Tour of Croatia 2017 – Stage 5 [LAST 40 KM]

April 22, 2017
Tour of Croatia 2017 – Stage 5 – Porec – Ucka : 141 km

The Tour of Croatia is a men’s cycling stage race that takes 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 takes place in April in the build-up to the Giro d’Italia. The event is organised by Vladimir Miholjević, a former professional cyclist.

Jaime Roson (Caja Rural) beat Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) to win the queen stage of the Tour of Croatia on the climb to Ucka, taking back the leader’s jersey after bring caught on the wrong side of a split in the peloton on stage 4.

Nibali seemed determined to win as a way of remembering his former teammate Michele Scarponi – who was killed on Saturday morning after being hit by a van near his home in Italy – but Roson had a different idea.

Nibali sparked the decisive attack on the climb to Ucka and then made several attacks and responded to others. However, he was unable to get around Roson and followed him across the road. Jan Hirt (CCC Sprandi) was third just behind.

Roson now leads Nibali by two seconds before Sunday’s final stage to Zagreb.

Results :
1 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 3:41:47
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
3 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
4 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:05
5 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:08
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:20
7 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
8 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:23
9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain – Merida
10 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:29
11 James Knox (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:00:40
12 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:43
13 Oscar Sanchez Guarin (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:00:52
14 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:00:57
15 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:07
16 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:22
17 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
18 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
19 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
20 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:37
21 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:01:48
22 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
23 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:01:50
24 Jonathan Caicedo Cepeda (Ecu) Bicicletas Strongman
25 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Roth – Akros
26 José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
27 Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Roth – Akros
28 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek – Segafredo 0:02:24
29 Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
30 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
31 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:03:17
32 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:03:27
33 Jonathan Martinez Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
34 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Roth – Akros
35 Francesco Canepa (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:03:36
36 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:04:21
37 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Bahrain – Merida 0:04:26
38 Llibert Sendros Juve (Spa) Kolss Cycling Team 0:04:46
39 Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
40 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
41 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
42 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:04:50
43 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:05:10
44 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:05:15
45 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:05:40
46 Marco Tizza (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:06:10
47 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:07:44
48 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:07:58
49 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
50 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek – Segafredo 0:09:16
51 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:09:56
52 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:11:03
53 Luca Chirico (Ita) Torku Sekerspor 0:11:20
54 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55 Daniel Andres Rozo Velez (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:11:51
56 Aristobulo Cala Cala (Col) Bicicletas Strongman
57 Andrea Borso (Ita) Adria Mobil
58 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
59 Ziga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil
60 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
61 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Torku Sekerspor
62 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:12:23
63 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:12:33
64 Michael O’Loughlin (Irl) Team Wiggins 0:14:03
65 Davide Pacchiardo (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:14:12
66 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:15:28
67 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
68 Damian Lüscher (Swi) Roth – Akros
69 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:16:48
70 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
71 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
72 Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:17:54
73 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:20:06
74 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:20:09
75 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
76 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
77 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek – Segafredo
78 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek – Segafredo
79 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
80 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
81 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
82 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:21:52
83 Nathan Draper (GBr) Team Wiggins
84 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
85 Ivan Balykin (Rus) Torku Sekerspor
86 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
87 Etienne Georgi (GBr) Team Wiggins
88 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
89 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
90 Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team
91 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
92 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Roth – Akros
93 Juan Tamayo Martinez (Col) Bicicletas Strongman
94 Ashley Dennis (GBr) Team Wiggins
95 Gianfranco Raffaele Visconti (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team
96 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil
97 Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
98 Gorazd Per (Slo) Adria Mobil
99 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Torku Sekerspor
100 Leonardo Canepa (Ita) GM Europa Ovini
101 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Adria Mobil
102 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
103 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
104 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain – Merida
105 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo
106 Antonio Di Sante (Ita) GM Europa Ovini
107 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
108 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Torku Sekerspor
109 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:22:23
110 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:23:23
111 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:23:25
112 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:23:37
113 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
114 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
115 Antonio Parrinello (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:23:42
116 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:44
117 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:24:51
118 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:24:54
119 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
120 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:25:21
121 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
122 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
123 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
124 Daniel Auer (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
125 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team
126 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
127 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
128 Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
129 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy
130 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
131 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
132 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
133 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
134 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Torku Sekerspor
135 Adriano Brogi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini
136 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
137 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
138 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
139 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
140 Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
141 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Roth – Akros
142 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team Wiggins
143 Nicolas Marini (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:25:52

