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2018 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico NAMEDSPORT was a road bicycle racing, road cycling cycling stage race, stage race that took place between 7 and 13 March 2018 in Italy. It was the 53rd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico and the seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. A Polish rider won the race for the first time, as 's Michał Kwiatkowski took the overall victory; Kwiatkowski took the race lead after gaining bonus seconds on the fifth stage, and maintained the lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski finished 24 seconds clear of Damiano Caruso (), while the podium was completed by another rider, Geraint Thomas, a further 8 seconds behind Caruso. In the other classifications, Jacopo Mosca () won the orange jersey as points classification winner, while Nicola Bagioli () won the mountains classification and its accompanying green jersey. The young rider classification and the white jersey was won by 's Tiesj Benoot, in fourth place overall, while the teams classification was won by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 UCI World Tour
The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season. It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition began with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 16 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October. Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet was the defending champion. Summary Van Avermaet was unable to defend his World Tour title, as he failed to take a single individual win – he was a part of three team time trial victories for the however – as he finished fifth in the points rankings. The rankings were topped for the first time by British rider Simon Yates, riding for the team, who amassed 3,072 points over the course of the season. Yates was the last of four riders to take the overall lead of standings during the season; he had ranked highly in the standings earlier in 2018, taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
