2012 Tirreno–Adriatico

2012 Tirreno–Adriatico 2012 UCI World Tour 3 28 Tirreno Adriatico 2012.png 300px 7–13 March 2012 7http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/download/2012/tappa7/ClassificaGenerale.pdf PDF 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Digital Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto ITT https://web.archive.org/web/20120328111058/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/download/2012/tappa7/ClassificaGenerale.pdf 2012-03-28 dead 1062.2 km 29h 38' 08" Vincenzo Nibali LIQ 2012 ITA blue Chris Horner RNT 2012 USA Roman Kreuziger AST 2012 CZE Stefano Pirazzi COG 2012 ITA green Vincenzo Nibali LIQ 2012 ITA red Wout Poels VCD 2012 NED white ALM 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 47th running of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycling stage race, often known as the Race of two seas. It started on 7 March in Donoratico and ended on 13 March in San Benedetto del Tronto and consisted of seven stages, including a team time trial to begin the race and an individual time trial to conclude it. It was the third race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Italy's Vincenzo Nibali of LIQ 2012,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13032012/2/cycling-nibali-triumphs-tirreno-adriatico.html Nibali triumphs in Tirreno-Adriatico Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Reuters after recording a quicker time in the race-ending time trial than RNT 2012's Chris Horner and AST 2012's Roman Kreuziger, and overhauled both riders for victory; during the race, Nibali also won the race's queen stage to Prati di Tivo. Nibali also took home the red jersey for amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes, and won the general classification by fourteen seconds over runner-up Horner. Kreuziger completed the podium, 12 seconds behind Horner and 26 seconds down on Nibali.http://www.supersport.com/cycling/international/news/120313/Nibali_overhauls_Horner_to_win_Tirreno https://archive.today/20120917220116/http://www.supersport.com/cycling/international/news/120313/Nibali_overhauls_Horner_to_win_Tirreno dead 17 September 2012 Nibali overhauls Horner to win Tirreno SuperSport Naspers South African Press Association; Agence France-Presse 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 In the race's other classifications, Wout Poels of VCD 2012 won the white jersey for the highest placed rider born in 1987 or later by placing eighth overall in the general classification,Hoogerland eindigt als vijfde in Tirreno, Poels wint jongerentrui Hoogerland finishes fifth in Tirreno, Poels wins youth jersey http://www.nu.nl/sport/2762530/hoogerland-eindigt-als-vijfde-in-tirreno-poels-wint-jongerentrui.html nl NU.nl Sanoma 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 while COG 2012 rider Stefano Pirazzi won the King of the Mountains classification,http://www.gazzetta.it/TirrenoAdriatico/13-03-2012/tirreno-giorno-verita-live-diretta-sito-1450-81615121560.shtml 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Digital Nibali conquista la Tirreno: E adesso marcia su Sanremo it Nibali won the Tirreno: And now march on Sanremo and ALM 2012 finished at the head of the teams classification. Teams As Tirreno–Adriatico was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Four other squads were given wildcard places into the race,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2012-giro-ditalia-wildcards-named 2012 Giro d'Italia wildcards named Cycling News 10 January 2012 7 March 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico: Acqua & Sapone, Colnago-CSF Inox, Colombia-Coldeportes, Farnese Vini-Selle Italia. and as such, formed the event's 22-team peloton. The 22 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532005/tirreno-adriatico-2012-the-big-preview.html Tirreno-Adriatico 2012: The Big Preview Gregor Brown 5 March 2012 7 March 2012 Cycling Weekly 18em ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SKY 2012 SAX 2012a VCD 2012 ASA 2012 COG 2012 COL 2012 FAR 2012 Stages Stage 1 7 March 2012 — San Vincenzo to Donoratico, 16.9 km 1 on, team time trial (TTT)http://www.gazzetta.it/TirrenoAdriatico/en/01-02-2012/tirreno-adriatico-2012-two-tt-and-lots-of-climbs-81204938472.shtml Tirreno Adriatico 2012: two TT and lots of climbs 1 February 2012 7 March 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Digital Following the introduction of a race-opening team time trial by organisers in 2011, the 2012 event began in the same fashion with a short test between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico; both of which are synonymous within Italian cycling as the start and finish towns of the early-season Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi race.