Croatia’s cycling races unfold across a country where the Adriatic coast, limestone mountains and continental interior meet within remarkably short distances. Follow the peloton through historic port cities, islands, medieval towns and rugged karst landscapes, revealing how Croatia’s geography and complex Mediterranean and Central European heritage shape racing on its roads.
The final stage of the CRO Race begins in a town visited only a day earlier, but almost immediately takes the race into a different Croatia. Stage 5 approached Samobor through vineyards and wooded hills after a long journey from…
After four stages dominated by the Adriatic, Stage 5 moves inland and introduces a Croatia built around rivers, forests, castles, vineyards and the old approaches to Zagreb. The change is immediate. There are no islands, no Venetian ports and no…
The fourth stage of the CRO Race crosses the Istrian peninsula from south to north-east, beginning beside one of the greatest surviving buildings of the Roman Adriatic and finishing in a city whose modern identity was created by ships, factories…
Stage 3 begins on an island and ends on a hilltop, but between those two points the CRO Race crosses a much larger geographical boundary. The opening kilometres wander through the interior of Krk, where villages, dry-stone fields and sheltered…
The CRO Race opens on the Dalmatian coast, but Stage 1 does not stay there for long. From Split, the route turns inland through Stobreč and the country east of the city, crosses the old territory of Poljica, reaches the…
