The 51st edition of the

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

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was held from 9 to 15 March 2016. It was the third event of the

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. Due to the cancellation of stage 5, the race was run over six stages, covering a total distance of .

Route

The route for the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced in December 2015 in

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, where the race starts. The first stage is a 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 ascent of Monte San Vicino. The sixth stage again suits sprinters. The race finishes in

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for the fiftieth consecutive year with a

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to decide the final standings.

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. Five other teams were given

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to enter the race. All teams sent the allowed number of riders, eight, totaling 184 riders.

Stages

Stage 1

9 March 2016 –

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, ( TTT)

Stage 2

;10 March 2016 —

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Stage 3

;11 March 2016 — Castelnuovo Val di Cecina to

Montalto di Castro Montalto di Castro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about northwest of Rome and about west of Viterbo. It is home to a large fossil fuel powered power plant managed by ENEL and the l ...

Stage 4

;12 March 2016 —

to Foligno,

Stage 5

;13 March 2016 — Foligno to Monte San Vicino, Stage cancelled due to snow.

Stage 6

;14 March 2016 —

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to Cepagatti,

Stage 7

;15 March 2016 —

Classification leadership table

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Tirreno-Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico 2016 in Italian sport