Tirreno – Adriatico 2016
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| General | |||
| output | 51. Tirreno-Adriatico | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2016 2nd UWT | ||
| Stages | 7th | ||
| date | March 9-15, 2016 | ||
| overall length | 847.8 km | ||
| Host country |
 Italy |
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| begin | Lido di Camaiore | ||
| target | San Benedetto del Tronto | ||
| Teams | 23 | ||
| Driver at the start | 184 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 175 | ||
| Average speed | 40.944 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
.svg){kind=small} Greg Van Avermaet ( BMC Racing Team ) |
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| Second |
 Peter Sagan ( Tinkoff ) |
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| Third |
 Bob Jungels ( Etixx-Quick Step ) |
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| Scoring |
Peter Sagan ( Tinkoff ) |
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| Mountain scoring |
Cesare Benedetti ( Bora-Argon 18 ) |
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| Young talent evaluation |
Bob Jungels ( Etixx-Quick Step ) |
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| Team evaluation |
Etixx-Quick Step
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| ◀ 2015 | 2017 ▶ | ||
documentation 
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The 51st edition of the Tirreno – Adriatico road bike race was held from March 9th to 15th, 2016 and traditionally leads from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea . The stage race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2016 and within this the third race after the Tour Down Under and Paris – Nice , which coincided with Tirreno – Adriatico. The total distance of the race was 1,019.8 kilometers.
Greg Van Avermaet ( BMC ) won the race by just one second over Peter Sagan ( Tinkoff ) . Third place went to the Luxembourg Bob Jungels ( Etixx-Quick Step ) , 23 seconds behind.
Teams
The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically entitled to start . In addition, five UCI Professional Continental Teams were invited by the organizer .
Stages
The fifth stage was canceled due to snowfall . The queen's stage should have crossed the Apennines and ended with a mountain arrival on Monte San Vicino at an altitude of 1208 m , a mountain of the first category. Before that, mountain ratings were planned in Valico del Soglio (833 m altitude / category 2), in Frontignano (1210 m / category 1), in Le Arette (1113 m / category 1) and in Montelago (1017 m / category 1).
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stage |
date | Stage locations | type | Length (km) | Stage winner | Overall leader |
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| 1st stage | 9 Mar | Lido di Camaiore - Lido di Camaiore |  |
22.7 |
 BMC Racing Team
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Daniel Oss
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| 2nd stage | 10 Mar | Camaiore - Pomarance |  |
207 |
 Zdeněk Štybar
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Zdeněk Štybar
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| 3rd stage | 11th Mar | Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina - Montalto di Castro |  |
176 |
 Fernando Gaviria
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Zdeněk Štybar
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| 4th stage | March 12 | Montalto di Castro - Foligno | |
222 |
 Steve Cummings
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Zdeněk Štybar
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| 5th stage | 13 Mar | Foligno - Monte San Vicino |  |
178 | Stage canceled |
Zdeněk Štybar
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| 6th stage | 14 Mar | Castelraimondo - Cepagatti | |
210 |
Greg Van Avermaet
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Greg Van Avermaet
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| 7th stage | 15th Mar | San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto |  |
10.1 |
 Fabian Cancellara
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Greg Van Avermaet
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Scoring jerseys
| stage | Stage winner | Overall rating
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Scoring
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Mountain scoring
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Young talent evaluation
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Team evaluation |
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| 1 | BMC Racing Team | Daniel Oss | not forgiven | not forgiven | Yves Lampaert | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Bob Jungels | |
| 3 | Fernando Gaviria | Peter Sagan | ||||
| 4th | Stephen Cummings | Cesare Benedetti | ||||
| 5 | failed due to snow | |||||
| 6th | Greg Van Avermaet | Greg Van Avermaet | Etixx-Quick Step | |||
| 7th | Fabian Cancellara | |||||
| Valuation winner | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | Etixx-Quick Step | |
Web links
- Official website (Italian / English)
- Tirreno – Adriatico 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Van Avermaet celebrates overall victory, Cancellara wins time trial. radsport-news.com, March 15, 2016, accessed March 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Felix Mattis: Vegni: "Do not want to risk the health of the drivers" - Queen stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico canceled due to snow. radsport-news.com, March 13, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 .
