2019 CRO Race

The 2019 CRO Race is a road cycling stage race that took place in Croatia between 1 and 6 October 2019. It is the fifth edition of the race through Croatia organized by Top Sport Event company, but first under new name and logo. The race is rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.

2019 CRO Race

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Breakaway on Stage 5
Race details
Dates	1–6 October 2019
Stages	6
Distance	920.5 km (572.0 mi)
Results
Winner  Adam Yates (GBR) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Second  Davide Villella (ITA) (Astana)   Third  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) (CCC Team) Points  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott) Mountains  Adam Yates (GBR) (Mitchelton–Scott) Youth  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (Astana)   Team Astana
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Teams

Eighteen teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, five UCI Professional Continental teams and nine UCI Continental teams.

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Bahrain–Merida
• CCC Team
• Mitchelton–Scott

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Bardiani–CSF
• Delko–Marseille Provence
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Vital Concept–B&B Hotels

UCI Continental Teams

• Adria Mobil
• Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang
• Ljubljana Gusto Santic
• Metec–TKH
• P&S Metalltechnik
• Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels
• Team Illuminate
• Tirol KTM Cycling Team
• Wibatech Merx 7R

Schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	1 October	Osijek to Lipik	210 km (130.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Marko Kump (SLO)
2	2 October	Slunj to Zadar	186 km (115.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROM)
3	3 October	Okrug to Makarska	63.5 km (39.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)
4	4 October	Starigrad to Crikvenica	159 km (98.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Dušan Rajović (SRB)
5	5 October	Rabac to Platak	142 km (88.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Adam Yates (GBR)
6	6 October	Sveta Nedelja to Zagreb	160 km (99.4 mi)		Flat stage	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)

Stages

Stage 1

1 October 2019 — Osijek to Lipik, 210 km (130.5 mi)^[1]

Result of Stage 1[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marko Kump (SLO) Adria Mobil 4h 27' 29" 2  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 0" 3  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Delko–Marseille Provence + 0" 4  John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik + 0" 5  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 6  Arvid De Kleijn (NED) Metec–TKH + 0" 7  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 0" 8  Rok Korošec (SLO) Ljubljana Gusto Santic + 0" 9  Josip Rumac (CRO) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0" 10  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marko Kump (SLO) Adria Mobil 4h 27' 19" 2  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 4" 3  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil + 4" 4  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Delko–Marseille Provence + 6" 5  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 8" 6  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 8" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 9" 8  Matic Grošelj (SLO) Ljubljana Gusto Santic + 9" 9  Josip Rumac (CRO) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 10" 10  John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik + 10"

Stage 2

2 October 2019 — Slunj to Zadar, 186 km (115.6 mi)^[3]

Result of Stage 2[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Delko–Marseille Provence 4h 24 '39" 2  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 3" 3  Marko Kump (SLO) Adria Mobil + 3" 4  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 3" 5  Arvid De Kleijn (NED) Metec–TKH + 3" 6  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 3" 7  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 3" 8  John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik + 3" 9  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 3" 10  Timon Loderer (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang + 3"

General classification after Stage 2[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Delko–Marseille Provence 8h 51' 52" 2  Marko Kump (SLO) Adria Mobil + 5" 3  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 13" 4  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 13" 5  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 14" 6  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 17" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 18" 8  Arvid De Kleijn (NED) Metec–TKH + 19" 9  John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik + 19" 10  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 19"

Stage 3

3 October 2019 — Okrug to Makarska, 63.5 km (39.5 mi)^[5]

Result of Stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana 1h 32' 21" 2  Grega Bole (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 3  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 4  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 0" 5  Maciej Paterski (POL) Wibatech Merx 7R + 0" 6  Sjoerd Bax (NED) Metec–TKH + 0" 7  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 9  Andi Bajc (SLO) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 0" 10  Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana 10h 24' 16" 2  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 6" 3  Grega Bole (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 10" 4  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 14" 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 15" 6  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 16" 7  Andi Bajc (SLO) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 16" 8  Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team + 16" 9  Maciej Paterski (POL) Wibatech Merx 7R + 16" 10  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 16"

Stage 4

4 October 2019 — Starigrad to Crikvenica, 159 km (98.8 mi)^[7]

Result of Stage 4[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil 3h 30' 24" 2  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 3  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 4  Maciej Paterski (POL) Wibatech Merx 7R + 0" 5  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 4" 6  Josip Rumac (CRO) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 4" 7  Callum Scotson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 4" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 4" 9  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 4" 10  Andi Bajc (SLO) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 4"

General classification after Stage 4[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana 13h 54' 44" 2  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 6" 3  Maciej Paterski (POL) Wibatech Merx 7R + 12" 4  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 14" 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 15" 6  Andi Bajc (SLO) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 16" 7  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 16" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 16" 9  Mattia Frapporti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 16" 10  Davide Villella (ITA) Astana + 16"

Stage 5

5 October 2019 — Rabac to Platak, 142 km (88.2 mi)^[9]

Result of Stage 5[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 3h 40' 01" 2  Davide Villella (ITA) Astana + 10" 3  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 10" 4  Pierre Rolland (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 10" 5  Domen Novak (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 11" 6  Nathan Earle (AUS) Israel Cycling Academy + 17" 7  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 22" 8  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 49" 9  Luca Covili (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 53" 10  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Israel Cycling Academy + 1' 10"

General classification after Stage 5[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 17h 34' 46" 2  Davide Villella (ITA) Astana + 15" 3  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 17" 4  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 33" 5  Domen Novak (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 41" 6  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 57" 7  Pierre Rolland (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 1' 16" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 42" 9  Sjoerd Bax (NED) Metec–TKH + 1' 45" 10  Radoslav Rogina (CRO) Adria Mobil + 1' 50"

Stage 6

6 October 2019 — Sveta Nedelja to Zagreb, 160 km (99.4 mi)^[11]

Result of Stage 6[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alessandro Fedeli (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence 3h 22' 14" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 2" 3  Florian Kierner (AUT) Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels + 2" 4  Stef Krul (NED) Metec–TKH + 2" 5  Alexander Edmondson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 6  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Adria Mobil + 5" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 8  Sjoerd Bax (NED) Metec–TKH + 5" 9  Benjamin Hill (AUS) Ljubljana Gusto Santic + 5" 10  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 5"

Final general classification[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 20h 57' 05" 2  Davide Villella (ITA) Astana + 22" 3  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 29" 4  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Astana + 42" 5  Domen Novak (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 50" 6  Alexis Guerin (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence + 1' 09" 7  Pierre Rolland (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 1' 25" 8  Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton–Scott + 1' 42" 9  Sjoerd Bax (NED) Metec–TKH + 1' 45" 10  Radoslav Rogina (CRO) Adria Mobil + 2' 09"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1[2]	Marko Kump	Marko Kump	Marko Kump	Markus Wildauer	Dušan Rajović	Astana
2[4]	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Eduard-Michael Grosu		Vadim Pronskiy
3[6]	Yevgeniy Gidich	Yevgeniy Gidich	Alexander Edmondson		Georg Zimmermann
4[8]	Dušan Rajović					Mitchelton–Scott
5[10]	Adam Yates	Adam Yates		Adam Yates	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana
6[12]	Alessandro Fedeli
Final[13]		Adam Yates	Alexander Edmondson	Adam Yates	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the team classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	20h 57' 05"
2	Davide Villella (ITA)	Astana	+ 22"
3	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	+ 29"
4	Andrey Zeits (KAZ)	Astana	+ 42"
5	Domen Novak (SLO)	Bahrain–Merida	+ 50"
6	Alexis Guerin (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 1' 09"
7	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels	+ 1' 25"
8	Brent Bookwalter (USA)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 1' 42"
9	Sjoerd Bax (NED)	Metec–TKH	+ 1' 45"
10	Radoslav Rogina (CRO)	Adria Mobil	+ 2' 09"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexander Edmondson (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	72
2	Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)	Astana	52
3	Dušan Rajović (SRB)	Adria Mobil	45
4	Marko Kump (SLO)	Adria Mobil	41
5	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	36
6	Paolo Simion (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	32
7	John Mandrysch (GER)	P&S Metalltechnik	30
8	Maciej Paterski (POL)	Wibatech Merx 7R	30
9	Davide Villella (ITA)	Astana	29
10	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	28

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Adam Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	22
2	Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)	CCC Team	20
3	Domen Novak (SLO)	Bahrain–Merida	17
4	Víctor de la Parte (ESP)	CCC Team	16
5	Davide Villella (ITA)	Astana	15
6	Benjamin Hill (AUS)	Ljubljana Gusto Santic	13
7	Markus Wildauer (AUT)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	11
8	Nathan Earle (AUS)	Israel Cycling Academy	8
9	Félix Barón (COL)	Team Illuminate	6
10	Alexis Guerin (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence	4

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Astana	21h 00' 38"
2	Luca Covili (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 1' 38"
3	Maxime Chevalier (FRA)	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels	+ 4' 04"
4	Dominik Rober (GER)	P&S Metalltechnik	+ 11' 45"
5	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Tirol KTM Cycling Team	+ 12' 09"
6	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	CCC Team	+ 14' 28"
7	Dylan Bouwmans (NED)	Metec–TKH	+ 16' 58"
8	Lars van den Berg (NED)	Metec–TKH	+ 20' 55"
9	Danny van der Tuuk (NED)	Metec–TKH	+ 22' 31"
10	Aljaž Prah (SLO)	Ljubljana Gusto Santic	+ 23' 35"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[13]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Astana	62h 55' 38"
2	CCC Team	+ 1' 10"
3	Vital Concept–B&B Hotels	+ 3' 02"
4	Delko–Marseille Provence	+ 5' 20"
5	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 6' 42"
6	Team Illuminate	+ 23' 56"
7	Adria Mobil	+ 26' 36"
8	Bahrain–Merida	+ 26' 40"
9	Metec–TKH	+ 31' 52"
10	Wibatech Merx 7R	+ 39' 08"