CYCLISTS from Croatia

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Cyclists of all time. This list of famous Croatian Cyclists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Vladimir Miholjević (1974 - )

With an HPI of 31.26, Vladimir Miholjević is the most famous Croatian Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Vladimir Miholjević (born 18 January 1974) is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned pro in 1997. As of 2016, he, Robert Kišerlovski and Kristijan Đurasek are only three Croats who has completed the Tour de France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2. Radoslav Rogina (1979 - )

With an HPI of 27.88, Radoslav Rogina is the 2nd most famous Croatian Cyclist.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Radoslav Rogina (born 3 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2020, for the Tenax, Perutnina Ptuj, Loborika and Adria Mobil teams. Rogina represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics when he finished 25th in the road race event. He represented Croatia again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London finishing 41st in road race.

3. Kristijan Đurasek (1987 - )

With an HPI of 23.62, Kristijan Đurasek is the 3rd most famous Croatian Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Kristijan Đurasek (born 26 July 1987) is a Croatian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He has been competing since 2005, and has represented Croatia at two Summer Olympic Games, in 2012 and 2016. In November 2019 he was banned for four years, backdated to May of that year, due to the Operation Aderlass investigation into blood doping.