In Italy, part of the world circuit of the cycling world will travel the roads of Tirreno-Adriatico from this Monday, March 6. The race will start with an 11.5km time trial at Lido di Camaiore. During this first stage, the first gaps could already be created in a very tough race.
Tirreno-Adriatico @CA_Ita 2023
tappa 1 | Stage 1
Tudor ITT
Lido di Camaiore – Lido di Camaiore
11.5km
Departure / Start 12.50 PM
@RaiSport 1.20 PM, @Eurosport_IT 1.15 PM
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— Tirreno Adriatico (@TirrenAdriatico) March 6, 2023
On the Italian roads, Jai Hindley is obviously among the favorites. Winner of the Giro in 2022, the Australian is eagerly awaited. Facing him, there will be tough competition starting with Enric Mas second in the Vuelta in 2022. At the Jumbo-Visma there is Primoz Roglic or Wout van Aert. The latter’s rival, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) will also be a rider to watch. Finally the French Julian Alaphilippe will probably have its cards to play until the final on Sunday March 12. Here is a small list of the riders entered for the stage race:
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step), Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën Team), Axel Zingle, Victor Lafay (Cofidis) or even Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma, Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Peter Sagan (Total Energy), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco AlUla), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step), Fernando Gaviria (Movistar Team), Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) Nacer Bouhanni (Team Arkea-Samsic) Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën Team), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Mikel Landa, Damiano Caruso, Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Jai Hindley, Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA-hansgrohe), William Martin (Cofidis), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Tao Geoghegan Hart, Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers), Primoz Roglic, Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar Team), Warren Barguil, Christian Rodriguez (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Joao Almeida, Adam Yates, Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) and other Lorenzo Fortunato (EOLO-Kometa).
What is the route of the Tirreno-Adriatico?
The runners have an appointment with seven stages in this mythical race. Regarding the course, there will be something for everyone with a first time trial stage then stages for sprinters and finally for the punchy climbers of this Tirreno-Adriatico
- Stage 1 Lido di Camaiore-Lido di Camaiore (ITT), 11.5 KM
- Stage 2 Camaiore-Follonica, 209 KM
- Stage 3 Follonica-Foligno, 216 KM
- Stage 4 Greccio-Tortoreto, 219 KM
- Stage 5 Morro d’Oro-Sarnano-Sassotetto, 168 KM
- Stage 6 Osimo Stazione-Osimo, 194 KM
- Stage 7 San Benedetto del Tronto-San Benedetto del Tronto, 154 KM
What is the history of the Tirreno-Adriatico
Founded in 1966, this Tirreno-Adriatico event attracts Grand Tour winners like Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali or Tadej Pogacar.
- 2012: Vicenzo Nibali
- 2013: Vicenzo Nibali
- 2014 : Alberto Contador
- 2015 : Nairobi Quintana
- 2016: Greg Van Avermaet
- 2017: Nairobi Quintana
- 2018: Michal Kwiatkowski
- 2019: Primoz Roglic
- 2020: Simon Yates
- 2021: Tadej Pogacar
- 2022: Tadej Pogacar