The organisers of Tirreno-Adriatico have confirmed that Chris Froome (Team Sky), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) will all ride this year’s race, setting up the first ever clash between the four big-name Grand Tour contenders.
The only other time when the so-called ‘Four Tenors’ or ‘Fantastic Four’ of cycling will race against each other is expected to be at the Tour de France. The four have never gone head to head in a major WorldTour stage race due to different race programmes and objectives.
The stellar line-up at this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico continues in the rest of the field with Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep), Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin) and Elia Viviani (Team Sky) set to clash in the sprints.
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Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Daniel Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) and Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) also stand out on the list of team leaders issued by RCS Sport.
Tirreno-Adriatico begins on the Tuscan coast with a 22.7km team time trial on Wednesday March 11 and ends on Tuesday March 17 with a 10km individual time trial. The race is traditionally the final preparation for the Milan-San Remo favourites but RCS Sport has included two testing mountain stages in recent years, making it perfect for the stage racers to show their early-season form.
Tirreno-Adriatico now arguably overshadows Paris-Nice as the most important stage race of the spring.
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