Tour of Croatia 2017 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

April 23, 2017

Tour of Croatia 2017 – Stage 6 – Samobor – Zagreb : 147 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.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) sealed the overall victory in the Tour of Croatia, wresting the win from Spaniard Jaime Roson (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) on the final stage. The Italian took the first intermediate sprint bonus to move ahead in the GC, and then gapped Roson in the finish to win the overall by eight seconds. Jan Hirt (CCC Sprandi Polkowice) rounded out the podium.

Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) won the final stage by two seconds over teammate Jan Polanc and Boy van Poppel (Trek-Segafredo), with Nibali in fourth.

“I’m happy I completed a very good performance by the team,” Modolo said after jumping away on the twisting, cobbled finale. “Jan and I obtained an impressive double. The finale was not easy, it was necessary to have power and stamina, I had good feelings. My morale in view of the Giro d’Italia is high.”

Roson was in a group seven seconds down on Nibali, having conceded the race lead in the day’s first intermediate sprint.

Nibali surprised Caja Rural by attacking for the first sprint bonus, just 3.8km into the stage, and Roson was disappointed to have missed out on a big result for his palmares.

“Clearly its been a difficult day for us,” Roson said. “The team had done great work all this week, so in that sense its a pity. I lost this battle to one of the greatest cyclists in history, so it’s not so bad when you think of it like that. In the mountains I was the strongest, but the strongest doesn’t always win. I’ll leave with my head held high as there is a long season ahead so this result is not the end of the world.”

Nibali dedicated the victory to his friend Michele Scarponi, who was fatally struck by a vehicle while he was training at home in Italy.

“This win is for Michele, for a great friend; he was like a brother for me,” Nibali said. “The last two days have been difficult and everyone can understand why. I raced with sadness in my heart, even if my form was good. I wanted to win for Michele.”

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

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