page_title: 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico
section_title: Stage 7
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico / Stages / Stage 7
caption_attribution_description: Fabian_Cancellara_SUI
context_page_description: The 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 50th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico stage race. It took place from 11 to 17 March and was the third race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race is one of the most important races in the early part of the cycling season and is used by riders preparing both for the Grand Tours and for the classics season.
  The route of the 2015 edition started and finished with individual time trials, one of which was rescheduled from a team time trial shortly before the race began. In between, the race consisted of two stages suitable for sprinters, one for puncheurs and two for climbers. The key stage of the race was stage 5, which involved a summit finish on Monte Terminillo. The defending champion from the 2014 edition was Alberto Contador, who was expected to be challenged by three of the strongest stage racers in the world, Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome. Froome, however, pulled out shortly before the race.
  The first individual time trial was won by Adriano Malori, who kept the lead for the first two stages. Greg Van Avermaet and Wout Poels won the next two stages, each taking the race lead for one day.
context_section_description: 17 March 2015 – San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto, 10.05 km (6.2 mi) (ITT)
  The seventh and final stage of the 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico was another individual time trial. This stage was 10.05 kilometres (6.2 mi) in length and took place entirely in the resort of San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic seafront. The course was an out-and-back route. It first headed south, through an intermediate time check after 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi), to a pair of 90-degree right hand turns halfway through the course. The course then headed north on almost entirely straight roads. The stage was flat throughout with no significant climbs.
  The early lead was taken by Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff–Saxo), who set a time of 11' 39". His time was soon beaten, however, by Adriano Malori (Movistar Team), the winner of stage 1 and the Italian national time trial champion. Malori's time was 11' 27". Although Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) came close, he was five seconds behind at the finish. Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), who had come second to Malori on stage 1, set off as Malori was finishing. Cancellara was a second off Malori's time at the intermediate checkpoint, but he was five seconds quicker over the second part of the course and took the stage lead by four seconds. Cancellara's time would not be beaten by any of the remaining riders and he won the stage, with Malori in second and Kiryienka in third.
  Though the general classification riders did not have a chance of victory on the stage, there were still positions to be won and lost. The best time from the general classification riders was that of Alberto Contador (Tinkoff–Saxo), 31 seconds behind Cancellara, and he stayed in fifth place overall. Wout Poels (Team Sky), Steve Cummings (MTN–Qhubeka) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) all put in good times, with Poels and Cummings moving up in the top ten and Pinot defending his fourth place ahead of Contador. Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) also put in a strong ride, finishing ahead of Rigoberto Urán (Etixx–Quick-Step), who was seen as the better time triallist of the two. Mollema therefore defended his second place overall. He was not, however, able to catch the race leader. Quintana finished 55" behind Cancellara in 55th place; he took the overall race victory ahead of Mollema by 18".
  Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo), the leader of the points competition, only had to finish the stage within the time limit to win the classification. He came very close to failing: he was the slowest rider in the stage, finishing 2' 59" behind Cancellara. It was, however, just enough to prevent his exclusion and to allow him the classification victory.
caption: Fabian Cancellara (photographed in 2012), winner of stage 7
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