The route of the 2016 and 51st edition Tirreno-Adriatico has been unveiled in Camaiore, where the race will again begin with a team time trial.
Organiser RCS Sport has worked hard in recent years to transform Tirreno-Adriatico from a preparation race for Milan-San Remo into a real stage race for the best Grand Tour contenders. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) won the race this year thanks to winning alone in the snow on the mountain finish to Terminillo, while Alberto Contador won in 2014.
The 2016 race begins in Lido di Camaiore with a 22.7km team time trial, on the Tuscan Tyrrhenian coast and then heads south towards Grosseto for stages finishes in Pomerance and Montalto di Castro. It then heads inland, crossing the Apennines via Foligno, with a tough mountain finish in Monte San Vicino. The final climb to the finish is 13km long and tops out at 1208m. It will no doubt shake up the overall classification. The 2016 Tirreno-Adriatico again ends in San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic coast, with a 10.1km individual time trial.
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Tirreno-Adriatico will start on Wednesday March 9 and end on Tuesday March 15. Total race distance is 1019km, with the overall winner again collecting the distinctive Trident trophy. As a WorldTour race, the 18 team registered for the 2016 WorldTour will have automatic entry, with RCS Sport expected to reveal the four wild card teams early in the new year.
“Tirreno-Adriatico has grown a lot in recent years and has become a great stage race in its own right,” Mauro Vegni, the head of cycling at RCS Sport said during the presentation, proud that the recent winners of Tirreno-Adriatico have all gone on to win the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France.
"In order to develop all our races, we've decided to invest in Tirreno-Adriatico both on the sport side and in the marketing and communication side. The proof is the now consolidated participation of the best riders in the world, together with the great media following and the TV coverage in the five continents. The new logo is another signal that we want to further grow our events".
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