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11056/Italian-teams-primed-for-home-season-debut-in-Costa-degli-Etruschi.aspx Ben Atkins 3 February 2012 7 March 2012 VeloNation Italian teams primed for home season debut in Costa degli Etruschi The GP Costa degli Etruschi will start in the coastal town of San Vincenzo – also the starting point of next month’s Tirreno-Adriatico – at 10:45 am, and finish in Donoratico – where Tirreno’s first stage will also finish – some five hours later. SAX 2012a were the first team to set off from the start,http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tirreno-adriatico-team-time-trial-start-order Tirreno-Adriatico Team Time Trial start order Cycling News 6 March 2012 7 March 2012 and set the early benchmark with a time of 19' 19", but only held the top spot for a short period. The third team on the course, GRM 2012a – winners of the 2011 Tour de France team time trial, and a time trial in February's Tour of Qatar – were touted as favourites for the stage by several team personnel, and lived up to that, as the team went under the nineteen-minute barrier, with a time of 18' 58".http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11316/Goss-into-lead-as-GreenEdge-dominates-Tirreno-Adriatico-opener.aspx Goss into lead as GreenEdge dominates Tirreno-Adriatico opener Shane Stokes 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 VeloNation Another fancied team was SKY 2012, but they fell six seconds shy of the time of GRM 2012a yes.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-1/results GreenEdge wins stage 1 team time trial Cycling News 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 After struggling to maintain five riders in the train during the 2011 team time trial as LEO 2011, RNT 2012 were once again highly tipped, with four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara among their ranks, and only just claimed the lead from GRM 2012a yes, besting their time by less than a second. However, the eventual stage-winning time came from the GEC 2012a team, newly formed for the 2012 season. Following practice for the discipline prior to the race,http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532035/greenedge-s-time-trial-practice-pays-off.html GreenEdge's time trial practice pays off Gregor Brown Cycling Weekly 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 GEC 2012a yes came into the race with no real contender for the overall race but set a goal to win the team time trial; the team met their goal, recording a time of 18' 41", surpassing the mark of RNT 2012 yes by seventeen seconds. As Matthew Goss was the first of the team's riders to cross the line, he was entitled to wear the race's first azzurra jersey,http://www.greenedgecycling.com/node/386 GreenEDGE Wins Tirreno Team Time Trial 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 GEC 2012a GreenEDGE Cycling Team https://web.archive.org/web/20120313033459/http://www.greenedgecycling.com/node/386 13 March 2012 dead dmy-all while Cameron Meyer was also part of the train at the finish and thus was the best placed rider under the age of 25. Sporting director Matt White later expressed his delight at the team's run, and was surprised at the team's large margin of victory.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/white-on-tirreno-win-ive-never-seen-a-more-consistent-and-smooth-ride White on Tirreno win: I've never seen a more consistent and smooth ride 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 Cycling News Daniel Benson Outside of the top five placed teams, as Roman Kreuziger's AST 2012 team rounded out the top five, several of the teams with general classification favourites suffered arduous runs in the stage. Defending race-winner Cadel Evans' BMC 2012 and 2011 team time trial winners RAB 2012 were caught out due to atmospheric conditions; a change in wind direction caused both teams to lose almost a minute to GEC 2012a yes on the stage,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/evans-faces-headwind-in-tirreno-adriatico-defense Evans faces headwind in Tirreno-Adriatico defense 7 March 2012 7 March 2012 Cycling News finishing 16th and 17th respectively of the 22 teams contesting the race. LAM 2012 and LIQ 2012, the teams of the main Italian hopes for the race – Michele Scarponi and Vincenzo Nibali – also lost more than 45 seconds to the stage-winners. LAM 2012 yes finished eleventh, while LIQ 2012 yes recorded a fifteenth-place finish on the stage. Stage 1 Result TeamTime 1 GEC 2012a 18' 41" 2 RNT 2012 + 17" 3 GRM 2012a + 17" 4 SKY 2012 + 23" 5 AST 2012 + 30" 6 SAX 2012a + 38" 7 ASA 2012 + 39" 8 KAT 2012 + 40" 9 ALM 2012 + 43" 10 LTB 2012 + 45"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey GEC 2012a 18' 41" 2 Svein Tuft CAN GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Sebastian Langeveld NED GEC 2012a + 0" 4 Stuart O'Grady AUS GEC 2012a + 0" 5 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|White jersey GEC 2012a + 0" 6 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a + 5" 7 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 + 17" 8 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 17" 9 Hayden Roulston NZL RNT 2012 + 17" 10 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 17" Stage 2 8 March 2012 — San Vincenzo to Indicatore, 230 km 1 on Diego Caccia of FAR 2012 instigated the breakaway of the day, and was joined shortly after by a rider from the COG 2012 team, with Stefano Pirazzi joining Caccia out front.