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Tirreno–Adriatico (Historic)

Held in the middle of March, the Tirreno–Adriatico one-week stage race from the western to the eastern seacost of Italy and generally attracts a superb field. Like Paris–Nice, it's held in mid-March. Many racers use the Tirreno–Adriatico as preparation for Milan–San Remo, which usually comes the following week.

Year

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Distance

Average Speed
km/hr
1966 Dino Zandegu
15hr 43min 42sec		 Vito Taccone
@ s.t.		 Rolf Maurer
@ 1min 32sec		 603.5 km 38.370
1967 Franco Bitossi
27hr 48min 5sec		 Carmine Preziosi
@ 12sec		 Vito Taccone
@ s.t.		 1067.9 km 38.513
1968 Claudio Michelotto
27hr 17min 32sec		 Italo Zilioli
@ 18sec		 Rudi Altig
@ 1min 38sec		 1037.9 km 38.033
1969 Carlo Chiappano
23hr 58min 18sec		 Albert Van Vlierberghe
@ 31sec		 Giuseppe Fezzardi
@ 42sec		 946.3 km 39.476
1970 Antoon Houbrechts
24hr 50min 25sec		 Italo Zilioli
@ 30sec		 Felice Gimondi
@ 35sec		 913 km 36.755
1971 Italo Zilioli
26hr 33min 18sec		 Georges Pintens
@ 1min 24sec		 Marcello Bergamo
@ 1min 31sec		 985 km 37.093
1972 Roger De Vlaeminck
23hr 46min 52sec		 Josef Fuchs
@ 12sec		 Tomas Pettersson
@ 31sec		 884 km 37.172
1973 Roger De Vlaeminck
14hr 26min 12sec		 Frans Verbeeck
@ 42sec		 Gosta Pettersson
@ 1min 20sec		 582 km 40.314
1974 Roger De Vlaeminck
20hr 18min 9sec		 Knut Knudsen
@ 53sec		 Simone Fraccaro
@ 1min 7sec		 780 km 38.419
1975 Roger De Vlaeminck
21hr 34min 38sec		 Knut Knudsen
@ 19sec		 Wladimiro Panizza
@ 48sec		 816 km 37.818
1976 Roger De Vlaeminck
23hr 39min 13sec		 Eddy Merckx
@ 53sec		 Giambattista Baronchelli
@ 1min 36sec		 882 km 37.288
1977 Roger De Vlaeminck
22hr 6min 32sec		 Francesco Moser
@ 5sec		 Giuseppe Saronni
@ 32sec		 808.5 km 36.546
1978 Giuseppe Saronni
22hr 8min 46sec		 Knut Knudsen
@ 12sec		 Francesco Moser
@ 45sec		 864 km 39.014
1979 Knut Knudsen
24hr 40min 33sec		 Giuseppe Saronni
@ 1sec		 Giovanni Battaglin
@ 25sec		 915.5 km 37.101
1980 Francesco Moser
21hr 17min 28sec		 Fons de Wolf
@ 59sec		 Dante Morandi
@ 1min 5sec		 814.3 km 38.246
1981 Francesco Moser
21hr 38sec		 Raniero Gradi
@ 35sec		 Marino Amadori
@ 58sec		 835 km 39.742
1982 Giuseppe Saronni
21hr 47min 22sec		 Gerrie Knetemann
@ 7sec		 Greg LeMond
@ 27sec		 819.7 km 37.619
1983 Roberto Visentini
22hr 50min 20saec		 Gerrie Knetemann
@ 4sec		 Francesco Moser
@ 59sec		 856.8 km 37.515
1984 Tommy Prim
28hr 39min 41sec		 Erich Maechler
@ 2sec		 Roberto Visentini
@ 5sec		 1042.9 km 36.390
1985 Joop Zoetemelk
28hr 21min 8sec		 Acacio Da Silva
@ 57sec		 Stephan Mutter
