2016 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 51st edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycling stage race was held from 9 to 15 March 2016. It was the third event of the 2016 UCI World Tour.[1] Due to the cancellation of stage 5, the race was run over six stages, covering a total distance of 850.8 km (529 mi).[2][N 1]
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| Dates | 9–15 March 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 850.8 km (528.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route
The route for the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced in December 2015 in Camaiore, where the race starts.[3] The first stage is a 22.7-kilometre (14.1 mi) team time trial on the coast. The second – and first road stage – finishes on a short climb, suiting classics riders. The third and fourth stages have flat finishes, favouring sprinters. The fifth stage is the queen stage of the race: it features five categorised climbs, finishing with the 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) ascent of Monte San Vicino. The sixth stage again suits sprinters. The race finishes in San Benedetto del Tronto for the fiftieth consecutive year with a 10.1-kilometre (6.3 mi) individual time trial to decide the final standings.[3]
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 9 March | Lido di Camaiore | 22.7 km (14 mi) |  | Team time trial | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | 10 March | Camaiore to Pomarance | 207 km (129 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) |
| 3 | 11 March | Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro | 176 km (109 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 4 | 12 March | Montalto di Castro to Foligno | 216 km (134 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Steve Cummings (GBR) |
| 5 | 13 March | Foligno to Monte San Vicino | 178 km (111 mi) |  | Mountain stage | cancelled due to snow[2] |
| 6 | 14 March | Castelraimondo to Cepagatti | 210 km (130 mi) | | Flat stage | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| 7 | 15 March | San Benedetto del Tronto | 10.1 km (6 mi) | | Individual time trial |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
Participating teams
As Tirreno–Adriatico is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI Pro Teams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race.[5] Five other teams were given wild cards to enter the race.[6] All teams sent the allowed number of riders, eight, totaling 184 riders.[7][8]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Stages
Stage 1
9 March 2016 – Lido di Camaiore, 22.7 km (14.1 mi) (TTT)
Stage 1 Result
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General Classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2
Stage 2 Result
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General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
- 11 March 2016 — Castelnuovo Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro, 176 km (109.4 mi)
Stage 3 Result
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 12 March 2016 — Montalto di Castro to Foligno, 222 km (137.9 mi)
Stage 4 Result
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 6
- 14 March 2016 — Castelraimondo to Cepagatti, 210 km (130.5 mi)
Stage 6 Result
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7
- 15 March 2016 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 10.1 km (6.3 mi)
Stage 7 Result
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Final General Classification
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Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Teams classification |
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| 1 | BMC Racing Team | Daniel Oss | not awarded | not awarded | Yves Lampaert | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Bob Jungels | |
| 3 | Fernando Gaviria | Peter Sagan | ||||
| 4 | Steve Cummings | Cesare Benedetti | ||||
| 5 | stage cancelled | |||||
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | Greg Van Avermaet | Etixx–Quick-Step | |||
| 7 | Fabian Cancellara | |||||
| Final | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | Etixx–Quick-Step | |
Notes
- Originally scheduled as 1,019.8 km (634 mi), the distance was scaled back to 850.8 km (529 mi) after the cancellation of stage 5.
References
- Wynn, Nigel. "UCI WorldTour calendar 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- Farrand, Stephen. "Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5 cancelled due to snow". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- Farrand, Stephen (21 December 2015). "Tirreno-Adriatico 2016 route unveiled". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- "2016 Route". gazzetta.it. La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- "UCI Cycling Regulations: Part 2: Road Races page 110 article 2.15.127" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- "Giro d'Italia, Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo wild cards 2016 announced". gazzetta.it. RCS MediaGroup. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- "51th Tirreno - Adriatico - Regulations" (PDF). tirrenoadriatico.it. RCS Mediagroup S.P.A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- "Start List" (PDF). tirrenoadriatico.it. RCS Mediagroup S.P.A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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