Since 2015, the CRO Race – formerly called the Croatia Tour – has had a facelift after eight years of absence. And the 2024 edition, which will take place from October 1 to 6, does not exception to the rule. There should be a spectacle for six days with more than 900 kilometers on the program from Vodice to Zagreb, this year’s route starting from the sea to the interior and the capital. The general classification of this 9th edition should be decided on the 3rd and 4th stages, while the fast men should have their say on the other four days of racing.
Video – Orluis Aular, winner of the CRO Race 2023
McNulty, Ganna, , Barguil, Onley, Kristoff… une belle startlist
There are many who want to succeed Orluis Aular (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), winner last year. The latter will also be present to try to retain his title, but will have a lot to do with it Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Emmanuel Buchmann, Frederik Wandahl (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Warren Barguil, Oscar Onley, Frank van den Broek (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Anders Foldager (Jayco AlUla), Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma), Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility)… facing him.
A fine field of sprinters will also be present with Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Elia Viviani (INEOS Grenadiers), Tobias Lund Andresen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), Odes Kogut (Israel-Premier Tech), Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility)… Also note that the two riders in the training INEOS Grenadiers, Filippo Ganna et Joshua Tarlingwill be at the start.
The route:
– Tuesday October 1st : 1st stage: Vodice- Sinj (162.5 km)
– Wednesday October 2 : 2e étape : Biograd na Moru – Novalja (114.5 km)
– Thursday October 3 : 3rd stage: Otocac – Opatija (154 km)
– Friday October 4 : 4th stage : Krk – Labin (160.5 km)
– Saturday October 5 : 5th stage : Ozalj – Karlovac (167 km)
– Sunday October 6 : 6e étape : Sveta Nedelja – Zagreb (157.5 km)
The starting list
RURAL-INSURANCE BOX RGA
1 AULAR Orluis
2 BALDERSTONE Abel
3 BARCELÓ Fernando
4 IBANEZ Javier
5 ARRIOLA-BENGOA Julen
6 JOHNSTON Calum
7 MURGUIALDAY Jokin
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
11 BURATTI Nicolò
12 BAD GUY Alberto
13 GRADEK Kamil
14 MIHOLJEVIC Fran
15 STANNARD Robert
16 WRIGHT Fred
17 ZAMBANINI Edoardo
INEOS GRENADIERS
21 GANNA Philip
22 LEONARD Michael
23 HEIDUK Kim
24 SHMIDT Artem
25 TARLING Joshua
26 TURNER Ben
27 VIVIANI Elijah
RED BULL-BORA-HANSGROHE
31 BUCHMANN Emanuel
32 HAJEK Alexander
33 MACIEJUK Filip
34 MULLEN Ryan
35 WANDAHL Frederik
36 WELSFORD Sam
37 ZWIEHOFF Ben
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
41 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias
42 BAR GUIL Warren
43 BITTNER Pavel
44 FLYNN Sean
45 ONLEY Oscar
46 VAN DEN BROEK Frank
47 FLOT Most
TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
51 CRADDOCK Lawson
52 FULL DAYS Anders
53 HAMILTON Lucas
54 HEPBURN Michael
55 QUICK Blake
56 STEWART Campbell
57 WIGGINS Ben
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
61 MCNULTY Brandon
62 ARRIETA Igor
63 GUATIBONZA Jhonatan
64 HODEG Alvaro
65 MOLANO Sebastian
66 NOVAK Domain
67 RAVBAR Anze
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
71 CASTRILLO Pablo
72 AZNAR Hugo
73 AZNAR Unai
74 AZANZA River
75 ELOSEGUI Iñigo
76 MÁRQUEZ Martí
77 PARRA José Félix
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
81 RAISBERG Nadav
82 WATTS Kiaan
83 HOLLYMAN Mason
84 COLLECTION Odes
85 CÔTÉ Pier-André
86 SAGIV Guy
87 WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
91 BADILATTI Matteo
92 OF THE CROSS David
93 HOWSON Damien
94 MONK Cyrus
95 ROSSKOPF Joey
96 SAJNOK Szymon
97 WHELAN James
TDT-UNIBET
101 BOMBOI David
102 BOUTS Jordy
103 BUDDING Martijn
104 GELEIJN Owen
105 HUYET Baptiste
106 PAIGE Charlie
107 JOHANNINK Jelle
TEAM POLTI KOMETA
111 BAIS Mattia
112 LONARDI Giovanni
113 MASTERS Mirco
114 MUÑOZ Francisco
115 RACCAGNI Gabriele
116 RESTREPO Jhonatan
117 SERRANO Javier
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
121 WIRTGEN Luc
122 ERIKSSON Jacob
123 FROIDEVAUX Robin
124 HEMING Mika
125 HOLZER Roman
126 MIKUTIS Aivaras
UNO-X MOBILITY
131 DALBY Simon
132 DVERSNES Fredrik
133 EIKING Odd Christian
134 GUDMESTAD Thord
135 KRISTOFF Alexander
136 LEKNESSUND Andreas
137 LØLAND Sakarias Koller
ADRIA CARS
141 FINKST Tilen
142 GOJKOVIC Nicolas
143 PEAK Barnabas
144 SKOK Anze
145 JUMP Marcel
146 EXTERIOR Strong
147 TURK Aljaz
AT INVESTMENTS
151 IN Marton
152 NEUMAN Dominik
153 REHA Philip
154 SCHURAN Michal
155 SCHWARZBACHER Matthias
156 TURK Daniel
157 VANICEK Simon
LJUBLJANA GUSTO SANTIC
161 GREGORCIC Natan
162 HOPKINS Dylan
163 Ian’s ROLE
164 POTOCKI Viktor
165 SAMPSON Andy
166 STAINAR Mihael
167 TOMSIC And Andrej
MAZOVIA, THE HEART OF POLAND
171 BERNAS Pawel
172 BUDZINSKI Marcin
173 BUDZINSKI Tomasz
174 CZABOK Konrad
175 KACZMAREK Jakub
176 POMORSKI Michal
177 RADOSZ Maksymilian
METEC-SOLARWATT P/B MANTEL
181 BROEX Victor
182 HABETS Jordan
183 MARSMAN Team
184 REINDERINK Joris
185 VAN DER TUUK Axel
186 VAN DER WOUDE Casper
187 VAN VLIET Michiel
SANTIC-WIBATECH
191 GAMPER Mario
192 GABELICA Laurin
193 MACIEJUK Kacper
194 PALUTA Michal
195 PEKALA Piotr
196 PROC Bartlomiej
197 MESSERSCHMIDT Jonas