General classification after stage 5 :
1 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 21:55:17
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:02
3 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:15
4 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:30
5 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:45
6 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:46
7 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:05
8 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:20
9 James Knox (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:01:22
10 Oscar Sanchez Guarin (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:01:27
11 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:50
12 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:00
13 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:04
14 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:02:15
15 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:39
16 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:54
17 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:03:00
18 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:03:05
19 Jonathan Caicedo Cepeda (Ecu) Bicicletas Strongman 0:03:07
20 José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:38
21 Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:04:09
22 Jonathan Martinez Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:04:17
23 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:04:23
24 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:04:27
25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:04:41
26 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:04:44
27 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:05:14
28 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:05:38
29 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek – Segafredo 0:05:43
30 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:06:44
31 Jure Golcer (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:07:05
32 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:07:08
33 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
34 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:07:18
35 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:07:27
36 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:07:41
37 Llibert Sendros Juve (Spa) Kolss Cycling Team 0:08:10
38 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Bahrain – Merida 0:08:47
39 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:58
40 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek – Segafredo 0:11:21
41 Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:11:39
42 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:12:16
43 Davide Mucelli (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:12:39
44 Marco Tizza (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:12:48
45 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:13:12
46 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:13:35
47 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:13:52
48 Daniel Andres Rozo Velez (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:14:17
49 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:14:18
50 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:14:20
51 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:14:58
52 Luca Chirico (Ita) Torku Sekerspor 0:15:41
53 Francesco Canepa (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:16:07
54 Aristobulo Cala Cala (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:17:42
55 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:18:12
56 Michael O’Loughlin (Irl) Team Wiggins 0:18:23
57 Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:18:27
58 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 0:18:28
59 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:18:33
60 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:18:56
61 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:19:34
62 Damian Lüscher (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:19:49
63 Ziga Groselj (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:21:18
64 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:22:32
65 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:23:35
66 Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:24:03
67 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:24:27
68 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:24:39
69 Antonio Di Sante (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:25:16
70 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 0:26:13
71 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:27:59
72 Mateo Frankovic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:28:09
73 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:28:44
74 Andrea Borso (Ita) Adria Mobil 0:28:49
75 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:29:06
76 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:29:54
77 Leonardo Canepa (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:30:18
78 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:30:19
79 Davide Pacchiardo (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:30:24
80 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:30:34
81 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek – Segafredo 0:30:48
82 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:31:44
83 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:31:49
84 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:31:51
85 Uros Repse (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:32:20
86 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:32:40
87 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:32:55
88 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo 0:33:00
89 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:33:06
90 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:33:36
91 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:34:18
92 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:34:30
93 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:34:37
94 Etienne Georgi (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:34:38
95 Ashley Dennis (GBr) Team Wiggins
96 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek – Segafredo 0:34:54
97 Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:35:01
98 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Roth – Akros
99 Nathan Draper (GBr) Team Wiggins 0:35:08
100 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
101 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain – Merida
102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:35:20
103 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
104 Michael Thompson (GBr) Team Wiggins
105 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
106 Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 0:35:23
107 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:35:48
108 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:36:00
109 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:36:37
110 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil
111 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
112 Ivan Balykin (Rus) Torku Sekerspor
113 Gorazd Per (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:36:44
114 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:37:40
115 Gianfranco Raffaele Visconti (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:37:55
116 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:37:57
117 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:38:17
118 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:38:29
119 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:39:01
120 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:39:09
121 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:39:23
122 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:39:46
123 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:39:53
124 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:39:57
125 Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:40:06
126 Daniel Auer (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
127 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
128 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
129 Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:40:13
130 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:40:26
131 Juan Tamayo Martinez (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:40:39
132 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:40:42
133 Antonio Parrinello (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:40:46
134 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:40:49
135 Nicolas Marini (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:41:49
136 David Jabuka (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team 0:42:35
137 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Roth – Akros 0:42:43
138 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:42:45
139 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:43:00
140 Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 0:43:14
141 Feritcan Samli (Tur) Torku Sekerspor 0:45:28
142 Adriano Brogi (Ita) GM Europa Ovini 0:46:36
143 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:50:54