2016 Tirreno–Adriatico

2016 Tirreno–Adriatico
2016 UCI World Tour, race 3 of 28
Race details
Dates	9–15 March 2016
Stages	7
Distance	850.8 km (528.7 mi)
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Team
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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]}

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 schedule^[4]
Stage	Date	Route	Distance		Winner
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	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

	Team	Time
1	BMC Racing Team	23' 55"
2	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 2"
3	FDJ	+ 9"
4	Tinkoff	+ 11"
5	IAM Cycling	+ 12"
6	Astana	+ 15"
7	Trek–Segafredo	+ 17"
8	Team Sky	+ 21"
9	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 25"
10	Movistar Team	+ 29"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Daniel Oss (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	22' 55"
2	Tejay van Garderen (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
3	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
4	Taylor Phinney (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
5	Manuel Quinziato (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
6	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
7	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 2"
8	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 2"
9	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 2"
10	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 2"

Stage 2

10 March 2016 — Camaiore to Pomarance, 207 km (128.6 mi)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	5h 10' 03"
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 1"
3	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1"
4	Simon Clarke (AUS)	Cannondale	+ 1"
5	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1"
6	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Astana	+ 1"
7	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 1"
8	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1"
9	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	+ 1"
10	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 1"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	5h 33' 50"
2	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
3	Tejay van Garderen (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
4	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
5	Daniel Oss (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
6	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
7	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
8	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 14"
9	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	+ 18"
10	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	FDJ	+ 18"

Stage 3

11 March 2016 — Castelnuovo Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro, 176 km (109.4 mi)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Etixx–Quick-Step	4h 17' 28"
2	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Team Sky	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Leigh Howard (AUS)	IAM Cycling	s.t.
6	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
7	Zico Waeytens (BEL)	Team Giant–Alpecin	s.t.
8	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	s.t.
9	Moreno Hofland (NED)	LottoNL–Jumbo	s.t.
10	Nikias Arndt (GER)	Team Giant–Alpecin	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	9h 51' 18"
2	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
3	Daniel Oss (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
4	Tejay van Garderen (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
5	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
6	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
7	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
8	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 14"
9	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	+ 18"
10	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	FDJ	+ 18"

Stage 4

12 March 2016 — Montalto di Castro to Foligno, 222 km (137.9 mi)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Steve Cummings (GBR)	Team Dimension Data	6h 04' 49"
2	Salvatore Puccio (ITA)	Team Sky	+ 13"
3	Natnael Berhane (ERI)	Team Dimension Data	+ 13"
4	Daniel Moreno (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 13"
5	Jan Bakelants (BEL)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 13"
6	Matteo Montaguti (ITA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 16"
7	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 25"
8	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 25"
9	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 25"
10	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 25"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	9h 51' 18"
2	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
3	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
4	Tejay van Garderen (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 9"
5	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
6	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 11"
7	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 14"
8	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	+ 18"
9	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	FDJ	+ 18"
10	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff	+ 20"

Stage 5

13 March 2016 — Foligno to Monte San Vicino, 178 km (110.6 mi)

Stage cancelled due to snow.

Stage 6

14 March 2016 — Castelraimondo to Cepagatti, 210 km (130.5 mi)

Stage 6 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	4h 34' 14"
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	s.t.
3	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	+ 2"
4	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 4"
5	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 7"
6	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 7"
7	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	+ 7"
8	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 7"
9	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	+ 7"
10	Moreno Hofland (NED)	LottoNL–Jumbo	+ 7"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	20h 30' 43"
2	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 7"
3	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 8"
4	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 21"
5	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 21"
6	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	+ 28"
7	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	FDJ	+ 28"
8	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff	+ 30"
9	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	+ 31"
10	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Astana	+ 34"

Stage 7

15 March 2016 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 10.1 km (6.3 mi)

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Trek–Segafredo	11' 08"
2	Johan Le Bon (FRA)	FDJ	+ 13"
3	Tony Martin (GER)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 15"
4	Alex Dowsett (GBR)	Movistar Team	+ 15"
5	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	Tinkoff	+ 17"
6	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	FDJ	+ 18"
7	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Dimension Data	+ 19"
8	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Team Sky	+ 20"
9	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 22"
10	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 24"

Final General Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	20h 42' 22"
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	+ 1"
3	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 23"
4	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	FDJ	+ 24"
5	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	FDJ	+ 24"
6	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Astana	+ 29"
7	Zdenek Štybar (CZE)	Etixx–Quick-Step	+ 33"
8	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	+ 39"
9	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 45"
10	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff	+ 48"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
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	Zdeněk Štybar
4	Steve Cummings			Cesare Benedetti
5	stage cancelled
6	Greg Van Avermaet	Greg Van Avermaet				Etixx–Quick-Step
7	Fabian Cancellara	Greg Van Avermaet				Etixx–Quick-Step
Final		Greg Van Avermaet	Peter Sagan	Cesare Benedetti	Bob Jungels	Etixx–Quick-Step