Tirreno-Adriatico

Tirreno-Adriatico returns to its roots this year, meaning there will be no summit finishes at the 61st edition, but instead several hilly stages that are sure to test the riders on their way to glory. Crossing five regions, “The Race of the Two Seas” features a varied route presenting opportunities to different types of riders.

A perfectly flat 11.5km individual time trial in Lido di Camaiore - which gets to host a finish for the 12th time - opens the week before the riders take on one of the most complicated stages of this edition. Several hills, double-digit gradients and a 5.3km gravel sector on the roads to the stunning medieval town of San Gimignano are sure to reshuffle the general classification. The next couple of days bring more climbs, including some in the Apennines, as well as an uphill finish in Camerino, before the only chance the sprinters will get, on the very last day, in San Benedetto del Tronto.