Tobias Svarre wins stage 3 of the CRO Race and takes the leader's jersey

Tobias Svarre (Uno-X Mobility) won stage 3 of the 2026 CRO Race, 174.5 kilometres finishing in Labin, in 4:10:54. The Norwegian team's rider beat Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), who finished in the same time, and Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG), who came in 6 seconds later. With this result Svarre takes the leader's jersey of the general classification from Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides. The race The stage was decided on the first-category climb of Skitača, 3.2 kilometres at an average gradient of 11.7%, whose summit was 21.5 kilometres from the finish. On that section the three strongest riders in the group selected themselves, and they then worked together until the last 3 kilometres. On the final ramp, partly on pavé and 1.6 kilometres long at 6.3%, Svarre attacked when the gradient became harder, 250 metres from the finish, dropping Wellens; Tiberi did not have the pace to respond to the final acceleration. Stage results Tobias Svarre (Uno-X Mobility) — 4:10:54 Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) — s.t. Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) — +0:06 Adrien Boichis (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe) — +0:29 Sam Maisonobe (Cofidis) — +0:31 General classification After stage 3, Svarre leads the general classification with 10:50:58, with 4 seconds on Tiberi and 8 seconds on Wellens. The race continues tomorrow with a new stage.