CRO Race - international cycling race (start from the city of Krk)

Island/city of Krk: September 29, 2023.

CRO Race - international cycling race (start from the city of Krk)
Start: from the city of Krk
Categories: UCI WorldTeams, UCI ProTeams and UCI Continental Teams

CRO Race is a top sporting event, which through six stages of the competition
passes through the whole of Croatia, thus making it a sports arena,
bringing together world cyclists and teams from UCI categories
WorldTeams, UCI ProTeams and UCI Continental Teams. Special feature
of this year's eighth edition is that the race is finally coming to the islands,
and the island of Krk is the first island destination and host of the start of the CRO Race and will
host some of the best cyclists and cycling teams of today!
As partners of the project, together with the Tourist Board of the City of Krk, CRO races
The race was joined by the Tourist Board of the Municipality of Malinska-Dubašnica,
Tourist Board of the Municipality of Dobrinj, Tourist Board of the Municipality
Omišalj, Punat Municipality Tourist Board, Municipality Tourist Board
Baška, the Tourist Board of the Municipality of Vrbnik and the Tourist Board of the island
Krka, with the support of the Kvarner Tourist Board.

The city of Krk hosts the fifth stage of the international bicycle race

This year's race will take place between September 26 and October 1, 2023.
year, and the fifth (so-called royal) stage, which starts from the city of Krk,
is planned for September 29. With the goal of winning the CRO Race, competitors will
drive more than a thousand kilometers, and their revolutions will follow even 190
countries on six continents, of which 130 are televised
live!
The CRO Race race is included in the international race calendar of the World
cycling organization (UCI) and the biggest ones perform there
cycling stars as evidenced by the fact that in the past
the winner of the Tour de France in 2022 also competed in the edition of CRO Race,
Jonas Vingegaard, recording a victory on the fifth stage.
CRO Race selects cities throughout Croatia for starts and ends,
thus connecting north and south, coast and continent. Her added
value, apart from the sports and promotional segment, is also promotion
healthy and active lifestyle.

Expansion of the outdoor offer - one of the priorities

- The expansion of outdoor activities and the offer of active vacations has become
a kind of priority on our island, so the role of the island and the city of Krk
as the host of the fifth stage of the international bicycle race CRO Race perfect
continuation of those aspirations. Significance and possibilities of this kind of promotion
they recognized all the island's tourist boards and thus joined
to a large number of world tourist destinations that represent i
promote their beauty through collaborations on such relevant and sound
projects. The island of Krk and cycle tourism are already connected by a series of projects that
is made possible by an organized network of hundreds of marked kilometers
bike paths, and we are especially pleased that the city will
This year, Krk will have the opportunity to represent this significant part of the island
offers through the CRO Race, said Ivana Kovačić, director
Tourist boards of the City of Krk.


Date and time: 29.09.2023.
Location: KRK CITY

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