2017 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2017 Tirreno–Adriatico was a road cycling stage race that took place between 8 and 14 March. It was the 52nd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico and was the seventh event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.[1][2]
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| Dates | 8–14 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,030.7 km (640.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 25h 56' 27" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race was won for the second time in three years by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana, riding for the Movistar Team.[3] Quintana took the race lead after winning the queen stage of the race to Monte Terminillo, and maintained it to the end of the race, ultimately winning by 25 seconds over BMC Racing Team rider Rohan Dennis, who won the final individual time trial stage as well as being part of the opening stage-winning team time trial. The podium was completed by FDJ's Thibaut Pinot, a further 11 seconds in arrears of Dennis.[4]
In the race's other classifications, Bora–Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan won the points classification after two stage victories, a second-place stage finish and a third place; Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia rider Davide Ballerini won the mountains classification, while Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) overtook Egan Bernal for the victory in the young rider classification, overhauling him in the final time trial. Quintana's Movistar Team won the teams classification with Jonathan Castroviejo also placing in the top ten overall.
Teams
As Tirreno–Adriatico is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.[5][6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Route
The route of the 2017 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced on 15 December 2016.[7] The sixth stage, initially due to be held over 159 kilometres (99 miles) was extended to 168 kilometres (104 miles), as a result of sub-standard road conditions.[8]
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 8 March | Lido di Camaiore to Lido di Camaiore | 22.7 km (14 mi) |  | Team time trial | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | 9 March | Camaiore to Pomarance | 229 km (142 mi) |  | Medium-mountain stage |  Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
| 3 | 10 March | Monterotondo Marittimo to Montalto di Castro | 204 km (127 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 4 | 11 March | Montalto di Castro to Monte Terminillo | 187 km (116 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Nairo Quintana (COL) |
| 5 | 12 March | Rieti to Fermo | 210 km (130 mi) | | Medium-mountain stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 6 | 13 March | Ascoli Piceno to Civitanova Marche | 168 km (104 mi) | | Hilly stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 7 | 14 March | San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto | 10 km (6 mi) |  | Individual time trial | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rohan Dennis (AUS) |
Stages
Stage 1
- 8 March 2017 — Lido di Camaiore to Lido di Camaiore, 22.7 km (14 mi), team time trial (TTT)[10]
For the second year in succession, BMC Racing Team sealed victory on the opening day, as the American team recorded a time some 16 seconds faster than their closest rivals, Quick-Step Floors. Leading the team over the line was Italian rider Damiano Caruso, which enabled him to receive the first blue jersey for the general classification leader. The team's overall contenders Tejay van Garderen and Rohan Dennis were amongst the sextet at the finish,[11] taking an early advantage over their rivals.
The team time trial was marred by a crash suffered by Team Sky rider Gianni Moscon, when his front wheel disintegrated at high speed. Moscon fell to the tarmac, suffering abrasions, but was able to remount.[12] After the stage,[13] Geraint Thomas stated to the media that two other team members suffered broken wheels during the stage; Team Sky ultimately finished 1 minute, 41 seconds down on the time of the BMC Racing Team.
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Stage 2
The day's breakaway consisted of Davide Ballerini and Raffaello Bonusi from Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia, Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale), Nippo–Vini Fantini's Alan Marangoni, Mirco Maestri for Bardiani–CSF, and Charles Planet (Team Novo Nordisk).[17] This sextet managed to gain around four minutes on the peloton, but after the climb to Volterra their advantage had been cut in half; with 41 km (25 mi) to go, a crash in the peloton took down several riders including Caleb Ewan (Orica–Scott) and Jurgen Van den Broeck (LottoNL–Jumbo). Ewan was later forced to abandon, and joined teammate Roger Kluge on the sidelines after he had earlier abandoned earlier in the day.
With 27 km (17 mi) to go the leaders were in sight of the peloton with BMC Racing Team, Trek–Segafredo, Bora–Hansgrohe and Orica–Scott carrying out the tempo at the front of the group; this started a wave of counter-attacks from the main field, with attacks from Iuri Filosi (Nippo–Vini Fantini), and Team Sky pairing Gianni Moscon and Michał Kwiatkowski. Inside of 5.5 km (3 mi) remaining, Quick-Step Floors's Bob Jungels and Geraint Thomas (Team Sky attacked on the 16% steep climb towards Pomarance, pulling Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal), and BMC Racing Team duo Tejay van Garderen and Damiano Caruso – in the leader's blue jersey – away with them. With Thomas pulling clear of Jungels, Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) countered to the group of pursuers; Thomas was able to stay clear until the end, winning the stage by nine seconds from Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb.[18]
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Stage 3
- 10 March 2017 — Monterotondo Marittimo to Montalto di Castro, 204 km (127 mi)[21]
A group of riders that included Andriy Hrivko (Astana), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), Mattia Frapporti (Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia), Mirco Maestri and Luca Wackermann (Bardiani–CSF), Iuri Filosi and Kohei Uchima (Nippo–Vini Fantini) broke clear of the peloton in the early kilometres, with a gap of over three minutes ahead of the day's only categorised climb, at Scansano. Just as he had done the previous day, Maestri took maximum points at the pair of intermediate sprint points on the route, but the peloton was still pulling the breakaway back, and the field was as one again, with around 20 km (12 mi) remaining.
