The 2007 Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race took place from 14 March to 20 March 2007. The event was won by German Andreas Klöden of the , who combined good time-trialling and climbing skills to take the race lead on the penultimate stage.
Teams Twenty-one teams, containing a total of 168 riders, were invited to participate in the race:
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 14 March Civitavecchia to Civitavecchia Flat stage 2 15 March Civitavecchia to Marsciano Hilly stage 3 16 March Marsciano to Macerata Hilly stage 4 17 March Pievebovigliana to Offagna Hilly stage 5 18 March Civitanova Marche to Civitanova Alta Individual time trial 6 19 March San Benedetto del Tronto to San Giacomo Medium mountain stage 7 20 March Civitella del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto Flat stage
Stages
Stage 1 14 March 2007 — Civitavecchia, CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTour Points1 Robbie McEwen 4h 38' 24" 3 pts2 Óscar Freire s.t. 2 pts3 Thor Hushovd s.t. 1 pt
Stage 2 15 March 2007 — Civitavecchia to Marsciano,
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Alexander Arekeev 4h 51' 41" N/A2 Daniele Contrini + 29" N/A3 Sven Krauss+ 29" 1 pt
Stage 3 16 March 2007 — Marsciano to Macerata,
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Riccardo Riccò 5h 41' 22" 3 pts2 Alexander Vinokourov + 2" 2 pts3 Andreas Klöden + 2" 1 pt
Stage 4 17 March 2007 — Pievebovigliana to Offagna,
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Riccardo Riccò 3h 50' 22" 3 pts2 Stefan Schumacher+ 4" 2 pts3 Alexander Vinokourov + 4" 1 pt
Stage 5 18 March 2007 — Civitanova Marche to Civitanova Alta, (ITT)
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Stefan Schumacher 27' 08" 3 pts2 Andreas Klöden + 1" 2 pts3 Kim Kirchen + 6" 1 pt
Stage 6 19 March 2007 — San Benedetto del Tronto to San Giacomo,
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Matteo Bono 4h 25' 07" 3 pts2 Enrico Gasparotto + 32" 2 pts3 Giovanni Visconti + 41" 1 pt
Stage 7 20 March 2007 — Civitella del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto,
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Koldo Fernández 4h 38' 43" 3 pts2 Stuart O'Grady s.t. 2 pts3 Gabriele Balducci s.t. N/A
Final standings
General classification
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Andreas Klöden 28h 31' 26"502 Kim Kirchen + 4"403 Alexander Vinokourov + 13"354 Stefan Schumacher + 23"305 Janez Brajkovič + 31"256 Jens Voigt + 34"207 Vasil Kiryienka + 55"N/A8 Evgeni Petrov + 59"N/A9 Michele Scarponi + 1' 00"N/A10 Michael Boogerd + 1' 12"2
NOTE: UCI ProTour points are not awarded to riders from UCI Professional Continental teams (e.g., Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo and Tinkoff Credit Systems).
Mountains classification
CyclistTeamPoints1 Salvatore Commesso 152 Fortunato Baliani Ceramica Panaria–Navigare 113 Vasil Kiryienka 6
Points classification
CyclistTeamPoints1 Riccardo Riccò 322 Daniele Contrini 313 Andreas Klöden 30
Team classification
TeamCountryTime185h 37' 54"2 + 1' 07"3 + 2' 58"
The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2007 Tirreno–Adriatico:
NationUCI CodeTeam Name ASA A2R AST BTL GCE PAN Ceramica Panaria–Navigare COF C.A DSC EUS FDJ GST LAM LIQ PRL QSI RAB SDV CSC MRM TCS TMO
Jersey progress
Stage(Winner)General ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationTeam Classification Stage 1(Robbie McEwen) Robbie McEwen Salvatore Commesso Robbie McEwen Stage 2(Alexandr Arekeev)Alexandr ArekeevFortunato BalianiAlexandr Arekeev Stage 3(Riccardo Riccò) Salvatore Commesso Daniele Contrini Stage 4(Riccardo Riccò)Riccardo RiccòRiccardo Riccò Stage 5(Stefan Schumacher)Stefan SchumacherAndreas Klöden Stage 6(Matteo Bono)Andreas KlödenRiccardo Riccò Stage 7(Koldo Fernández) Final Andreas Klöden Salvatore Commesso Riccardo Riccò
References
Further reading
External links Race website