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-2/results Cavendish takes sprint victory in Indicatore Susan Westemeyer 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 Cycling News Caccia and Pirazzi quickly stepped up the pace to pull clear of the peloton, fronted by the GEC 2012a team of race leader Matthew Goss. By the time the lead duo reached the first climb of the race, coming after around 60 km 1 on in Volterra, with Pirazzi taking maximum points,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11322/Tirreno-Adriatico-Cavendish-clocks-up-fourth-win-of-the-season.aspx Shane Stokes VeloNation 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 Cavendish clocks up fourth win of the season their lead was close to eight minutes. GEC 2012a yes reduced their advantage steadily, with Svein Tuft controlling the tempo on the front of the main field,https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/matt-goss-retains-tirrenoadriatico-lead/news-story/24ee22f8eb6e486dccae5d37e29677c6 Peter Kogoy The Australian 9 March 2012 9 March 2012 2012-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120309213256/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/matt-goss-retains-tirreno-adriatico-lead/story-e6frg7mf-1226294648014 subscription live Matt Goss retains Tirreno-Adriatico lead knocking the advantage down to five minutes by the second categorised climb after 106 km 1 on. Pirazzi again crossed the line first ahead of Caccia, and thus guaranteed himself the first green jersey of the race for mountains classification leader. Their advantage stayed largely between four-and-a-half and five minutes before entering the finishing circuit, 33.4 km 1 on in length, at Indicatore for the first of two laps. SKY 2012 and OPQ 2012 joined GEC 2012a yes at the head of the main field and set about cutting into the lead duo's advantage, and by the time the first lap was complete, the gap was under a minute; within the next 5 km 1 on, the breakaway was over after around 200 km 1 on clear. With SKY 2012 yes again controlling the pace of the main pack, Yaroslav Popovych (RNT 2012) attacked inside the final 10 km 1 on, causing two other riders – Enrico Gasparotto of AST 2012 and Fabio Taborre of ASA 2012 – to follow suit, but all three were swallowed up shortly after. Gasparotto's team-mate Paolo Tiralongo then launched an attack with BMC 2012's Greg Van Avermaet at 3 km 1 on to go, but to no avail as they were both caught outside Indicatore. A large crash with 1.5 km 1 on to go reduced the number of contenders for the sprint,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/cavendish-wins-stage-2-bunch-sprint-at-tirreno-adriatico_208564 Cavendish wins stage 2 bunch sprint at Tirreno-Adriatico VeloNews Agence France-Presse 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 where GRM 2012a tried to lead it out for Tyler Farrar, the stage-winner in Indicatore in 2011. Farrar held the lead until the closing metres as Mark Cavendish accelerated past him, following a lead-out from Edvald Boasson Hagen,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/08/mark-cavendish-tirreno-adriatico Mark Cavendish turns on the power for stage win in Tirreno-Adriatico William Fotheringham 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 The Guardian to record his fourth victory of the season ahead of a closing Óscar Freire (KAT 2012) and Farrar.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/17305233 Mark Cavendish wins second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico BBC Sport BBC 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 Cavendish moved into fifth place overall, and assumed the lead of the points classification.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,24870_7579382,00.html Cav sprints to Tirreno win SKY 2012 BSkyB 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 6h 32' 32" 2 Óscar Freire ESP KAT 2012 s.t. 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a s.t. 4 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 s.t. 5 Sacha Modolo ITA COG 2012 s.t. 6 Kenny van Hummel NED VCD 2012 s.t. 7 Danilo Napolitano ITA ASA 2012 s.t. 8 Borut Božič SLO AST 2012 s.t. 9 William Bonnet FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 10 Rubén Pérez ESP EUS 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey GEC 2012a 6h 51' 13" 2 Stuart O'Grady AUS GEC 2012a + 0" 3 Sebastian Langeveld NED GEC 2012a + 0" 4 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|White jersey GEC 2012a + 0" 5 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px|Red jersey SKY 2012 + 13" 6 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a + 13" 7 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 + 17" 8 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 17" 9 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 17" 10 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 17" Stage 3 9 March 2012 — Indicatore to Terni, 178 km 1 on COG 2012 rider Filippo Savini broke away from the field almost from the start of the stage, and managed to get clear without a breakaway companion.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11330/Boasson-Hagen-underlines-Sanremo-credentials-with-Tirreno-stage-win.aspx Boasson Hagen underlines Sanremo credentials with Tirreno stage win Shane Stokes 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 VeloNation The main field decided not to follow him closely to begin with, as he was not a factor in the overall classification; over nine minutes behind overnight leader Matthew Goss of the GEC 2012a team.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-3/results Boasson Hagen continues Sky success in Tirreno-Adriatico 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 Cycling News Savini's lead grew to over eleven minutes at one point during the stage, but due to windy conditions and the peloton stepping up the pace, it was quickly reduced to around 7' 30" with just over 100 km 1 on remaining on the stage. Savini gained maximum points on the road; crossing the line first at the two intermediate sprints – gaining six bonus seconds in the process – and also crested the climb at Todi first, with team-mate Stefano Pirazzi maintaining his lead in that competition by crossing second. Savini's brave salvo off the front of the pack ended with around 30 km 1 on, as BMC 2012 led the chase of him during the stage.