There was a crash in the final kilometres of the stage that took down Quick-Step Floors's main sprinter, Fernando Gaviria, and delaying numerous other riders as well – with the crash coming within the final 3 km (2 mi), all riders in the group were given the same time as the stage winner. At the finish, the world champion Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe) took his first victory of the season, edging out Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto–Soudal) in a sprint to the line.[22] With race leader Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) among those that were delayed by the Gaviria crash, he ceded the race lead – for the third leader in as many days – to teammate Rohan Dennis.[23]
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Stage 4
- 11 March 2017 — Montalto di Castro to Monte Terminillo, 187 km (116 mi)[26]
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Stage 5
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Stage 6
- 13 March 2017 — Ascoli Piceno to Civitanova Marche, 168 km (104 mi)[8][32]
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Stage 7
- 14 March 2017 — San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto, 10 km (6 mi), individual time trial (ITT)[35]
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Classification leadership table
In the 2017 Tirreno–Adriatico, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey.[36] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| Points awarded | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages – with the exception of the team time trial, which awarded no points towards the classification – were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place, two for third and one for fourth. The leader of the points classification was awarded a red jersey.[36]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| Points for Superior | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Points for single category | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either Superior-, or single-category, with more points available for the more difficult, Superior-category climb, Monte Terminillo.[36] For Monte Terminillo, the top seven riders earned points; on the other climbs, only the top four riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a green jersey.[36]
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey.[36] Only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification.[36] There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.[36]
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Young rider classification |
Teams classification |
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| 1[37] | BMC Racing Team | Damiano Caruso | Not awarded | Not awarded | Stefan Küng | BMC Racing Team |
| 2[38] | Geraint Thomas | Greg Van Avermaet | Geraint Thomas | Davide Ballerini | Bob Jungels | |
| 3[39] | Peter Sagan | Rohan Dennis | Peter Sagan | |||
| 4[40] | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Mirco Maestri | Nairo Quintana | Adam Yates | Movistar Team |
| 5[41] | Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan | Egan Bernal | |||
| 6[42] | Fernando Gaviria | Davide Ballerini | ||||
| 7[3] | Rohan Dennis | Bob Jungels | ||||
| Final[3] | Nairo Quintana | Peter Sagan | Davide Ballerini | Bob Jungels | Movistar Team | |
Final classification standings
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) |
Movistar Team | 25h 56' 27" |
| 2 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) |
BMC Racing Team | + 25" |
| 3 |  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
FDJ | + 36" |
| 4 |  Primož Roglič (SLO) |
LottoNL–Jumbo | + 45" |
| 5 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
Team Sky | + 58" |
| 6 |  Tom Dumoulin (NED) |
Team Sunweb | + 1' 01" |
| 7 |  Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) |
Movistar Team | + 1' 18" |
| 8 | Rigoberto Urán (COL) |
Cannondale–Drapac | + 1' 36" |
| 9 | Bauke Mollema (NED) |
Trek–Segafredo | + 1' 38" |
| 10 |  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) |
AG2R La Mondiale | + 1' 59" |
Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Bora–Hansgrohe | 42 |
| 2 | Mirco Maestri (ITA) |
Bardiani–CSF | 40 |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
Team Sky | 32 |
| 4 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) |
Team Sunweb | 19 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana (COL) |
Movistar Team | 17 |
| 6 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) |
BMC Racing Team | 17 |
| 7 | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
LottoNL–Jumbo | 15 |
| 8 | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
Team Sky | 15 |
| 9 | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
Quick-Step Floors | 12 |
| 10 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
FDJ | 12 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Davide Ballerini (ITA) |
Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | 18 |
| 2 | Alan Marangoni (ITA) |
Nippo–Vini Fantini | 16 |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana (COL) |
Movistar Team | 15 |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
Team Sky | 11 |
| 5 |  Andrey Amador (CRC) |
Movistar Team | 5 |
| 6 |  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Team Sky | 5 |
| 7 | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Bora–Hansgrohe | 5 |
| 8 | Maurits Lammertink (NED) |
Team Katusha–Alpecin | 5 |
| 9 | Iuri Filosi (ITA) |
Nippo–Vini Fantini | 5 |
| 10 | Rigoberto Urán (COL) |
Cannondale–Drapac | 5 |
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Bob Jungels (LUX) |
Quick-Step Floors | 25h 59' 20" |
| 2 | Egan Bernal (COL) |
Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | + 27" |
| 3 |  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) |
Team Sunweb | + 13' 33" |
| 4 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) |
Cannondale–Drapac | + 26' 24" |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jasper Stuyven (BEL) |
Trek–Segafredo | + 27' 47" |
| 6 | Gianni Moscon (ITA) |
Team Sky | + 30' 03" |
| 7 | Mike Teunissen (NED) |
Team Sunweb | + 30' 09" |
| 8 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) |
Lotto–Soudal | + 31' 37" |
| 9 | Matej Mohorič (SLO) |
UAE Team Emirates | + 33' 23" |
| 10 |  Rick Zabel (GER) |
Team Katusha–Alpecin | + 41' 34" |
Teams classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Movistar Team | 77h 05' 00" |
| 2 | BMC Racing Team | + 3' 15" |
| 3 | Team Sky | + 7' 41" |
| 4 | Astana | + 15' 19" |
| 5 | FDJ | + 15' 32" |
| 6 | Orica–Scott | + 15' 54" |
| 7 | Team Katusha–Alpecin | + 17' 31" |
| 8 | Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | + 18' 33" |
| 9 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20' 29" |
| 10 | Bahrain–Merida | + 21' 29" |
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