin Alexey Kurbatov 2 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Nicola Boem3 Giacomo Nizzolo Giacomo Nizzolo Giacomo Nizzolo 4 Riccardo Zoidl Matija Kvasina Riccardo Zoidl Domen Novak 5 6 Sondre Holst EngerFinal Riccardo Zoidl Domen Novak
Final standings +Legend Denotes the leader of the General classification Denotes the leader of the Points classification Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 24" 3 + 32" 4 + 47" 5 + 1' 16" 6 + 1' 47" 7 + 2' 19" 8 + 3' 26" 9 + 3' 28" 10 + 3' 50"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 70 2 64 3 59 4 Bardiani–CSF 35 5 26 6 25 7 25 8 24 9 22 10 20
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 20 2 Bardiani–CSF 20 3 19 4 15 5 10 6 8 7 Bardiani–CSF 8 8 7 9 6 10 6
Young riders classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 51" 3 + 3' 14" 4 + 12' 10" 5 + 16' 13" 6 + 16' 26" 7 + 20' 26" 8 + 23' 17"
Team classification TeamTime 1 2 + 4' 15" 3 + 7' 10" 4 + 7' 29" 5 + 9' 56" 6 + 14' 41" 7 + 15' 26" 8 + 15' 45" 9 + 18' 40" 10 + 20' 02"
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