Tour of Croatia 2016 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

April 20, 2016

Tour of Croatia 2016 – Stage 2 – NP Plitvička jezera – Split – 240 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.

Mark Cavendish reversed the sprint result of the opening Tour of Croatia stage, getting over on race leader Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) on the second stage. Cavendish’s lead-out man Mark Renshaw sat up just before the line and took third.

It was Cavendish’s first win since the Tour of Qatar in February, and a relief after finishing a frustratedly close second to Nizzolo on stage 1.

“I’m really happy to take the win today,” Cavendish said. “Yesterday the team rode on the front from beginning and I just messed up a bit in the final, I just didn’t have it yesterday really. So I was really glad the team kept the faith in me for today.

“Once again Jay [Thompson] spent all day in front, working super hard. The guys were then also really prominent in final.”

The finishing kilometer had a pair of roundabouts that caused several riders to come to grief. Canadian champion Guillaume Boivin (Cycling Acacemy) was given the same time as the leaders after a crash inside the final 3km.

“The finishes here in Croatia are really technical and quite dangerous so it make it quite nervous,” Cavendish said. “We had a good plan with Mark Renshaw to lead it out into the corners.”

The win and time bonus puts Cavendish into the race lead on the same time as Nizzolo, with Renshaw moving into third at 10 seconds.

“We have the leader’s jersey now which means it will be another long day on the front for Jay tomorrow but he has been so strong and is riding really well,” Cavendish said. “The stage definitely isn’t for me tomorrow but Reinie [Reinardt Janse van Rensburg] can be up there so as a team we will remain prominent in the race.”

Results :

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 5:32:56
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
4 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
5 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
6 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
7 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
9 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
10 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
11 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
12 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
13 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling
14 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
15 Pawel Franczak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
16 Jure Miskulin (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
17 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
18 Elia Favilli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
19 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
20 Rok Korosec (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
21 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
22 Bruno Maltar (Cro) Radenska – Ljubljana
23 Jetse Bol (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
24 Michele Viola (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
25 Maksym Averin (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
26 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
27 Alexey Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
28 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
29 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
30 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
31 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
32 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
33 Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
34 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
35 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
36 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
37 Robbert De Greef (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
38 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
39 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
40 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
41 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
42 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Cycling Academy Team
43 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
44 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
45 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
46 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
47 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil
48 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
49 Jordi Simon (Spa) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
50 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
51 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
52 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
53 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
54 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
55 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff Team
56 Domen Novak (Slo) Adria Mobil
57 Jon Bozic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:13
58 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:00:24
59 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
60 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
61 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:00:51
62 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
63 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
64 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
65 Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
66 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
67 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
68 Scott Davies (GBr) Team WIGGINS
69 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
70 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
71 Daniel Turek (Cze) Cycling Academy Team
72 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek-Segafredo
73 Luuc Bugter (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
74 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
75 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
76 Matej Drinovec (Slo) Adria Mobil
77 Mark Christian (GBr) Team WIGGINS
78 Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
79 Wouter Mol (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
80 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
81 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
82 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
83 Marcin Mrozek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
84 Marko Pavlic (Slo) Cycling Academy Team
85 Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
86 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
87 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Team WIGGINS
88 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
89 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
90 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
91 Izidor Penko (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
92 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
93 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
94 Ziga Rucigaj (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
95 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
96 Tilen Finkst (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
97 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
98 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
99 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS
100 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cycling Academy Team 0:00:00
101 Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:01:51
102 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:51
103 Daniel Patten (GBr) Team WIGGINS 0:02:27
104 Artym Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105 Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team
106 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
107 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:02:50
108 Daniel Biedermann (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
109 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
110 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
111 Daan Meijers (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
112 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Continental Team Join-S de Rijke
113 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
115 Chris Opie (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
116 Yanto Barker (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
117 Mihkel Raim (Est) Cycling Academy Team
118 Aviv Yechezkel (Isr) Cycling Academy Team
119 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
120 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:03:41
121 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 0:04:13
122 James McLaughlin (GBr) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
123 Liam Holohan (GBr) Team WIGGINS 0:04:31
124 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:04:40
125 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:05:33
126 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
127 Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska – Ljubljana
128 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
129 Josip Rumac (Cro) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
130 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
131 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
132 Andreas Walzel (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
133 Lukas Zeller (Aut) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
134 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
135 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr – Simplon Wels
136 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
137 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
138 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
139 Samuel Lowe (GBr) Team WIGGINS
140 Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
141 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
142 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling
143 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
144 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
145 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
146 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
147 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
148 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
149 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team
150 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
151 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team
152 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Cycling Team 0:07:04
153 Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:20
154 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 0:09:46
155 Chris Butler (USA) Cycling Academy Team
156 Joshua Hunt (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
157 Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team 0:11:20
158 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Cycling Academy Team 0:12:39
DNF Owain Doull (GBr) Team WIGGINS
DNS Davide Vigano (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec