Stage 1 : Split – Dubrovnik (188km)

Late departure for the first stage, with opportunity to visit the historic center of Split and the UNESCO-listed Diocletian’s Palace, dominated by the massif of Kozjak. It was under the showers that the route took the coastal road and its succession of seaside resorts and fortresses while the participants had an appointment with a first test of regularity disputed on a soggy road.

Before reaching the lunch place, located in Gradac on the long pebble beach, the course offered many views on the islands of Solta, Brac and Hvar and its small fishing ports. The route then meandered between mountains and lakes for the second special stage, organized this time under a lot better weather, where some clearings marked the crossings between Croatia and Bosnia – Herzegovina.

The rally then left the seaside until the Sun Gardens Hotel in Dubrovnik where competitors are staying tonight, facing the famous port city, true Adriatic pearl with splendid palaces full of story that they also had the opportunity to visit.
See you tomorrow for the second leg, in a loop, which will be played in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Classement général provisoire / Temporary Ranking Classic

The rally in pictures

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