| 2018 Adriatica Ionica Race | |
| Series: | 2018 UCI Europe Tour |
| Stages: | 5 |
| Distance: | 676.5 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 16h 39' 22" |
| First: | Iván Sosa |
| First Nat: | COL |
| First Color: | blue |
| Second: | Giulio Ciccone |
| Second Nat: | ITA |
| Third: | Ildar Arslanov |
| Third Nat: | RUS |
| Points: | Elia Viviani |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Color: | red |
| Mountains: | Enrico Logica |
| Mountains Nat: | ITA |
| Mountains Color: | green |
| Youth: | Iván Sosa |
| Youth Nat: | COL |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Adriatica Ionica Race/Following the Serenissima Routes was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race.
It was the first edition of the Adriatica Ionica Race/Following the Serenissima Routes. The race started with a team time trial on 20 June in Musile di Piave and finished on 24 June in Trieste.[1] The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, and is categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 race.[2] The race was won by the Colombian rider Iván Sosa .[3]
The 16 teams invited to the race were:[4]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 June | Musile di Piave to Lido di Jesolo | 23.3km (14.5miles) | Team time trial | ||||
| 2 | 21 June | Lido di Jesolo to Maser | 152.5km (94.8miles) | Flat stage | ||||
| 3 | 22 June | Mussolente to Passo Giau | 154.7km (96.1miles) | Mountain stage | ||||
| 4 | 23 June | San Vito di Cadore to Grado | 229.2km (142.4miles) | Flat stage | ||||
| 5 | 24 June | Grado to Trieste | 116.8km (72.6miles) | Hilly stage | ||||
| Total | 676.5km (420.4miles) | |||||||
In the 2018 Adriatica Ionica, five jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages apart from the time trial stage. The first three riders would get 10, 6, and 4 seconds, respectively. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey sponsored by Geo&tex2000.[10] This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Adriatica Ionica, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat stage | 25 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| High mountain stage | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||
| Intermediate sprint | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Team time trial | 0 | |||||||||||
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; ten points for crossing the sprint line first, six points for second place, three for third, two for fourth, and a single point for fifth. The leader of the points classification was awarded a red jersey sponsored by Full Speed Ahead.[10]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points for | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Points for | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Points for | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Points for | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey sponsored by Gabetti. Only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification.[10]
The final classification was the "Fighting Spirit Prize" given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "who struggled in order to achieve results in all the competitive moments of the race or the one who take action to start or carry out the longest breakaway". The winner wore an orange jersey sponsored by Suzuki. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.[10]
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Combativity classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani | not awarded | not awarded | James Knox | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 2 | Elia Viviani | Elia Viviani | Enrico Logica | Nicola Conci | Javier Montoya | |||
| 3 | Iván Sosa | Iván Sosa | Iván Sosa | Iván Sosa | Floris Gerts | |||
| 4 | Elia Viviani | Enrico Logica | Andrea Toniatti | |||||
| 5 | Elia Viviani | Michele Gazzara | ||||||
| Final | Iván Sosa | |||||||
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification | |||
| Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | |||