# 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 51st edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycling stage race was held from 9 to 15 March 2016. It was the third event of the 2016 UCI World Tour. Due to the cancellation of stage 5, the race was run over six stages, covering a total distance of 850.8 km (529 mi).

## Route

The route for the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced in December 2015 in Camaiore, where the race starts. The first stage is a 22.7-kilometre (14.1 mi) team time trial on the coast. The second – and first road stage – finishes on a short climb, suiting classics riders. The third and fourth stages have flat finishes, favouring sprinters. The fifth stage is the queen stage of the race: it features five categorised climbs, finishing with the 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) ascent of Monte San Vicino. The sixth stage again suits sprinters. The race finishes in San Benedetto del Tronto for the fiftieth consecutive year with a 10.1-kilometre (6.3 mi) individual time trial to decide the final standings.
Stage schedule :
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 9 March | Lido di Camaiore | 22.7 km (14 mi) | Team time trial | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | 10 March | Camaiore to Pomarance | 207 km (129 mi) | Hilly stage | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) |
| 3 | 11 March | Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro | 176 km (109 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 4 | 12 March | Montalto di Castro to Foligno | 216 km (134 mi) | Hilly stage | Steve Cummings (GBR) |
| 5 | 13 March | Foligno to Monte San Vicino | 178 km (111 mi) | Mountain stage | cancelled due to snow |
| 6 | 14 March | Castelraimondo to Cepagatti | 210 km (130 mi) | Flat stage | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| 7 | 15 March | San Benedetto del Tronto | 10.1 km (6 mi) | Individual time trial | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |

## Participating teams

As Tirreno–Adriatico is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI Pro Teams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. Five other teams were given wild cards to enter the race. All teams sent the allowed number of riders, eight, totaling 184 riders.
UCI WorldTeams
* AG2R La Mondiale
* Astana
* BMC Racing Team
* Team Dimension Data
* Etixx–Quick-Step
* FDJ
* IAM Cycling
* Lampre–Merida
* Lotto–Soudal
* Movistar Team
* Team Giant–Alpecin
* Team Katusha
* LottoNL–Jumbo
* Team Sky
* Tinkoff
* Trek–Segafredo
* Cannondale
* Orica–GreenEDGE
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
* Bardiani–CSF
* Bora–Argon 18
* Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
* CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice

## Stages
### Stage 1

9 March 2016 – Lido di Camaiore, 22.7 km (14.1 mi) (TTT)
| | Team | Time |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | 23' 55" |
| 2 | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 3 | FDJ | + 9" |
| 4 | Tinkoff | + 11" |
| 5 | IAM Cycling | + 12" |
| 6 | Astana | + 15" |
| 7 | Trek–Segafredo | + 17" |
| 8 | Team Sky | + 21" |
| 9 | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 25" |
| 10 | Movistar Team | + 29" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Oss (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | 22' 55" |
| 2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 0" |
| 3 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 0" |
| 4 | Taylor Phinney (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 0" |
| 5 | Manuel Quinziato (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 0" |
| 6 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 0" |
| 7 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 8 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 9 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 2" |
| 10 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 2" |

### Stage 2
#### 10 March 2016 — Camaiore to Pomarance, 207 km (128.6 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 5h 10' 03" |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 1" |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Dimension Data | + 1" |
| 4 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | Cannondale | + 1" |
| 5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1" |
| 6 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Astana | + 1" |
| 7 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 1" |
| 8 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 1" |
| 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Team Sky | + 1" |
| 10 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 1" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 5h 33' 50" |
| 2 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 3 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 4 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 5 | Daniel Oss (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 6 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 7 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 8 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 14" |
| 9 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ | + 18" |
| 10 | Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) | FDJ | + 18" |

