Tirreno-Adriatico Stats
Historical stats
– Dino Zandegu won the first edition of the race, which was called at tht time “The Three Days of the South” (1966)
– Roger De Vlaeminck has the most overall victories, six, between 1972 and 1977
– The Belgian is also the rider who got the most stage wins, 15
– Italy leads in the nations classification, with 24 triumphs, the last one being scored by Vincenzo Nibali, in 2013
– Nibali is the only cyclist who has won Tirreno-Adriatico and the Giro d’Italia in the same season
– Only one non-European rider took home Neptun’s Trident: Australia’s Cadel Evans, in 2012
– 1997 saw the longest edition, 1437 kilometers; the shortest one came in 1973, just 582 kilometers
– With one exception (1966), all the editions have finished in the same town, San Benedetto del Tronto
– In 2003, Filippo Pozzato became the youngest ever winner (21 years and 193 days); the oldest winner is Stefano Garzelli, 36 years and 252 days in 2010
– Spain’s Oscar Freire is the only world champion who finished first in the overall classification (2005)
– In two occasions, the first and the second rider in the GC came home in the same time (1966: Dino Zandegu – Vito Taccone; 2010: Stefano Garzelli-Michele Scarponi)
– Biggest gap between the winner and the cyclist who finished second was recorded in 1990, when 2:31 separated Tony Rominger and Zenon Jaskula
2016 stats
– 23 teams (18 World Tour and 5 Pro Continental) will be at the start of this year’s edition
– Of these, five are winless in 2016: Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec, Bora-Argon 18, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Giant-Alpecin and Lampre-Merida
– The riders in Tirreno-Adriatico have won a combined total of 5 Grand Tours, 17 Monuments, 10 World Titles and more than 170 Grand Tour stages
– Five neo-pros will ride Tirreno-Adriatico, with the race acting as their first ever World Tour event: Søren Kragh Andersen, Fernando Gaviria, Gregor Mühlberger, Jaime Roson and Lorenzo Rota
– In 2016, 33 nations will be represented in the peloton, Italy being the one with the most cyclists at the startline, 49
– Youngest rider in the race is Bardiani’s Lorenzo Rota (20 years); oldest one is Davide Rebellin (44 years)
– The line-up of the 51st edition includes two former winners: Fabian Cancellara and Vincenzo Nibali
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