2007 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 2007 Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race took place from March 14 to March 20. The event was won by German Andreas Klöden of the Astana, who combined good time-trialling and climbing skills to take the race lead on the penultimate stage.

2007 Tirreno–Adriatico

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Race details
Dates	March 14–March 20
Stages	7
Distance	1,112.5 km (691.3 mi)
Winning time	28h 31' 26"
Results
Winner  Andreas Klöden (GER) (Astana)   Second  Kim Kirchen (LUX) (T-Mobile Team)   Third  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) (Astana) Points  Riccardo Riccò (ITA) (Saunier Duval–Prodir) Mountains  Salvatore Commesso (ITA) (Tinkoff Credit Systems)   Team Tinkoff Credit Systems

Stages

Stage 1 - 14-03-2007: Civitavecchia, 160 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Robbie McEwen	Predictor–Lotto	4h 38' 24"	3 pts
2	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.	2 pts
3	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	s.t.	1 pt

Stage 2 - 15-03-2007: Civitavecchia-Marsciano, 202 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Alexander Arekeev	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo	4h 51' 41"	N/A
2	Daniele Contrini	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 29"	N/A
3	Sven Krauss	Gerolsteiner	+ 29"	1 pt

Stage 3 - 16-03-2007: Marsciano-Macerata, 213 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Riccardo Riccò	Saunier Duval–Prodir	5h 41' 22"	3 pts
2	Alexander Vinokourov	Astana	+ 2"	2 pts
3	Andreas Klöden	Astana	+ 2"	1 pt

Stage 4 - 17-03-2007: Pievebovigliana-Offagna, 161 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Riccardo Riccò	Saunier Duval–Prodir	3h 50' 22"	3 pts
2	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner	+ 4"	2 pts
3	Alexander Vinokourov	Astana	+ 4"	1 pt

Stage 5 - 18-03-2007: Civitanova Marche-Civitanova Alta, 20.5 km (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner	27' 08"	3 pts
2	Andreas Klöden	Astana	+ 1"	2 pts
3	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 6"	1 pt

Stage 6 - 19-03-2007: San Benedetto del Tronto-San Giacomo, 164 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Matteo Bono	Lampre–Fondital	4h 25' 07"	3 pts
2	Enrico Gasparotto	Liquigas	+ 32"	2 pts
3	Giovanni Visconti	Quick-Step–Innergetic	+ 41"	1 pt

Stage 7 - 20-03-2007: Civitella del Tronto-San Benedetto del Tronto, 177 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Koldo Fernández	Euskaltel–Euskadi	4h 38' 43"	3 pts
2	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.	2 pts
3	Gabriele Balducci	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo	s.t.	N/A

Final standings

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Andreas Klöden	Astana	28h 31' 26"	50
2	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 4"	40
3	Alexander Vinokourov	Astana	+ 13"	35
4	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner	+ 23"	30
5	Janez Brajkovic	Discovery Channel	+ 31"	25
6	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 34"	20
7	Vasil Kiryienka	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 55"	N/A
8	Evgeni Petrov	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 59"	N/A
9	Michele Scarponi	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo	+ 1' 00"	N/A
10	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 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

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Salvatore Commesso	Tinkoff Credit Systems	15
2	Fortunato Baliani	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	11
3	Vasil Kiryienka	Tinkoff Credit Systems	6

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Riccardo Riccò	Saunier Duval–Prodir	32
2	Daniele Contrini	Tinkoff Credit Systems	31
3	Andreas Klöden	Astana	30

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1	Tinkoff Credit Systems	Italy	85h 37' 54"
2	Astana	Switzerland	+ 1' 07"
3	Caisse d'Epargne	Spain	+ 2' 58"

The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2007 Tirreno–Adriatico:

Nation	UCI Code	Team Name
	ASA	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
	A2R	AG2R Prévoyance
	AST	Astana
	BTL	Bouygues Télécom
	GCE	Caisse d'Epargne
	PAN	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
	COF	Cofidis
	C.A	Crédit Agricole
	DSC	Discovery Channel
	EUS	Euskaltel–Euskadi
	FDJ	Française des Jeux
	GST	Gerolsteiner
	LAM	Lampre–Fondital
	LIQ	Liquigas
	PRL	Predictor–Lotto
	QSI	Quick-Step–Innergetic
	RAB	Rabobank
	SDV	Saunier Duval–Prodir
	CSC	Team CSC
	MRM	Team Milram
	TCS	Tinkoff Credit Systems
	TMO	T-Mobile Team

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (Robbie McEwen)	Robbie McEwen	Salvatore Commesso	Robbie McEwen	Team CSC
0Stage 2 (Alexandr Arekeev)	Alexandr Arekeev	Fortunato Baliani	Alexandr Arekeev	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
0Stage 3 (Riccardo Riccò)		Salvatore Commesso	Daniele Contrini	Gerolsteiner
0Stage 4 (Riccardo Riccò)	Riccardo Riccò		Riccardo Riccò	Tinkoff Credit Systems
0Stage 5 (Stefan Schumacher)	Stefan Schumacher		Andreas Klöden	Astana
0Stage 6 (Matteo Bono)	Andreas Klöden		Riccardo Riccò	Tinkoff Credit Systems
0Stage 7 (Koldo Fernández)
0Final	Andreas Klöden	Salvatore Commesso	Riccardo Riccò	Tinkoff Credit Systems

External links

• Race website