Tour of Croatia 2016 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

April 21, 2016

Tour of Croatia 2016 –  Makarska – Šibenik – 189,8 km

The Tour of Croatia is a men’s cycling stage race that will take place in Croatia. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the UCI as a 2.1 event, the third tier of professional stage races. The race will take place in April in the build-up to the Giro d’Italia. The event is organised by Vladimir Miholjevic, a former professional cyclist.

Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) took a hair-raising sprint victory on a sinuous finale to stage 3 of the Tour of Croatia. The Italian was pulled to the front before a series of turns and in the downhill dash to the line took the win from Timothy Dupont (Veranda’s WIllems) and Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling).

With race leader Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) out of the time bonuses in fourth, Nizzolo resumed his spot at the top of the general classification with his second stage win of three days of racing.

The 189.8km stage from Makarska to Šibenik was led by a six-man move containing Josef Cerny (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Nicola Boem (Bardiani CSF), Marcin Bialoblocki (ONE Pro Cycling), Artem Ovechkin (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Mark Christian (Team WIGGINS), and Kamil Gradek (Verva ActiveJet).

With 3km to go the gap was just 21 seconds and attacks flew from the peloton from Androni-Giocattoli’s Daniele Ratto and others, but Dimension Data shut down the moves for team leader Cavendish. Trek-Segafredo took control of the bunch as the final climb eased, but time was running out to pull back the six leaders, who continued to work well together on the gentle descent.

But as the road eased, the gap plummeted, and in sight of the flamme rouge, Bialblocki tried to push the pace as the peloton bore down on them, but his effort was futile. They were all swept up by the Tinkoff-led peloton.

Trek-Segafredo took charge in the twisty-turny finale and in the downhill sprint delivered Nizzolo to his second stage win.

Results :

1 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 4:35:42
2 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
3 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
5 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
6 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
7 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
8 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
9 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
11 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
12 Elia Favilli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
13 Michele Viola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
14 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
15 Jetse Bol (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
17 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
18 Chris Opie (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
19 Jure Miskulin (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
20 Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
21 Jordi Simon (Spa) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
22 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
23 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
24 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team
25 Alexey Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
26 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
27 Josip Rumac (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
28 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cycling Academy Team
29 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
30 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
31 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
32 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
33 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
34 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
35 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Adria Mobil
36 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
37 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
38 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
39 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
40 Wouter Mol (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
41 Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
42 Maksym Averin (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
43 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
44 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
45 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
46 Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
47 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
48 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
49 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
50 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
51 Daniel Turek (Cze) Cycling Academy Team
52 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
53 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
54 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
55 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
56 Ziga Rucigaj (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
57 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil
58 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
59 Domen Novak (Slo) Adria Mobil
60 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
61 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
62 Luuc Bugter (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
63 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
64 Scott Davies (GBr) Team WIGGINS
65 Joshua Hunt (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
66 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
67 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
68 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
69 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
70 Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
71 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
72 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
73 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
74 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
75 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
77 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo
78 Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
79 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
80 Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
81 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
82 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
83 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS
84 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
85 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
86 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team WIGGINS
87 Bruno Maltar (Cro) Radenska – Ljubljana
88 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
89 Marcin Mrozek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
90 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Team WIGGINS
91 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
92 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
93 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
94 Jon Bozic (Slo) Adria Mobil
95 Izidor Penko (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
96 Marko Pavlic (Slo) Cycling Academy Team
97 Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team
98 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
99 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
100 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
101 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
102 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
103 Artym Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
104 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
105 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
106 Yanto Barker (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
107 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
108 Lukas Zeller (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
109 Liam Holohan (GBr) Team WIGGINS
110 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:00:19
111 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
112 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
113 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:27
114 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:00:32
115 Mark Christian (GBr) Team WIGGINS 0:00:38
116 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team 0:00:42
117 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:46
118 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:00:49
119 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:00
120 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
121 Daan Meijers (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke 0:01:25
122 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
123 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels 0:01:33
124 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:01:44
125 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:02:18
126 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
127 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Cycling Academy Team 0:02:28
128 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:02:35
129 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:03:11
130 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
131 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team 0:03:17
132 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:42
133 Samuel Lowe (GBr) Team WIGGINS
134 Daniel Biedermann (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
135 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
136 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:05:08
137 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
138 Mihkel Raim (Est) Cycling Academy Team
139 Andreas Walzel (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
140 Aviv Yechezkel (Isr) Cycling Academy Team
141 James McLaughlin (GBr) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
142 Chris Butler (USA) Cycling Academy Team
143 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
144 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
145 Rok Korosec (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
146 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
147 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:06:04
148 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
149 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
150 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
151 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk
152 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
153 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
154 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
155 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:06:33
156 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Cycling Academy Team
157 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling