Polish rider Marceli Boguslawski is the first leader of the Istrian Spring Trophy, which kicked off today in Croatia with the prologue time trial in Vrsar over a short 1500-meter distance. The Continental ATT Investments rider covered the distance in 1'31", beating Belgian Van Kerckhove by 1" and American Bickmore. An excellent performance by Friulian Davide Stella, who finished fifth, just 2" behind the winner.

FINAL STANDINGS

1 BOGUSLAWSKI Marceli ATT Investments 00:01:31

2 VAN KERCKHOVE Matisse Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development + 01

3 BICKMORE Cade Project Echelon Racing + 01

4 FINKST Tilen Adria Mobil + 02

5 STELLA Davide UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 02

6 PAJUR Romet Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies + 02

7 SMITH Will Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development + 02

8 GLADEK Marcel Factor Racing + 02

9 RAJOVIC Dusan Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 02

10 PATTINSON Tomos Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development + 02

11 BOICHIS Adrien Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies + 02

12 SUTER Joel Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 + 02

13 SCHWARZBACHER Matthias UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 03

14 PELIKAN Janos Team United Shipping + 03

15 MATTIO Pietro Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development + 03

16 HALTER Nicolas Thömus Maxon Team + 04

17 GUILLEMETTE Mathias Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 + 04

18 GOSZCZURNY Patryk Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development + 04

19 THORNLEY Callum Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies + 04

20 SKOK Anze Adria Mobil + 04

21 JASCH Lennart Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies + 04

22 COLEMAN Zak Voster ATS Team + 04

23 FRYDKJÆR Patrick Lidl-Trek Future Racing + 04

24 MOREIRA Daniel Hagens Berman Jayco + 04

25 AVANCINI Henrique Factor Racing + 04

26 POLZER David ARBÖ Kärnten Sport Feld Am See + 05

27 STOLIC Mihajlo Team United Shipping + 05

28 MILAN Matteo Lidl-Trek Future Racing + 05

29 FREIRE Marcos UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 05

30 JUST PEDERSEN Carl Emil Hagens Berman Jayco + 05

31 COLNAGHI Luca VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 0