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/edvald-boasson-hagen-sprints-to-tirreno-win_208715 Edvald Boasson Hagen sprints to Tirreno win 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 VeloNews Many of the sprinters' teams launched themselves frontwards in order to set themselves up for the finish in Terni, coming on cobblestones in the town centre.http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,24870_7582418,00.html Boasson Hagen on top in Terni SKY 2012 BSkyB 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 Richard Simpson With no further attacks getting away, it eventually came down to a sprint finish; GRM 2012a looked to get Tyler Farrar the stage victory, but were caught out by an early sprint from SKY 2012's Edvald Boasson Hagen, who had been expected to lead-out for team-mate Mark Cavendish,http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news/newsid=1229750.html Boasson Hagen Wins in Tirreno; Goss Keeps Lead CTV Television Network Bell Media 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 Associated Press but with Cavendish not in his best shape – despite picking up two bonus seconds at an intermediate sprinthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/17320895 Mark Cavendish beaten by team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen BBC Sport BBC 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 – it was left to Boasson Hagen to contest for the honours; taking his team's tenth victory of the season. André Greipel was close behind in second for LTB 2012, ahead of LIQ 2012's Peter Sagan, Farrar, Manuel Belletti (ALM 2012) and Goss, who maintained his race lead.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09032012/58/boasson-hagen-claims-sprint-goss-stays-ahead.html Boasson Hagen claims sprint as Goss stays ahead Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 9 March 2012 10 March 2012 Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2012 4h 45' 31" 2 André Greipel GER LTB 2012 s.t. 3 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a s.t. 5 Manuel Belletti ITA ALM 2012 s.t. 6 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey GEC 2012a s.t. 7 Kenny van Hummel NED VCD 2012 s.t. 8 Francisco Ventoso ESP MOV 2012 s.t. 9 Elia Favilli ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 10 Wout Poels NED VCD 2012 + 3"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS 20px|Blue jersey GEC 2012a 11h 36' 44" 2 Stuart O'Grady AUS GEC 2012a + 3" 3 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|White jersey GEC 2012a + 3" 4 Sebastian Langeveld NED GEC 2012a + 3" 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a + 13" 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2012 + 13" 7 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px|Red jersey SKY 2012 + 14" 8 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 20" 9 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 + 20" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 20" Stage 4 10 March 2012 — Amelia to Chieti, 251 km 1 on Prior to the running of the stage, its parcours was changed the night before due to poor weather conditions, although the slight rerouting reduced the stage's total distance to 251 km 1 on.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tirreno-adriatico-stage-4-re-routed-due-to-weather Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4 re-routed due to weather 9 March 2012 11 March 2012 Cycling News On the stage itself, seven riders from six different teams, including mountains classification leader Stefano Pirazzi formed a part of the breakaway.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11336/Tirreno-Adriatico-Sagan-wins-stage-4-Horner-seizes-lead.aspx Sagan wins stage 4, Horner seizes lead Shane Stokes 10 March 2012 11 March 2012 VeloNation The main field decided not to follow them closely to begin with, with the lead increasing dramatically in the early stages, reaching an ultimate maximum gap of around twelve minutes.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-4/results Sagan prevails in Chieti Susan Westemeyer 10 March 2012 11 March 2012 Cycling News With Pirazzi in the lead group, it enabled the COG 2012 rider to extend his already substantial lead in the mountains classification, taking maximum points on the first two climbs of the stage. The peloton, led by a combined front between the LAM 2012, COL 2012, OPQ 2012 and LIQ 2012 teams enabled the gap between the main field and the breakaway septet to be cut sufficiently, dropping under five minutes at the stage's halfway point, and by 36 km 1 on to go, the gap was just 90 seconds, and a catch seemed a certainty. With the peloton closing, Pavel Brutt (KAT 2012) and Manuele Boaro of SAX 2012a both launched solo attacks in order to maintain their move ahead of the advancing pack. Boaro and Brutt were both caught outside of 10 km 1 on to go before the finish in Chieti. Another crash split the field once again, and LIQ 2012 yes continued to hold front at the head of the peloton as it moved towards the finish. Johnny Hoogerland launched a late attack for VCD 2012, but was usurped by ASA 2012's Danilo Di Luca and LIQ 2012 yes rider Peter Sagan. Three other riders – Sagan's team-mate Vincenzo Nibali, Roman Kreuziger of AST 2012 and RNT 2012 rider Chris Horner – joined up with the lead duo, and this pentet did battle for the stage honours.