Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 March 9-15

[KZD]

Monstrous ride from Ganna to take a very dominant win.

Small gaps among GC riders. Arensman was the fastest but I really don't think these explosive climbs are well suited to him. I believe that Del Toro is the strongest rider in the race but Red Bull seems to have the strongest team with several cards to play so it should be really interesting to follow.

 

[YavorD]

Monstrous ride from Ganna to take a very dominant win.

Small gaps among GC riders. Arensman was the fastest but I really don't think these explosive climbs are well suited to him. I believe that Del Toro is the strongest rider in the race but Red Bull seems to have the strongest team with several cards to play so it should be really interesting to follow.

Christen isn't a bad back up on these climbs either.
Could be an interesting tactical battle.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Should be a great battle between Roglic, Del Toro, and Tiberi, with Pellizzari as a dark horse.

 

[yaco]

Individual pursuit world record holder faster on a 12 minute flat out and back TT than Roglic. Shocker. And Walscheid wasn't far off Pogacar on a similar (but slightly longer) TT last year, on a worse TT bike.

Maybe Tarling, WvA and Pogacar can squeeze in around the 15s mark, but even Ayuso (a gun on short flat TTs) doesn't come inside that. Roglic is maybe like 5s short at most.

I doubt the Jayco TT bike is worse than the Lidl Trek TT bike.

 

[Berniece]

Should be a great battle between Roglic, Del Toro, and Tiberi, with Pellizzari as a dark horse.

UAE isn't here with an extremely strong team, they might not be able to control it like they would do for Pogacar. RBH should play out their numbers, and other teams should also take advantage of trying to go early for it.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Filippo Ganna for smashing the ITT.

As for the rest, i am happy with the performance Rogla has put on. Tomorrow a bit of gravel involved plus the final ramp looks tasty, some punching at play.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

UAE isn't here with an extremely strong team, they might not be able to control it like they would do for Pogacar. RBH should play out their numbers, and other teams should also take advantage of trying to go early for it.

Plus Del Toro is not Pogacar. The race should be pretty open.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Plus Del Toro is not Pogacar. The race should be pretty open.

Plus Rogla is Rogla.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So, apparently Oded Kogut was above the 25% time limit but it seems like they haven‘t done anything about it.

 

[Kazistuta]

Crazy. Ganna said he didn't want to push it too much today and wasn't completely satisfied with his form.

 

[Pozzovivo]

So, apparently Oded Kogut was above the 25% time limit but it seems like they haven‘t done anything about it.

Why have the rules if they are not going to apply them? I think he crashed though.

 

[search]

he crashed in the first turn and then had to do the ITT on a road bike, yes

 

[QueenStagiaire]

he crashed in the first turn and then had to do the ITT on a road bike, yes

Fair enough, that‘s the hardest way to do a TT, but still… having time limits actually applied is way more interesting

 

[search]

Fair enough, that‘s the hardest way to do a TT, but still… having time limits actually applied is way more interesting

yeah, agreed, but there's no official result yet. He may very well still be taken out.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

There‘s a decent chance of rain for the Sterrato final tomorrow by the way, that might make it a little bit harder.

 

[Red Rick]

False flat downhill into a sprint to a gravel climb after 0 selection. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Unchained]

Should be a great battle between Roglic, Del Toro, and Tiberi, with Pellizzari as a dark horse.

I am picking Thymen Arensman, the guy who beat all of them in the time trial.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

How does he perform on these type of finishes?

I am picking Thymen Arensman, the guy who beat all of them in the time trial.

 

[search]

Split times, as published in the stage communiquee:

Kogut missing the time cut was ignored. No mention of it at all.

 

[Unchained]

How does he perform on these type of finishes?

So so..
He did beat Pogacar a few times before and he beat him 2 times at TDF in uphill finishes. His TT got him 2nd behind a dominant Ganna. His history shows that he shows some good moments of climbing, but his TT has always been pretty good.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Why did Hayter extend the finger? Likely not to be more aero. Hefty fine as result.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Why did Hayter extend the finger? Likely not to be more aero. Hefty fine as result.

Hayter's greeting to haters.

 

[Red Rick]

I am picking Thymen Arensman, the guy who beat all of them in the time trial.

Arensman is notoriously *** on short, steep climbs like this entire Tirreno has.

 

[Unchained]

Arensman is notoriously *** on short, steep climbs like this entire Tirreno has.

His record shows that he is hit or miss on longer climbing also, he has moments of good racing and has twice as many of average.. I would have thought ****(4) instead of 3...lol