| 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico | |
| Series: | 2018 UCI World Tour |
| Race No: | 7 |
| Season No: | 37 |
| Date: | 7–13 March 2018 |
| Stages: | 7 |
| Distance: | 992.5 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 25h 32' 56"[1] |
| Speed: | 38.845 |
| First: | Michał Kwiatkowski |
| First Nat: | POL |
| First Color: | blue |
| Second: | Damiano Caruso |
| Second Nat: | ITA |
| Third: | Geraint Thomas |
| Third Nat: | GBR |
| Mountains: | Nicola Bagioli |
| Mountains Nat: | ITA |
| Mountains Color: | green |
| Points: | Jacopo Mosca |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Color: | orange |
| Youth: | Tiesj Benoot |
| Youth Nat: | BEL |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico NAMEDSPORT[2] was a road cycling stage race that took place between 7 and 13 March 2018 in Italy. It was the 53rd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico and the seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.[3] [4]
A Polish rider won the race for the first time,[5] as 's Michał Kwiatkowski took the overall victory; Kwiatkowski took the race lead after gaining bonus seconds on the fifth stage, and maintained the lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski finished 24 seconds clear of Damiano Caruso, while the podium was completed by another rider, Geraint Thomas, a further 8 seconds behind Caruso. In the other classifications, Jacopo Mosca won the orange jersey as points classification winner, while Nicola Bagioli won the mountains classification and its accompanying green jersey. The young rider classification and the white jersey was won by 's Tiesj Benoot, in fourth place overall, while the teams classification was won by .
As Tirreno–Adriatico was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.
The route of the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced on 12 January 2018.[6] As part of the route, a stage finish in Filottrano was scheduled in honour of Michele Scarponi, who died the previous April.[7]
| scope=col | Stage | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Route | scope=col | Distance | scope=col colspan="2" | Type | scope=col | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 7 March | Lido di Camaiore to Lido di Camaiore | 21.5km (13.4miles) | Team time trial | ||||||
| scope=row | 2 | 8 March | Camaiore to Follonica | 172km (107miles)[8] | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 3 | 9 March | Follonica to Trevi | 239km (149miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 4 | 10 March | Foligno to Sarnano–Sassotetto | 219km (136miles) | Mountain stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 5 | 11 March | Castelraimondo to Filottrano | 178km (111miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 6 | 12 March | Numana to Fano | 153km (95miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 7 | 13 March | San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto | 10km (10miles) | Individual time trial |
In the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, four 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 except for the time trials: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages – with the exception of the team time trial, which awarded no points towards the classification – were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place, two for third and one for fourth. The leader of the points classification was awarded an orange jersey, a change from the red jersey awarded in 2017.| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points for | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Points for | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. 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. 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.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Teams classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[9] | Damiano Caruso | Not awarded | Not awarded | Fernando Gaviria | |||
| 2[10] | Marcel Kittel | Patrick Bevin | Marcel Kittel | Nicola Bagioli | |||
| 3[11] | Primož Roglič | Geraint Thomas | Jacopo Mosca | Jaime Rosón | |||
| 4[12] | Mikel Landa | Damiano Caruso | Tiesj Benoot | ||||
| 5[13] | Adam Yates | Michał Kwiatkowski | |||||
| 6[14] | Marcel Kittel | ||||||
| 7 | Rohan Dennis | ||||||
| Final | Michał Kwiatkowski | Jacopo Mosca[15] | Nicola Bagioli[16] | Tiesj Benoot[17] | |||