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532062/sagan-rockets-ahead-for-tirreno-stage-win-horner-grabs-lead.html Sagan rockets ahead for Tirreno stage win, Horner grabs lead 10 March 2012 11 March 2012 Cycling Weekly Gregor Brown Kreuziger and Nibali both launched bids for victory, but it was Sagan that prevailed, ultimately. Horner's gain for making this small group was to assume the race lead,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/horner-back-in-the-high-life-at-tirreno_208936 Horner, back in the high life at Tirreno Andrew Hood 10 March 2012 11 March 2012 VeloNews from GEC 2012a's Matthew Goss. Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 7h 24' 50" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 s.t. 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA ASA 2012 s.t. 5 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 s.t. 6 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 + 8" 7 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 10" 8 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2012 + 12" 9 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 12" 10 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 12"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Horner USA 20px|Blue jersey RNT 2012 19h 01' 54" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 7" 3 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|White jersey GEC 2012a + 13" 4 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|Red jersey LIQ 2012 + 21" 5 Danilo Di Luca ITA ASA 2012 + 22" 6 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 30" 7 Paolo Tiralongo ITA AST 2012 + 32" 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 34" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 35" 10 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 36" Stage 5 11 March 2012 — Martinsicuro to Prati di Tivo, 196 km 1 on The race's queen stage consisted of three categorised climbs over the 196 km 1 on parcours,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-5/results Susan Westemeyer 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 Cycling News Nibali wins atop Prati di Tivo including two climbs to over 1200 m on; the Piano Roseto, a climb of just over 20 km 1 on,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11342/Tirreno-Adriatico-Nibali-climbs-to-stage-five-win.aspx Kyle Moore 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 VeloNation Nibali climbs to stage five win and also the climb to the mountain-top finish at Prati di Tivo, which crested out at 1450 m on; a shorter climb of 14.5 km 1 on,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/horner-tricky-tactical-day-for-tirreno-defense_209014 Horner: Tricky tactical day for Tirreno defense VeloNews 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 at an average gradient of just over 7%. Three riders – LTB 2012's Jens Debusschere, EUS 2012 rider Egoi Martínez and Kristof Goddaert of ALM 2012http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,24870_7587013,00.html Richard Simpson Team lay low at Tirreno SKY 2012 BSkyB 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 – advanced clear of the main field after 15 km 1 on of the stage, and managed to extend their advantage to a maximum of around ten-and-a-half minutes at one point during the early running of the stage. Goddaert was dropped on the Piano Roseto, as his two rivals looked to step up their pace in advance of the LIQ 2012-led peloton, who had been cutting into their lead quite effectively; reducing their gap out front from around 10' 30" at the start of the climb to a much smaller margin of 3' 30" by its conclusion. The race was together once again not long after, as the two remaining escapees were brought back slowly into the main pack, which had numbers reducing by the kilometre. By the time that the field has reached the climb up to Prati di Tivo, around 25 riders remained in contention for the stage honours. After Martínez had been brought back, several mini-attacks were launched, most efficiently by AST 2012's Paolo Tiralongo in aspirations of potentially setting Roman Kreuziger up for a potential stage win or assuming the azzurra jersey from overnight leader Chris Horner of RNT 2012. Horner himself had elevated the pace in the lead group, and continued to shell riders from it. With around 4 km 1 on to ride in the stage,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12032012/58/nibali-takes-stage-horner-keeps-lead.html Nibali takes stage, Horner keeps lead Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 Vincenzo Nibali looked to avenge a disappointing showing in Chieti, by going on the offensive, and was not directly followed by any other rider from the main field. His gap quickly went to nearly 30 seconds, which would have put Horner in trouble to keep the jersey, but he increased the pace once again; Nibali's eventual winning margin was 16 seconds over Kreuziger,http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120311/tirreno-cycling/index.html https://archive.today/20120713235648/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120311/tirreno-cycling/index.html dead July 13, 2012 Nibali wins stage; Horner maintains Tirreno lead 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 Sports Illustrated Associated Press who cut another two seconds off Horner's lead overall, reducing the margin to just five seconds. Nibali also moved within twelve seconds of Horner.