The 2021 CRO Race was a
road cycling
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stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...
that took place in
Croatia
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between 28 September and 3 October 2021. It was the sixth edition of the
Tour of Croatia
The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...
since its revival in 2015 and the second under the ''CRO Race'' name. The race was rated as a category
2.1
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The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style ...
event on the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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calendar.
Teams
Four of the 19
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour
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s, seven
UCI ProTeams, and nine
UCI Continental
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teams made up the 20 teams that participated in the race. All but four teams entered a full squad of seven riders; , , and each entered six riders, while entered five riders. In total, 134 riders started the race, of which 110 finished.
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;28 September 2021 –
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
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Varaždin
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Stage 2
;29 September 2021 –
Slunj
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Otočac
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Stage 3
;30 September 2021 –
Primošten
Primošten (; it, Capocesto) is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. It is situated in the south, between the cities of Šibenik and Trogir, on the Adriatic coast.
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Makarska
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Stage 4
;1 October 2021 –
Zadar
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Crikvenica
Crikvenica () is a city in Croatia, located on the Adriatic in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
Names
The names of the town in various languages include:
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Stage 5
;2 October 2021 –
Rabac
Rabac ( it, Porto Albona) is a Croatian resort town on Kvarner Bay, just southeast of Labin, in Istria.
Long a small fishing port, Rabac has grown in the 1970s into a resort town with numerous villas and apartment buildings.
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Labin
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Opatija
Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings r ...
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Stage 6
;3 October 2021 –
Samobor
Samobor () is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County.
Geography
Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills ( hr, Samo ...
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Zagreb
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Classification leadership table
In the 2021 CRO Race, four different jerseys were awarded. The
general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and applying time bonuses for the first three riders at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second, and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders, respectively. The leader of the classification received a red jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2021 CRO Race, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a
points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...
, for which the leader was awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 of each stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth, and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be won on a 5–3–1 scale for the first three riders, respectively, at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.
There was also a
mountains classification
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, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the summit of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was marked as either hors, first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs.
The fourth and final jersey represented the young rider classification, and its leadership was marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1999 (i.e., under 23 years of age at the beginning of the year) were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.
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Kristoffer Halvorsen
Kristoffer Halvorsen (born 13 April 1996) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
On 13 October 2016, Halvorsen won the Men's under-23 road race in the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.
2018
Halvorsen signed for a ...
, who was third in the points classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed
Phil Bauhaus
Phil Bauhaus (born 8 July 1994 in Bocholt) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In August 2018 it was confirmed that Bauhaus would join for the 2019 season on an ...
wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed
Olav Kooij
Olav Kooij (born 17 October 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Kooij rode for the Forte U19 Cycling Team and Willebrord Wil Vooruit as a junior, before signing for the for their inaugura ...
wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification.
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Itamar Einhorn
Itamar Einhorn (born 20 September 1997) is an Israeli cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
In the 2020 edition of Tour Colombia Einhorn finished 3rd on stage 2 becoming the first Israeli to finish on the podium in a UCI sanction ...
, who was second in the points classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Olav Kooij wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason,
Fran Miholjević, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey.
Final classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
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