The 2022 Adriatica Ionica Race/Sulle Rotte della Serenissima was a

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that took place between 4 and 8 June 2022 in the northeastern Italy. It was the fourth edition of the

Adriatica Ionica Race The Adriatica Ionica Race is an Italian annual professional men's road bicycle race introduced in the 2018 season as a part of the UCI Europe Tour, and currently classified as a 2.1 event. The race is organised by former professional cyclist Mo ...

and a category

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event on the

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. The race was won by Filippo Zana who didn't win a stage but finished second in two decisive stages.

Teams

One

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, six UCI ProTeams, nine

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teams, and one national team made up the seventeen teams that participated in the race. With six riders each, and were the only teams to not enter a full squad of seven riders. The favorites for the overall race victory included;

Lorenzo Fortunato Lorenzo Fortunato (born 9 May 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Fortunato had his first professional win at the 2021 Giro d'Italia, which was also his first Grand Tour, when he soloed to win stage 14 atop the Mo ...

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Sebastián Henao Sebastián Henao Gómez (born 5 August 1993) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the cousin of fellow professional cyclist Sergio Henao, who also rode with Sebastián at between 2014 and 2018. In August 2019, he ...

(), Santiago Umba (),

Christian Scaroni Christian Scaroni (born 16 October 1997) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2015 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2018 : 2nd Giro del Belvedere : 3rd Overall Toscana-Terra di Cicli ...

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Nicholas Dlamini Nicholas Dlamini (born 12 August 1995) is a South African cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . Career Growing up in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, Dlamini's first sport was running, which he took up in 2009 along with his twi ...

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Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classic cycle races, classics specialists of his generation with mo ...

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Henok Mulubrhan Henok Mulubrhan (born 11 November 1999 in Asmara) is an Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Originally from Asmara, Henok started cycling with mountain biking. He entered his first competitions in 2014. In 2016, he r ...

and Filippo Zana (). UCI WorldTeams * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * * * * * * * National Teams *

Route

The full race route details were revealed in a press conference on 10 June 2021.

Stages

Stage 1

;4 June 2022 –

Tarvisio Tarvisio (German and fur, Tarvis, sl, Trbiž) is a comune in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy. Geography The town is in the Canal Valley (''Val Canale'') between the Carnic Alps and Karawanks range ...

Monfalcone Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' ...

Stage 2

;5 June 2022 –

Castelfranco Veneto Castelfranco Veneto ( vec, Casteło) is a town and ''comune'' of Veneto, northern Italy, in the province of Treviso, by rail from the town of Treviso. It is approximately inland from Venice. History The town originates from a castle built here ...

to Cima Grappa

Stage 3

;6 June 2022 –

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

Brisighella Brisighella ( rgn, Brisighëla) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ravenna, region of Emilia-Romagna, in Northeast Italy. Brisighella borders the following municipalities: Casola Valsenio, Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, Faenza ...

Stage 4

;7 June 2022 –

Fano Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...

Numana Numana is a coastal town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of Italy. History Most scholars see Numana as having been founded by people of Sabine origin, but Pliny the Elder attributed its foundation to the Siculi, but ...

Stage 5

;8 June 2022 –

Castelraimondo Castelraimondo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. Castelraimondo borders the following municipalities: Camerino, Fiuminata, ...

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000. Geo ...

Classification leadership table

Notes

* On stage 2 third placed in the points competition, Raúl García Pierna, wore the red points jersey as first placed

wore the blue jersey as overall leader and second placed Filippo Zana wore white as young rider leader. * On stage 3 Edoardo Sandri wore the youth jersey as leader Filippo Zana already wore the blue jersey. Also

Teams

Route

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Classification leadership table

Notes

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

Notes

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