Milan declared winner of stage 2 at CRO Race

Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) (Image credit: SprintCyclingAgency)

Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) won for a second straight day at the CRO Race with a photo finish victory over Pierre Barbier (B&B Hotels - KTM).

The Italian extended his overall lead after the frantic downhill finish in Zadar on stage 2. Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) took third place.

\With 23.5km to go, the breakaway lost Barač and lost a chunk of time, the gap dipping under one minute. The peloton continued to drive a pace along the long straightaway motivated to make the catch to the start the closing circuits. For the escapees, it seemed to just leave the combativity award as the only prize remaining with under 10km to go.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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