Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 route

The 2026 version of Tirreno-Adriatico will pose as difficult a course as ever, regardless of the shortage of an enormous summit end.

Unveiled on Friday, January 16, the 2026 route – run over seven days from March 9 to March 15 – will characteristic 15,550 metres of climbing, up 950 metres on the 2025 version of the race.

There could also be no main mountaintop stage end within the Apennines as has featured in recent times, resembling Monte Carpegna, Prati di Tivo, Sassotetto, and Monte Petrano, nevertheless, the route will characteristic 16 categorized climbs and three difficult hilly finishes to check the GC contenders.

For the fifth yr in a row, the race will start with a brief, flat time trial in Lido di Camaiore on the Tyrrhenian coast. The race will then head into the hills on stage 2 for a Tuscan hilltop end on the gravel climb to San Gimignano.

Stage 3 is the longest day of the race, measuring 225 kilometres, and gives an opportunity for the sprinters to do their factor. Stage 4 heads by L’Aquila and into the Apennines.

The hill-packed fifth stage to Mombaroccio is without doubt one of the hardest of the race, with barely a metre of flat floor, whereas Sassotetto options early on the penultimate stage 6. That day, set to be the GC decider, concludes with a muro climb that includes gradients of as much as 18%, whereas the ultimate stage in San Benedetto del Tronto is the standard dash fest.

“The route of the 61st Tirreno Adriatico stems from the need to return to the custom of this race, which through the years has all the time been extraordinarily selective, even and not using a mountain end,” mentioned race director Stefano Allocchio.

“We have constructed a tricky course, with phases exceeding 3,500 – 4,000 meters of elevation acquire and requiring a substantial amount of thoroughness. On this sense, the Marche area as soon as once more represents a central factor of the Corsa dei Due Mari, providing a great setting for the decisive phases of the race.

“We count on world-class participation, consistent with the historical past of a race that has turn out to be a searching floor for riders who’re protagonists on essentially the most prestigious phases all through the season, each within the Classics and the Grand Excursions.”

Stage 1: Lido di Camaiore ITT, 11.5km

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The race commences with its now-customary pan-flat time trial in Lido di Camaiore. The 11.5km stage follows an out-and-back route up and down the seafront with a U-turn within the center offering the one actual technical problem of the day.

Stage 2: Camaiore – San Gimignano, 206km

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Stage 2 brings a day which will get progressively tougher after a sedate begin with a flat run down the coast.

After heading south by Tuscany, passing by Pisa and Livorno, the race then hits the hills for the primary time with loads of ups and downs, even when there’s just one categorized climb earlier than the tip.

The finale holds the true issue of the day. There, a 5.3km gravel street in the direction of the end concludes with a brief, sharp 15% kick to the road in San Gimignano.

Stage 3: Cortona – Magliano de’ Marsi, 225km

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The third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 is the longest and, frankly, in all probability the least attention-grabbing on paper. The stage options one small climb after 83km, however from there it ought to be plain crusing for the sprinters, who’ll do battle on a slight uphill run to the road.

Stage 4: Tagliacozzo – Martinsicuro, 210km

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Stage 4 takes the race south to the Apennines by way of L’Aquila and two main passes of Ovindoli and the Valico della Capannelle.

An extended descent from the latter leads into a difficult remaining 60km crammed with a number of brief, sharp climbs. At 49km from the road, the climb at Castellatlto options stretches at 12%, whereas a number of unclassified hills lie between it and the ultimate take a look at of the day.

12.6km out, the muro at Tortoreto will present a late launchpad for any hopeful attackers. The gradient on the best way up reaches 20% in locations, whereas a flat run to the end line awaits.

Stage 5: Marotta-Mondolfo – Mombaroccio, 186km

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On a race and not using a set piece summit end, it is harder to name any sooner or later the queen stage, although stage 5 is actually within the working for that title alongside stage 6.

There are 4 categorized climbs packed into the latter half of the 186km run to Mombaroccio, although the undulating stage options barely a metre of flat from the beginning.

RCS Sport say there are “at the very least 10” main climbs alongside the best way, although the most important checks will come late on. The Monte delle Cesane options a number of kilometres at a 15% gradient, whereas the stage concludes with two laps of a hilly circuit together with an ascent of the Santuario Beato Sante.

The ultimate ascent of that climb comes 1.6km from the end, which means a late assault into the brief descent to the road might win the best way.

Stage 6: San Severino Marche – Camerino, 189km

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Stage 6 options Sassotetto, a climb which has hosted previous summit finishes at Tirreno-Adriatico. This time, nevertheless, it options after 66.8km of racing, and so is unlikely to have a significant bearing on the ultimate end result.

From there, a descent will take what’s left of the peloton to 3 laps of a difficult and hilly 29.1km circuit in Camerino. The Muro della Madonna delle Carceri is the principle issue on this circuit, that includes gradients as much as 18%, with the end line coming on the prime of the ultimate of three full ascents of the hill.

Stage 7: Civitanova Marche – San Benedetto del Tronto, 143km

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Virtually all the climbing is completed and dusted by this level, with one final climb mendacity between the peloton and the end line of stage 7 in San Benedetto del Tronto.

The early hill on the ultimate stage is one thing for the breakaway to battle over fairly than the GC hopefuls, nevertheless. As an alternative, the stage is one for the sprinters, who’ll get 5 laps of a flat 15km metropolis circuit to arrange for the race’s grand finale – the closing dash end.