Yevgeniy Gidich won the third stage of the CRO Race, shortened due to extreme weather conditions.
Stage 3 took its start in Okrug, but after 20 km the jury decided to stop the race due to dangerous wind conditions. The stage has been neutralized and restarted later from a point with 43 km to the finish line in Makarska.
After a perfect lead-out done by Davide Villella, Gidich launched his sprint with 200 meters to go to take the stage victory and the red jersey from Eduard Grosu.
Gidich held off Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida) and Alex Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott) to take the win.
He moved into the lead in the general classification of the CRO Race, having 6 seconds on Alex Edmondson and 10 seconds on Grega Bole.
CRO Race 2019 – stage 3 results (Okrug – Makarska):
| 1 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | 1:03:21 |
| 2 | Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
| 3 | Alex Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 4 | Cyril Gautier (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels) | ,, |
| 5 | Maciej Paterski (Wibatech Merx) | ,, |
| 6 | Sjoerd Bax (Metec-TKH) | ,, |
| 7 | Mattia Frapporti (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) | ,, |
| 8 | Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 9 | Andi Bajc (Felbermayr Simplon Wels) | ,, |
| 10 | Joey Rosskopf (CCC) | ,, |
CRO Race 2019 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | 10:24:16 |
| 2 | Alex Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott) | +06” |
| 3 | Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida) | +10” |
| 4 | Alexis Guerin (Delko Marseille Provence) | +14” |
| 5 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | +15” |
| 6 | Mattia Frapporti (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) | +16” |
| 7 | Andi Bajc (Felbermayr Simplon Wels) | ,, |
| 8 | Joey Rosskopf (CCC) | ,, |
| 9 | Maciej Paterski (Wibatech Merx) | ,, |
| 10 | Andrey Zeits (Astana) | ,, |
