2017 Tour of Croatia

Twenty teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams and nine UCI Continental teams.[2]

The second stage of the race was scheduled for 123 kilometres (76 miles), but was shortened due to poor weather conditions.[3]

Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	18 April	Osijek to Koprivnica	227 km (141.1 mi)		Flat stage	Sacha Modolo (ITA)
2	19 April	Trogir to Biokovo	107.7 km (66.9 mi)[lower-alpha 1]		Mountain stage	Kristijan Đurasek (CRO)
3	20 April	Imotski to Zadar	237 km (147.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Nicola Ruffoni (ITA)
4	21 April	Crikvenica to Umag	171 km (106.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Nicola Ruffoni (ITA)
5	22 April	Poreč to Učka	141 km (87.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Jaime Rosón (ESP)
6	23 April	Samobor to Zagreb	147 km (91.3 mi)		Flat stage	Sacha Modolo (ITA)

In the 2017 Tour of Croatia, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second and one second to third) and at the finish of mass-start stages; these were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a red jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of Croatia, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth and a point fewer per place down to 1 point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued – awarded on a 5–3–1 scale – at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.

There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth and final jersey represented the classification for young riders, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1[6]	Sacha Modolo	Sacha Modolo	Sacha Modolo	Nikolay Trusov	Riccardo Minali	Nippo–Vini Fantini
2[7]	Kristijan Đurasek	Kristijan Đurasek	Kristijan Đurasek	Kristijan Đurasek	Michal Schlegel	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
3[9]	Nicola Ruffoni	Jaime Rosón	Eduard-Michael Grosu		James Knox
4[11]	Nicola Ruffoni	Vincenzo Nibali	Nicola Ruffoni	Jaime Rosón
5[13]	Jaime Rosón	Jaime Rosón			Michal Schlegel
6[15]	Sacha Modolo	Vincenzo Nibali
Final[15]		Vincenzo Nibali	Nicola Ruffoni	Jaime Rosón	Michal Schlegel	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice

• Official website