Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 March 9-15

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It favours late starters, the ride from the north to the south, straight line

unless there was a late route change, they go both directions, first north, than south.

But yeah, sidewind throughout may be better than a tail- and headwind combination the early starters are likely to get.

 

[Berniece]

unless there was a late route change, they go both directions, first north, than south.

But yeah, sidewind throughout may be better than a tail- and headwind combination the early starters are likely to get.

No route change, just me not properly looking at PCS map

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Surprised to see so many top sprinters here like Milan, Philipsen, Magnier and of course Gaviria. Last stage is surely a sprint, but stage 3 and 4 shouldnt have many sprinters survive. Especially stage 4 looks perfect for a big strong break to create havoc. Good luck to the team trying to control break formation on Ovindolli. Hopefully some GC names are playing along here.

Stage 3 is a guaranteed sprint. And with Paris-Nice having just the one flat sprint today plus yesterday's stage, that makes this the more sprinter-friendly route this week.

 

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Philipsen wasn't meant to start initially, by the way - he is a late replacement for Groves only. No idea if he plans to stay around all week.

 

[SafeBet]

Pippo for the win. And I mean GC.

 

[Ulle97]

Does anyone feel like this is a pretty tame route??
Remco could definitely have won if he came here.

 

[Berniece]

Does anyone feel like this is a pretty tame route??
Remco could definitely have won if he came here.

A lot of Mur's, a lot of steep climbs

 

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Pippo for the win. And I mean GC.

he said that he took it a bit easier this year after peaking too early in 2025, when he ran out of gas before Roubaix.

So I'd think it's rather unlikely, given that the route is normally too hard for him.

 

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Patrik Pezzo Rosola wins the Trofeo Comune di Camaiore TT in 13'15".
Same route the pros will do later today. For reference, Ganna won last year's TT in 12'17".

 

[Berniece]

I expect a decent time from MVDP too. He trained on his ITT bike, and I guess purely for today. If he does it well, he could get the leaders jersey tomorrow and keep it until stage 5 and maybe even stage 6.

 

[Brullnux]

Edit, in a tribute to Fausto Coppi, I decided to Coppi and Paste the profiles in this post up to the OP.

Now that the detailed profiles are out, I'm positively surprised, especially by the difficulty of the finale of stage 5. Stage 6 always looked difficult enough, but this is a really, really nice mix of stages.

I was thinking the same, I didn't realise how much the stage profiles flatten out the final climbs.

 

[Didinho]

Wout 12” behind halfway.

TT master Van Eetvelt only 2” slower than him.

 

[Didinho]

Bilbao and Johannessen beat Wout with 3” at the finish.

 

[Red Rick]

Vam Aert a minute slower than Ganna last year?

 

[Potomac]

WVA looking to lose time early so he can get away on a mountain stage and the GC folks won't care.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Is that time from Haterley really correct? When did he learn to TT like this?

Johannessen losing 4 seconds in the first 6 minutes and then losing 32 seconds in the last 7 minutes isnt very impressive. I was hoping he would invest more time on the TT bike and try to get a bit better this season.

 

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Hatherly's time would have been good for 2nd last year. Or is the course a bit shorter?

 

[Didinho]

That’s some time to beat already. Don’t even know the guy. Impressive.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

That’s some time to beat already. Don’t even know the guy. Impressive.

No surprise this, he was 3rd in the South African ITT NC just a couple of weeks ago. Very close to established to riders like De Bod and Byron Munton.

 

[Red Rick]

WVA looking to lose time early so he can get away on a mountain stage and the GC folks won't care.

Starting first too, he is taking the 'lose time early' very literally

 

[yaco]

Think the winning time will be 12m 15s to 20m 20s. Hatherley's time should end up in the top 10.

 

[Peyresourde]

It is a bit annoying when riders of a caliber like van Aert (and maybe van der Poel later?) don't even try.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Here comes Jan Christen, the TT monster....

 

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did Giant bring a new TT bike recently? Vendrame's time looks better than expected as well

 

[CyclistAbi]

Does anyone feel like this is a pretty tame route??

Stomp sharpener.