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532065/nibali-wins-tirreno-adriatico-mountain-top-stage.html Nibali wins Tirreno-Adriatico mountain-top stage 11 March 2012 12 March 2012 Cycling Weekly Gregor Brown Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 5h 46' 33" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 16" 3 Chris Horner USA 20px|Blue jersey RNT 2012 + 16" 4 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 + 18" 5 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 18" 6 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 + 18" 7 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 23" 8 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 37" 9 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2012 + 37" 10 Wout Poels NED VCD 2012 + 53"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Horner USA 20px|Blue jersey RNT 2012 24h 48' 39" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 5" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 12" 4 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 45" 5 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 47" 6 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 + 48" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 1' 00" 8 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2012 + 1' 10" 9 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 + 1' 17" 10 Cameron Meyer AUS 20px|White jersey GEC 2012a + 1' 23" Stage 6 12 March 2012 — Offida to Offida, 181 km 1 on The final mass-start stage of the race revolved around a circuit race in and around Offida. After an opening loop of 84 km 1 on, the riders returned to the centre of the commune for six laps of a circuit around 16 km 1 on in length.http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/3/5/2840522/five-ways-to-awesome-a-tirreno-adriatico-preview Five ways to awesome: A Tirreno-Adriatico preview Susie Hartigan 5 March 2012 12 March 2012 Podium Cafe 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235106/http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/3/5/2840522/five-ways-to-awesome-a-tirreno-adriatico-preview dead Each lap contained a climb of the Ponte delle Pietre, a 2.5 km 1 on long climb with an average gradient of over 7% – with certain sections of the climb maxing out at 10%http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,24870_7560423,00.html Tirreno-Adriatico guide 7 March 2012 13 March 2012 SKY 2012 BSkyB – while the final kilometre saw a slight rise in the road at 2%, with riders also having to negotiate a left-hand corner on the Via Repubblica in the closing metres. A group of six riders got clear after around 3 km 1 on, including world champion Mark Cavendish (SKY 2012), but their move was quickly negated as the sextet could only muster an advantage of twenty seconds over the field. Cavendish later abandoned the race, in order to recover for the Milan – San Remo Monument classic on 17 March.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12032012/58/rodriguez-wins-offida.html Rodriguez wins in Offida Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 Around 40 km 1 on later, seven riders – ASA 2012's Carlos Betancur, Luis Felipe Laverde of COL 2012, FDJ 2012 rider Arthur Vichot, MOV 2012 duo Andrey Amador and Branislau Samoilau, Serge Pauwels of OPQ 2012 and VCD 2012's Mirko Selvaggi – went clear to form the day's primary breakaway.http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/35271/Solo-stage-win-for-Rodriguez-at-the-Tirreno-Adriatico Solo stage win for Rodriguez at the Tirreno-Adriatico 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Cycling Central Special Broadcasting Service The breakaway held a lead of almost five minutes at one point, but with KAT 2012, LIQ 2012 and GRM 2012a all having riders that could contend at the stage finish, the gap tumbled away and the breakaway fractioned with only Amador, Vichot, Pauwels and Betancur surviving together,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-6/results Rodriguez attacks to take penultimate stage victory Cycling News 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 and were only caught inside of 6 km 1 on to go. Danilo Di Luca (ASA 2012 yes) and Michele Scarponi launched punchy attacks not long after, as did Christophe Riblon (ALM 2012) and Domenico Pozzovivo (COG 2012), but LIQ 2012 yes shut down all the moves via their points classification leader Peter Sagan,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/rodriguez-attacks-for-tirreno-win-horner-defends-overall-lead_209082 Rodriguez attacks for Tirreno win; Horner defends overall lead VeloNews 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 who had remained with the lead group. Sagan's closing of the group set up a final attack from KAT 2012 yes's Joaquim Rodríguez with 1 km 1 on remaining, and held on to win his third career Tirreno–Adriatico stage.http://roadcyclinguk.com/news/tirreno-adriatico-stage-six-rodriguez-solos-to-third-career-victory-in-race-of-the-two-seas.html Rodriguez solos to third career victory in 'Race of the Two Seas' 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 Road Cycling UK Factory Media Limited Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ 2012 yes) led Di Luca over the line for second, assuming the points classification lead from Sagan, and moved to within six seconds of RNT 2012's Chris Horner – who finished fourth on the stage – ahead of the final time trial stage.