Dangerous CRO Race finale sparks more criticism of UCI over rider safety

CRO Race 2022 - 7th edition - 6th stage - Sveta Nedelja - Zagreb 158 km - 02/10/2022 - Marc Brustenga (ESP - Trek - Segafredo) - photo Tommaso Pelagalli/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
The final stage of the CRO Race (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)

The 2022 race season is drawing to a close but calls for the UCI to take action on dangerous race courses show no sign of abating as the recently completed CRO Race becomes the latest event to come in for criticism.

The very technical final six kilometres of stage 6 of the Croatian race into Zagreb city centre included various un-barriered sections where riders could weave their way past spectators and small anti-parking bollards on the pavement. 

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.