@ 1min 20sec		 1010.4 km 36.623
1986 Luciano Rabottini
26hr 52min 22sec		 Francesco Moser
@ 1min 34sec		 Giuseppe Petito
@ 2min 21sec		 980.8 km 36.498 
1987 Rolf Sorensen
25hr 22min 21sec		 Giuseppe Calcaterra
@ 5sec		 Tony Rominger
@ 6sec		 935.65 km 36.878
1988 Erich Maechler
24hr 46min 34sec		 Tony Rominger
@ 16sec		 Rolf Sorensen
@ 21sec		 929.3 km 37.508
1989 Tony Rominger
28hr 37min 50sec		 Rolf Gölz
@ 34sec		 Charly Mottet
@ 44sec		 1070.9 km 37.406
1990 Tony Rominger
27hr 29min 18sec		 Zenon Jaskula
@ 2min 31sec		 Gilles Delion
@ 2min 42sec		 1040.5 km 37.87
1991 Herminio Diaz-Zabala
35hr 12min 46sec		 Federico Ghiotto
@ 4sec		 Raul Alcala
@ 52sec		 1317 km 37.401
1992 Rolf Sorensen
31hr 5min 54sec		 Raul Alcala
@ 13sec		 Fabian Jeker
@ 34sec		 1166.8 km 37.526
1993 Maurizio Fondriest
38hr 29min 36sec		 Andrei Tchmil
@ 9sec		 Stefano Della Santa
@ 10sec		 1431 km 37.175
1994 Giorgio Furlan
34hr 52min 20sec		 Evgeni Berzin
@ 47sec		 Stefano Colage
@ 53sec		 1315 km 37.709
1995 Stefano Colage
37hr 35min 39sec		 Maurizio Fondriest
@ 22sec		 Dimitri Konyshev
@ 27sec		 1412 km 37.559
1996 Francesco Casagrande
34hr 46min 18sec		 Alexandre Gontchenkov
@ 23sec		 Gianluca Pianegonda
@ 29sec		 1370.2 km 39.405
1997 Roberto Petito
28hr 20min 26sec		 Gianluca Pianegonda
@ 9sec		 Beat Zberg
@ 15sec		 1032 km 36.414
1998 Rolf Jaermann
38hr 27min 30sec		 Franco Ballerini
@ 4sec		 Jens Heppner
@ 1min 15sec		 1441 km 37.469
1999 Michele Bartoli
36hr 3min 30sec		 Davide Rebellin
@ 9sec		 Stefano Garzelli
@ 14sec		 1401 km 38.854
2000 Abraham Olano
33hr 17min 36sec		 Jan Hruska
@ 10sec		 Juan Carlos Dominguez
@ 18sec		 1242 km 37.305
2001 Davide Rebellin
29hr 41min 9sec		 Gabriele Colombo
@ s.t.		 Michael Boogerd
@ 3sec		 1155.2 km 38.91
2002 Erik Dekker
28hr 45min 24sec		 Danilo Di Luca
@ 18sec		 Oscar Freire
@ s.t.		 1049.7 km 36.51
2003 Filippo Pozzato
29hr 45min 22sec		 Danilo Di Luca
@ 4sec		 Ruggero Marzoli
@ 12sec		 1088 km 36.564
2004 Paolo Bettini
33hr 47min 6sec 		 Oscar Freire
@ 5sec		 Erik Zabel
@ 11sec		 1228 km 36.374
2005 Oscar Freire
32hr 37min 19sec		 Alessandro Petacchi
@ 9sec		 Fabrizio Guidi
@ 25sec		 1235.4 km 37.86
2006 Thomas Dekker
27hr 32min 14sec		 Jorg Jaksche
@ 14sec		 Alessandro Ballan
@ 20sec		 1,108.45 km 40.252
2007  Andreas Klöden
28hr 31min 26sec		 Kim Kirchen
@ 4sec		 Alexandre Vinokourov
@ 13sec		 1111.8 km 38.975
2008 Fabian Cancellara
28hr 8min 21sec		 Enrico Gasparotto
@16sec		 Thomas Lovkvist
@40sec		 1119.0 km 39.766
2009 Michele Scarponi
27hr 37min 22sec		 Stefano Garzelli
@ 25sec		 Andreas Klöden
@ 1min 7sec		 1101 km 39.854
2010