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/news/horner-kreuziger-and-nibali-weigh-in-on-three-way-race-of-truth-for-tirreno-adriatico-title_209161 Andrew Hood Horner, Kreuziger and Nibali weigh in on three-way race of truth for Tirreno-Adriatico title VeloNews 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 4h 38' 27" 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA ASA 2012 s.t. 4 Chris Horner USA 20px|Blue jersey RNT 2012 s.t. 5 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 s.t. 6 Wout Poels NED VCD 2012 s.t. 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 s.t. 8 Oscar Gatto ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 9 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 s.t. 10 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Horner USA 20px|Blue jersey RNT 2012 29h 27' 06" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 5" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|Red jersey LIQ 2012 + 6" 4 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 45" 5 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 47" 6 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 + 48" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 50" 8 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2012 + 1' 15" 9 Danilo Di Luca ITA ASA 2012 + 1' 21" 10 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA COG 2012 + 1' 22" Stage 7 13 March 2012 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 9.3 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT) The Tirreno–Adriatico ended as its parent race, the Giro d'Italia, had for the last four years, with an individual time trial. San Benedetto del Tronto in the Marche region played host to a perfectly flat out-and-back ride right along the Adriatic coast; it was held on the same course as the 2011 edition, where Fabian Cancellara claimed victory for the LEO 2011 team, in a time of 10' 33".Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/tirreno-adriatico/stage-7/results Cancellara crushes final Tirreno stage 15 March 2011 Cycling News 13 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131220201138/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tirreno-adriatico/stage-7/results 20 December 2013 dead dmy-allhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/532091/nibali-wins-tirreno-adriatico-overall.html Nibali wins Tirreno-Adriatico overall Gregor Brown 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Cycling Weekly Cancellara was the pre-stage favourite,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7593125/Nibali-crowned-at-Tirreno Nibali crowned at Tirreno 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Sky Sports BSkyB but much of the focus was upon the impending three-rider battle for the overall honours between RNT 2012's Chris Horner, AST 2012's Roman Kreuziger and LIQ 2012's Vincenzo Nibali; the three riders were split by just six seconds prior to the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/horner-on-the-verge-of-tirreno-adriatico-victory Horner on the verge of Tirreno-Adriatico victory Cycling News 12 March 2012 13 March 2012 As was customary of time trial stages, cyclists set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Thus, Alex Rasmussen of GRM 2012a, who, in 148th place, trailed overall leader Horner by one hour, sixteen minutes and thirteen seconds, was the first rider to set off on the final stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11359/Vincenzo-Nibali-snatches-last-gasp-Tirreno-Adriatico-victory-in-San-Benedetto-time-trial.aspx Vincenzo Nibali snatches last-gasp Tirreno-Adriatico victory in San Benedetto time trial Ben Atkins 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 VeloNation Rasmussen set a time of 11' 05" for the course, but was immediately beaten by GEC 2012a's Svein Tuft – the Canadian national champion – who went inside the 11-minute barrier, with a time of 10' 52". Tuft's time was briefly troubled by Manuele Boaro, a former Italian junior national champion, with the SAX 2012a rider coming within a second of beating Tuft's time. Daniele Bennati assumed the lead from Tuft later on, for RNT 2012 yes; his time of 10' 48" put him four seconds ahead of Tuft,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13032012/58/nibali-wins-tirreno-adriatico-cancellara-claims-itt.html Nibali wins Tirreno-Adriatico; Cancellara claims ITT Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 but Bennati's time was only beaten by one other rider – team-mate Cancellara.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2012/stage-7/results Nibali triumphs at Tirreno-Adriatico Cycling News 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 His time of 10' 36", three seconds outside of his 2011 time,http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/cancellara-wins-tirreno-tt-horner-takes-2nd-gc Cancellara wins Tirreno TT - Horner takes 2nd in GC RNT 2012 Leopard S.A. 