### Stage 3
#### 11 March 2016 — Castelnuovo Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro, 176 km (109.4 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 4h 17' 28" |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | s.t. |
| 3 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 4 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | s.t. |
| 5 | Leigh Howard (AUS) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) | Trek–Segafredo | s.t. |
| 7 | Zico Waeytens (BEL) | Team Giant–Alpecin | s.t. |
| 8 | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Lampre–Merida | s.t. |
| 9 | Moreno Hofland (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | s.t. |
| 10 | Nikias Arndt (GER) | Team Giant–Alpecin | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 9h 51' 18" |
| 2 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 3 | Daniel Oss (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 5 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 6 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 7 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 8 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 14" |
| 9 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ | + 18" |
| 10 | Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) | FDJ | + 18" |

### Stage 4
#### 12 March 2016 — Montalto di Castro to Foligno, 222 km (137.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Steve Cummings (GBR) | Team Dimension Data | 6h 04' 49" |
| 2 | Salvatore Puccio (ITA) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 3 | Natnael Berhane (ERI) | Team Dimension Data | + 13" |
| 4 | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 13" |
| 5 | Jan Bakelants (BEL) | AG2R La Mondiale | + 13" |
| 6 | Matteo Montaguti (ITA) | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16" |
| 7 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 25" |
| 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 25" |
| 9 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 25" |
| 10 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 25" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 9h 51' 18" |
| 2 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 3 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 5 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 6 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 11" |
| 7 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 14" |
| 8 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ | + 18" |
| 9 | Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) | FDJ | + 18" |
| 10 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Tinkoff | + 20" |

### Stage 5
#### 13 March 2016 — Foligno to Monte San Vicino, 178 km (110.6 mi)

Stage cancelled due to snow.

### Stage 6
#### 14 March 2016 — Castelraimondo to Cepagatti, 210 km (130.5 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | 4h 34' 14" |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | s.t. |
| 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Team Sky | + 2" |
| 4 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 4" |
| 5 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 7" |
| 6 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 7" |
| 7 | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Lampre–Merida | + 7" |
| 8 | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 7" |
| 9 | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Bardiani–CSF | + 7" |
| 10 | Moreno Hofland (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 7" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | 20h 30' 43" |
| 2 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 7" |
| 3 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 8" |
| 4 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 21" |
| 5 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 21" |
| 6 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ | + 28" |
| 7 | Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) | FDJ | + 28" |
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Tinkoff | + 30" |
| 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Team Sky | + 31" |
| 10 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Astana | + 34" |

### Stage 7
#### 15 March 2016 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 10.1 km (6.3 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) | Trek–Segafredo | 11' 08" |
| 2 | Johan Le Bon (FRA) | FDJ | + 13" |
| 3 | Tony Martin (GER) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 15" |
| 4 | Alex Dowsett (GBR) | Movistar Team | + 15" |
| 5 | Maciej Bodnar (POL) | Tinkoff | + 17" |
| 6 | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) | FDJ | + 18" |
| 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Dimension Data | + 19" |
| 8 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Team Sky | + 20" |
| 9 | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | BMC Racing Team | + 22" |
| 10 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 24" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | 20h 42' 22" |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Tinkoff | + 1" |
| 3 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 23" |
| 4 | Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) | FDJ | + 24" |
| 5 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | FDJ | + 24" |
| 6 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Astana | + 29" |
| 7 | Zdenek Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 33" |
| 8 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Team Sky | + 39" |
| 9 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Trek–Segafredo | + 45" |
| 10 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Tinkoff | + 48" |

## Classification leadership table

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Teams classification |
| 1 | BMC Racing Team | Daniel Oss | not awarded | not awarded | Yves Lampaert | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Zdeněk Štybar | Bob Jungels | BMC Racing Team |
| 3 | Fernando Gaviria | Zdeněk Štybar | Peter Sagan | Zdeněk Štybar | Bob Jungels | BMC Racing Team |
| 4 | Steve Cummings | Zdeněk Štybar | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | BMC Racing Team |
| 5 | stage cancelled | Zdeněk Štybar | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | BMC Racing Team |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| Final | Final | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Cesare Benedetti | Bob Jungels | Etixx–Quick-Step |