| 2017 Tour of Croatia | |
| Series: | 2017 UCI Europe Tour |
| Date: | 18–23 April 2017 |
| Stages: | 6 |
| Distance: | 1030.7 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 25h 12' 10" |
| First: | Vincenzo Nibali |
| First Nat: | ITA |
| First Color: | red |
| Second: | Jaime Rosón |
| Second Nat: | ESP |
| Third: | Jan Hirt |
| Third Nat: | CZE |
| Mountains: | Jaime Rosón |
| Mountains Nat: | ESP |
| Mountains Color: | green |
| Points: | Nicola Ruffoni |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Color: | blue |
| Youth: | Michal Schlegel |
| Youth Nat: | CZE |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 Tour of Croatia was a road cycling stage race that took place in Croatia between 18 and 23 April 2017. It was the third edition of the Tour of Croatia since its revival in 2015, and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.
The race was won by 's Vincenzo Nibali.[1]
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 123km (76miles), but was shortened due to poor weather conditions.[3]
| scope=col | Stage | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Route | scope=col | Distance | scope=col colspan="2" | Type | scope=col | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 18 April | Osijek to Koprivnica | 227km (141miles) | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 2 | 19 April | Trogir to Biokovo | 107.7km (66.9miles) | Mountain stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 3 | 20 April | Imotski to Zadar | 237km (147miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 4 | 21 April | Crikvenica to Umag | 171km (106miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 5 | 22 April | Poreč to Učka | 141km (88miles) | Mountain stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 6 | 23 April | Samobor to Zagreb | 147km (91miles) | Flat stage |
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.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points for | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Points for | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Points for | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacha Modolo | Sacha Modolo | Sacha Modolo | Nikolay Trusov | Riccardo Minali | ||
| 2 | Kristijan Đurasek | Kristijan Đurasek | Kristijan Đurasek | Kristijan Đurasek | Michal Schlegel | ||
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni | Jaime Rosón | Eduard-Michael Grosu | James Knox | |||
| 4 | Nicola Ruffoni | Vincenzo Nibali | Nicola Ruffoni | Jaime Rosón | |||
| 5 | Jaime Rosón | Jaime Rosón | Michal Schlegel | ||||
| 6 | Sacha Modolo | Vincenzo Nibali | |||||
| Final | Vincenzo Nibali | Nicola Ruffoni | Jaime Rosón | Michal Schlegel | |||