2018 Tour of Croatia

Nineteen teams were invited to start the race.[3] These included three UCI WorldTeams, 11 UCI Professional Continental teams and five UCI Continental teams.[4]

In the 2018 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 2018 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, first, 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 1996 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[7]	Niccolò Bonifazio	Niccolò Bonifazio	Niccolò Bonifazio	Emil Dima	Jon Božič	Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
2[9]	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Peter Koning		Astana
3[11]	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	Kanstantsin Sivtsov		Kanstantsin Sivtsov	Yevgeniy Gidich
4[13]	Alessandro Tonelli
5[15]	Manuele Boaro		Alessandro Tonelli	Peter Koning		Bahrain–Merida
6[1]	Paolo Simion		Eduard-Michael Grosu
Final[1]		Kanstantsin Sivtsov	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Peter Koning	Yevgeniy Gidich	Bahrain–Merida

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