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315234607/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/cancellara-wins-tirreno-tt-horner-takes-2nd-gc 15 March 2012 dead dmy-all was ultimately good enough to give him his second win of the season, and his fourth career Tirreno–Adriatico stage victory. Two hours later, the focus shifted to the overall battle; Nibali was the first to leave with Kreuziger and Horner later setting off in two-minute intervals from one another.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/download/2012/OrdinePartenzaCronometro.pdf PDF 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Digital Stage 7 ITT: Ordine Di Partenza/Ordre de Depart/Start Order https://web.archive.org/web/20120324052629/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/download/2012/OrdinePartenzaCronometro.pdf 24 March 2012 dead dmy-all Nibali set a time of 5' 21" to the intermediate point, and took the virtual lead of the race on the road as Horner and Kreuziger could only muster 5' 32" and 5' 34" respectively. Nibali managed to hold a good pace right to the end of the stage, recording a time of 10' 56"; good enough for ninth place on the stage.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/13/ian-stannard-team-sky Team Sky's Ian Stannard seventh in final Tirreno-Adriatico time trial 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 The Guardian Press Association Kreuziger struggled in the closing stages, and lost a total of 27 seconds to Nibali, while Horner also lost time to Nibali in the second half of the course; finishing in a time of 11' 16", and thus Nibali became the third Italian in four years to win the race.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/italys-vincenzo-nibali-wins-tirreno-adriatico-after-beating-chris-horner-of-us-in-time-trial/2012/03/13/gIQAfQOk9R_story.html Italian rider Vincenzo Nibali wins Tirreno-Adriatico after beating Chris Horner in time trial 13 March 2012 13 March 2012 The Washington Post Associated PressJune 2021 medicmedic Nibali added the overall victory to his success in the points classification, while VCD 2012's Wout Poels managed to just hold off GEC 2012a yes rider Cameron Meyer in the young rider classification by eight seconds. Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 10' 36" 2 Daniele Bennati ITA RNT 2012 + 12" 3 Cameron Meyer AUS GEC 2012a + 16" 4 Svein Tuft CAN GEC 2012a + 16" 5 Manuele Boaro ITA SAX 2012a + 16" 6 Hayden Roulston NZL RNT 2012 + 17" 7 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2012 + 18" 8 Peter Velits SVK OPQ 2012 + 20" 9 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|Red jersey LIQ 2012 + 20" 10 Marco Pinotti ITA BMC 2012 + 21"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Vincenzo Nibali ITA 20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey LIQ 2012 29h 38' 08" 2 Chris Horner USA RNT 2012 + 14" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE AST 2012 + 26" 4 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2012 + 53" 5 Johnny Hoogerland NED VCD 2012 + 1' 00" 6 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 1' 16" 7 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2012 + 1' 16" 8 Wout Poels NED 20px|White jersey VCD 2012 + 1' 25" 9 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2012 + 1' 31" 10 Cameron Meyer AUS GEC 2012a + 1' 33" Classification leadership table In the Tirreno–Adriatico, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses in intermediate sprints and at the finish in mass-start stages, the leader received a blue jersey.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2011/en/download/regulation.pdf PDF Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Digital 14 March 2012 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico Regulations https://web.archive.org/web/20110722034758/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2011/en/download/regulation.pdf 2011-07-22 dead This classification was considered the most important of the 2012 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the winner was considered the winner of the race itself. Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. The stage win awarded 12 points, second place awarded 10 points, third 8, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for tenth. In addition, the first four riders across the intermediate sprint lines earned points, 5, 3, 2, and 1 in succession. There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. There were sixteen recognised climbs in the race, and unlike most other races, the climbs were not separated into categories – each awarded the same points to the first four riders over its summit, on a scale of 5, 3, 2, and 1 in succession. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1987 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Riders Classification25px|link=|alt=Team Classification 1 GEC 2012a Matthew Goss no award no award Cameron Meyer GEC 2012a 2 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Stefano Pirazzi 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen 4 Peter Sagan Chris Horner Peter Sagan AST 2012 5 Vincenzo Nibali KAT 2012 6 Joaquim Rodríguez Vincenzo Nibali Wout Poels 7 Fabian Cancellara Vincenzo Nibali ALM 2012 Final Vincenzo Nibali Vincenzo Nibali Stefano Pirazzi Wout Poels ALM 2012 References 30em External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/en/index.shtml Category:Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico