2010 Tirreno–Adriatico

2010 Tirreno–Adriatico 2010 UCI World Ranking 3 26 10–16 March 2010 7 1,229 km 30h 52' 32" Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 blue Michele Scarponi ITA AND 2010 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 red Dmytro Grabovskyy UKR ISD 2010 green Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 white LAM 2010 2009 2011 The 2010 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 45th running of the Tirreno–Adriatico stage race. It started on 10 March and finished on 16 March. The race started in Livorno and ended San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Stefano Garzelli after gaining 2 seconds in intermediate sprints in the last stage which tied him for first with Michele Scarponi; Garzelli held the tiebreaker, combined stage finishes. Teams Twenty-two teams started the race. These included sixteen UCI ProTour teams, including the provisionally-licensed LAM 2010, and six UCI Professional Continental teams. These teams, along with three others, also contested Milan–San Remo. The 22 teams participating in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/teams-announced-for-milano-sanremo-tirreno-adriatico Teams announced for Milano–Sanremo, Tirreno–Adriatico 2010-02-09 Cycling News 2010-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100211010850/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/teams-announced-for-milano-sanremo-tirreno-adriatico 11 February 2010 live 18em ASA 2010 ALM 2010 AND 2010 AST 2010 BMC 2010 GCE 2010 CTT 2010 CSF 2010 EUS 2010 FDJ 2010 GRM 2010 ISD 2010 LAM 2010 LIQ 2010 OLO 2010 QST 2010 RAB 2010 THR 2010 KAT 2010 MRM 2010 SAX 2010 SKY 2010 Stages Stage 1 10 March 2010 – Livorno to Rosignano Solvay, 148 km on The race of two seas began with a mostly flat stage from Livorno on the Tyrrhenian coast to Rosignano Solvay. The riders took a finishing circuit in the arrival town, seeing the finish line twice.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-1 Stage 1: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, Livorno - Rosignano Solvay, 148 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414110846/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-1 14 April 2010 dead dmy-all A lone rider from ISD 2010 comprised this stage's major breakaway. Dmytro Grabovskyy slipped away early and quickly built an advantage of over five minutes. The peloton, battered by the freezing rain that almost kept the stage from being run at all, was content to let him stay away until the 40 km on to go mark, when the LIQ 2010 and GRM 2010 teams set to bringing him back in the hopes of setting up a potential mass sprint finish for their top sprinters Daniele Bennati and Tyler Farrar. Grabovskyy was caught with 22 km on left to race, and EUS 2010's Pablo Urtasun took the opportunity to counter-attack, being joined after a short while by Niki Terpstra from MRM 2010. They were away until the 8 km on to go mark, and another move took shape when they were caught, including Terpstra's team leader Linus Gerdemann and Matti Breschel. Despite never holding even ten seconds advantage over the main field, and not having an appreciable gap over them at the finish line, they were able to contest the stage among themselves and deny the pure sprinters the chance. Gerdemann came around Pablo Lastras' early leadout to take the stage win and the first blue jersey as race leader. With the time bonus at the finish line, he became the first leader of the race with a four-second advantage over Lastras. Gerdemann was also awarded the red jersey as points classification leader; Lastras wore it during stage two. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-1/results Gerdemann grabs first stage at Tirreno–Adriatico 2010-03-10 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100313013716/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-1/results 2010-03-13 dead Stage 1 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 3h 36' 15" 2 Pablo Lastras ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 3 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 s.t. 4 Luca Paolini ITA ASA 2010 s.t. 5 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2010 s.t. 6 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 7 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 s.t. 8 Marco Bandiera ITA KAT 2010 s.t. 9 Simon Clarke AUS ISD 2010 s.t. 10 Francesco Ginanni ITA AND 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Linus Gerdemann GER20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey MRM 2010 3h 36' 05" 2 Pablo Lastras ESP GCE 2010 + 4" 3 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 + 6" 4 Fabian Wegmann GER MRM 2010 + 8" 5 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 9" 6 Luca Paolini ITA ASA 2010 + 10" 7 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2010 + 10" 8 José Joaquín Rojas ESP20px|White jersey GCE 2010 + 10" 9 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 + 10" 10 Marco Bandiera ITA KAT 2010 + 10" Stage 2 11 March 2010 – Montecatini Terme, 165 km on Stage two contained a categorized climb after just 6 km on, but following the descent from that climb the course was a plateau with no further raises in elevation of any consequence. The stage started and ended in the same town, and concluded with a 5-lap circuit with repeated visits to a short hill.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-2 Stage 2: Thursday, March 11, 2010, Montecatini Terme, 165 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414105027/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-2 14 April 2010 dead dmy-all Four riders again tried their luck to contest the stage win among themselves in a breakaway, but on this day the sprinters would not be denied. The four were Mikhail Ignatiev, Diego Caccia, Alan Pérez, and Alan Marangoni, who escaped 11 km on into the stage. They built up an advantage of over four minutes, while race leader Linus Gerdemann's Milram team rode a tempo at the front of the peloton. Various teams representing strong sprinters worked to reel in the escape toward the end of the stage, and three of them were caught 3.5 km 1 on from the finish line. Ignatiev tried to counter-attack as the catch occurred, but the blazing speed with which LIQ 2010 was driving the peloton at the time meant that it was only a few seconds until the Russian too was brought back. Liquigas–Doimo led out the sprint in the final kilometer, but their top sprinter Daniele Bennati was unable to take advantage. Belgian national champion Tom Boonen began his sprint first, but was able to hold on to the finish line for the win. The win, and the time bonus it afforded, left Boonen tied with Gerdemann on time in the general classification.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-2/results Boonen powers to victory over Martens 2010-03-11 Cycling News 2010-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314041248/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-2/results 14 March 2010 dead dmy-all Stage 2 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 4h 14' 13" 2 Paul Martens GER RAB 2010 s.t. 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 s.t. 4 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2010 s.t. 6 Francesco Ginanni ITA AND 2010 s.t. 7 Sacha Modolo ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 8 Danilo Hondo GER LAM 2010 s.t. 9 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2010 s.t. 10 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Linus Gerdemann GER20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey MRM 2010 7h 50' 18" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 + 0" 3 Pablo Lastras ESP GCE 2010 + 4" 4 Paul Martens GER RAB 2010 + 4" 5 Alan Pérez ESP EUS 2010 + 4" 6 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 + 6" 7 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 + 6" 8 Fabian Wegmann GER MRM 2010 + 8" 9 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 9" 10 José Joaquín Rojas ESP20px|White jersey GCE 2010 + 10" Stage 3 12 March 2010 – San Miniato to Monsummano Terme, 159 km on Stage 3 was the last in Tuscany. This course had two categorized climbs in the final 30 km on before the peloton reaches Monsummano Terme. There were three uncategorized rises in elevation before that point, and a lengthy flat stretch to the finish.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-3 Stage 3: Friday, March 12, 2010, San Miniato - Monsummano Terme, 159 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100410200018/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-3 10 April 2010 dead dmy-all The day's escapees were Sebastian Lang, Cameron Wurf, and Diego Caccia. By virtue of being in the breakaway for the second day in a row, Caccia took the lead in the mountains classification after the stage from his teammate Dmytro Grabovskyy. Wurf was the last of them to be caught, on the final climb of the day. The main field was all together for a sprint finish, but this was nearly not the case, as ten riders broke away on the descent from the last climb, including overall contenders like defending champion Michele Scarponi, last year's runner-up Stefano Garzelli, and the LIQ 2010 duo of Vincenzo Nibali and Roman Kreuziger. This breakaway group had 18 seconds on the main field with 5 km on left to race, but they were unable to ride as cohesively as the peloton, who caught them just before they reached the red kite indicating 1 km on to the finish line. Just as they had the previous day, the Liquigas–Doimo squad executed an efficient leadout for their top sprinter Daniele Bennati. Unlike the previous day, Bennati used it to his full advantage, winning the stage over Alessandro Petacchi, Bernhard Eisel, and Tyler Farrar. The time bonus at the line made Bennati the new race leader. He also took the lead in the points classification – previous race leader Linus Gerdemann dons the red jersey for stage 4.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-3/results Bennati blazes to victory 2010-03-12 Cycling News 2010-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314041257/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-3/results 14 March 2010 dead dmy-all Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 3h 53' 09" 2 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010 s.t. 3 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 s.t. 5 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP SKY 2010 s.t. 6 Sacha Modolo ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 7 Assan Bazayev KAZ AST 2010 s.t. 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 s.t. 9 Francesco Ginanni ITA AND 2010 s.t. 10 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 s.t. General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey LIQ 2010 11h 44' 23" 2 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2010 + 4" 3 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 + 4" 4 Pablo Lastras ESP GCE 2010 + 8" 5 Paul Martens GER RAB 2010 + 8" 6 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010 + 8" 7 Alan Pérez ESP EUS 2010 + 8" 8 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 + 10" 9 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 13" 10 José Joaquín Rojas ESP20px|White jersey GCE 2010 + 14" Stage 4 13 March 2010 – San Gemini to Chieti, 243 km on The profile for this long stage, entering the region of Abruzzo, is bumpy, with many climbs, both categorized and uncategorized. The riders head east and slightly to the south to Chieti and will nearly reach the Adriatic Sea. The final 3 km on are especially difficult, with stretches containing maximum gradients of 19%.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-4 Stage 4: Saturday, March 13, 2010, San Gemini - Chieti, 243 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100410193052/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-4 10 April 2010 dead dmy-all The peloton reeled in many early attacks on this stage, and the day's principal breakaway did not form until 34 km on had been covered. The seven escapees were Rubén Pérez, Vasil Kiryienka, Marco Frapporti, Maarten Wynants, Paolo Longo Borghini, Vladimir Efimkin, and Italian national champion Filippo Pozzato, who did much of the pacemaking for the group. Their biggest advantage over the main field was 8'30", at the halfway point of the stage. BMC 2010 and ASA 2010 did the majority of the pacemaking at the front of the peloton, as overnight race leader Daniele Bennati was quickly dropped on this stage, eventually finishing 12 minutes back of the stage winner. The break still had 3 minutes on the main field with 25 km on left to race, though several riders tried escapes from the peloton before the breakaway was caught, indicating that they did not believe the group could stay away. AST 2010 riders Alexander Vinokourov and Enrico Gasparotto both tried their luck, but could neither stay away nor bridge to the leaders. Vincenzo Nibali then attacked, and drew with him defending Tirreno–Adriatico champion Michele Scarponi. In the lead of the race, Kiryienka dropped his remaining breakaway companions and tried to solo to the line inside of the last 5 km on. Nibali and Scarponi quickly absorbed all of them, and at that point had Maxim Iglinsky and Stefano Garzelli in tow in their leading group. No one could answer Scarponi's subsequent attack, which gave him the stage win and the blue jersey. He finished 14 seconds the better of Benoît Vaugrenard, who had come up from what remained of the main field to finish with Garzelli's group. Due to the narrow, twisting roads on which the stage finished, Vaugrenard had not seen Scarponi cross the finish line, and he thought he had won the stage when he led his group across the line. Nibali was unable to maintain the pace of this group and lost a further 7 seconds to them, finishing 21 back of Scarponi. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-4/results Scarponi speeds to stage win in Chieti 2010-03-13 Cycling News 2010-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314041312/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-4/results 2010-03-14 dead Stage 4 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Michele Scarponi ITA AND 2010 6h 23' 47" 2 Benoît Vaugrenard FRA FDJ 2010 + 14" 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli ITA AND 2010 + 14" 4 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 + 14" 5 Rigoberto Urán COL GCE 2010 + 14" 6 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2010 + 17" 7 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 17" 8 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 17" 9 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 19" 10 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 19" General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Michele Scarponi ITA20px|Blue jersey AND 2010 18h 08' 14" 2 Benoît Vaugrenard FRA FDJ 2010 + 18" 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli ITA AND 2010 + 20" 4 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 + 24" 5 Rigoberto Urán COL20px|White jersey GCE 2010 + 24" 6 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 26" 7 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2010 + 27" 8 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 27" 9 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 29" 10 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 29" Stage 5 14 March 2010 – Chieti to Colmurano, 216 km on The first half of this stage, which saw the peloton ride directly alongside the Adriatic coast, was flat, but the second half contained several climbs. The final 18 km on were removed from the course due to poor road conditions, leaving out the originally scheduled final climb, one that reaches a 20% maximum grade.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-5 Stage 5: Sunday, March 14, 2010, Chieti - Colmurano, 234 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405101246/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-5 5 April 2010 dead dmy-all The resultant course featured a smaller, but still difficult, summit finish. An eleven-rider breakaway formed early in the stage, but it did not come close to staying away, as only Marco Pinotti from this group was out front for any length of time. He was caught with a good 55 km on left to race. Race leader Michele Scarponi's AND 2010 team set a furious pace to control the main field, even though two of its riders crashed hard. José Serpa finished the stage, continuing to take pulls at the front of the main field, covered in dirt with a blood-streaked face meagerly patched up by a bandage. A counter-attack from Juan José Oroz as the time Pinotti was caught got the Basque rider clear for most of the remainder of the stage. AST 2010's Enrico Gasparotto bridged across to him just before the short but nearly vertical climb to Colmurano which concluded the stage. Cadel Evans, Stefano Garzelli and Maxim Iglinsky next bridged from the Scarponi group to the leaders, and Evans tapped out a pace to get them to the finish line first. Despite having been in the flats in his bridge up to Oroz, Gasparotto still had the legs to come around Evans and claim the stage win. Scarponi retained the overall lead, but his advantage was narrowed. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-5/results Gasparotto strikes in Colmurano 2010-03-14 Cycling News 2010-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100317164643/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-5/results 2010-03-17 dead Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2010 5h 32' 22" 2 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 s.t. 3 Maxim Iglinskiy KAZ AST 2010 s.t. 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 s.t. 5 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2010 + 8" 6 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 8" 7 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2010 + 8" 8 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 8" 9 Michele Scarponi ITA20px|Blue jersey AND 2010 + 8" 10 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 8" General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Michele Scarponi ITA20px|Blue jersey AND 2010 23h 40' 44" 2 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 + 10" 3 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2010 + 15" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 18" 5 Robert Gesink NED20px|White jersey RAB 2010 + 27" 6 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 29" 7 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 29" 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2010 + 31" 9 Leonardo Bertagnolli ITA AND 2010 + 48" 10 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2010 + 53" Stage 6 15 March 2010 – Montecosaro to Macerata, 134 km on Stage six is hilly, concluding with a 4-lap circuit that involves a visit to the Macerata climb each lap. The first and third laps will count the climb towards the mountains classification, while for the second pass it will be considered an intermediate sprint.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-6 Stage 6: Monday, March 15, 2010, Montecosaro - Macerata, 134 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401204714/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-6 1 April 2010 dead dmy-all Twelve riders from twelve teams broke away at the 8 km on mark. The best-placed riders in this group were Paul Martens of RAB 2010 and Simon Špilak from LAM 2010, respectively 1'36" and 1'48" back of race leader Michele Scarponi as the day began. The significance of 12 different teams being represented in the break was that Scarponi's AND 2010 team did not get much help in setting a pace for the peloton to bring them back, as teams do not normally help chase down breakaways when they have a rider in them. Androni Giocattoli rode a deliberate pace for much of the stage, with the breakaway's time gap hovering at around two minutes most of the day. As the end of the stage neared, the main field had closed the gap to under a minute, meaning Martens and Špilak did not stand to threaten Scarponi's overall lead. This caused Androni Giocattoli to ease up on their pace, but they nonetheless absorbed 11 of the breakaway riders before the finish, since the hilly parcours did not suit most of those riders. The one who got away was KAT 2010's Mikhail Ignatiev, a time trial specialist who shed his breakaway mates with 8 km on remaining and was able to pace himself to the line for the stage win. A hectic final kilometer for the race's top contenders was resolved when Stefano Garzelli and Cadel Evans broke away from a small group containing Scarponi. They finished 2 seconds better than the race leader, but more importantly, both won time bonuses. Scarponi retained the race leader's blue jersey heading into the final day, but by a margin of just 2 seconds to Garzelli and 12 to Evans. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-6/results Ingnatiev takes a thriller in Macerata 2010-03-15 Cycling News 2010-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100316232120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-6/results 2010-03-16 dead Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Mikhail Ignatiev RUS KAT 2010 3h 18' 09" 2 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2010 + 5" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 5" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2010 + 7" 5 Benoît Vaugrenard FRA FDJ 2010 + 7" 6 Michele Scarponi ITA20px|Blue jersey AND 2010 + 7" 7 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 7" 8 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2010 + 9" 9 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 11" 10 Rigoberto Urán COL GCE 2010 + 11" General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Michele Scarponi ITA 20px|Blue jersey AND 2010 26h 59' 00" 2 Stefano Garzelli ITA 20px|Red jersey ASA 2010 + 2" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 12" 4 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2010 + 22" 5 Robert Gesink NED 20px|White jersey RAB 2010 + 27" 6 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 29" 7 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 33" 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2010 + 42" 9 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2010 + 1' 04" 10 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2010 + 1' 07" Stage 7 16 March 2010 – Civitanova Marche to San Benedetto del Tronto, 164 km on The first 60 km on of this course contained two categorized climbs, but from that point on the stage was perfectly flat to the finish. The race concluded with a seven-lap circuit in San Benedetto del Tronto, with intermediate sprint points available on the third and fifth laps.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-7 Stage 7: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Civitanova Marche - San Benedetto del Tronto, 164 km 2010-03-08 Cycling News 2010-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401204233/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-7 1 April 2010 dead dmy-all ALM rider Blel Kadri formed a solo breakaway soon after the true beginning of the stage. He stayed out front for 100 km on. With the intermediate sprints affording 3, 2, and 1 bonus seconds, ASA 2010 had a vested interest in chasing him down, since the sprints could move their team leader Stefano Garzelli past Michele Scarponi for the race's overall classification. The first sprint took place 40 km on from the end of the stage. Francesco Ginanni won the first sprint, ahead of José Joaquín Rojas and Garzelli. This put Garzelli one second behind Scarponi. In the second intermediate sprint, 20 km on from the line, Ginanni and AND 2010 teammate Jackson Rodríguez easily took the first two places, but Acqua & Sapone successfully led Garzelli out to again get third. This left the two exactly tied on time, but Garzelli held the tiebreaker for better stage placings over the course of all seven days of racing. While 10, 6, and 4 bonus seconds were available for the first three across the finish line, neither team figured to be able to control the upcoming mass sprint. This meant Garzelli had won the race's overall classification by the thinnest of margins. The teams of the sprinters came forward in the final 10 km on to set up the finale. Mark Cavendish, who had missed out on the previous sprint finishes, crashed hard with 8 km on and missed an opportunity to contest this sprint. Assan Bazayev and Rui Costa also crashed. SKY 2010 controlled the race in the final kilometer, and delivered Edvald Boasson Hagen to the line in first position. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-7/results Boasson Hagen speeds to final stage victory 2010-03-16 Cycling News 2010-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322185741/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/45th-tirreno-adriatico-his/stage-7/results 2010-03-22 dead Stage 7 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 3h 52' 36" 2 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2010 s.t. 3 Sacha Modolo ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 4 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 s.t. 5 Mattia Gavazzi ITA CSF 2010 s.t. 6 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 s.t. 7 Robbie McEwen AUS KAT 2010 s.t. 8 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2010 s.t. 9 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2010 s.t. 10 Robert Hunter RSA GRM 2010 s.t. General classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Stefano Garzelli ITA20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey ASA 2010 30h 51' 36" 2 Michele Scarponi ITA AND 2010 + 0" 3 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 12" 4 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2010 + 22" 5 Robert Gesink NED 20px|White jersey RAB 2010 + 27" 6 Michael Rogers AUS THR 2010 + 29" 7 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2010 + 33" 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2010 + 42" 9 Manuele Mori ITA LAM 2010 + 1' 04" 10 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2010 + 1' 07" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Riders Classification25px|link=|alt=Team Classification 1 Linus Gerdemann Linus Gerdemann Linus Gerdemann Dmytro Grabovskyy José Joaquín Rojas CSF 2010 2 Tom Boonen 3 Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Diego Caccia AST 2010 4 Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi Rigoberto Urán AND 2010 5 Enrico Gasparotto Dmytro Grabovskyy Robert Gesink AST 2010 6 Mikhail Ignatiev Stefano Garzelli LAM 2010 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Stefano Garzelli Final Stefano Garzelli Stefano Garzelli Dmytro Grabovskyy Robert Gesink LAM 2010 References Tirreno-Adriatico Category:Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico, 2010