The 2026 version of Tirreno-Adriatico will pose as difficult a course as ever, regardless of the dearth of an enormous summit end.
Unveiled on Friday, January 16, the 2026 route – run over seven days from March 9 to March 15 – will function 15,550 metres of climbing, up 950 metres on the 2025 version of the race.
“We have constructed a tricky course, with phases exceeding 3,500 – 4,000 meters of elevation achieve and requiring a substantial amount of thoroughness. On this sense, the Marche area as soon as once more represents a central component of the Corsa dei Due Mari, providing a super setting for the decisive phases of the race.
Stage 1: Lido di Camaiore ITT, 11.5km
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The race commences with its now-customary pan-flat time trial in Lido di Camaiore. The 11.5km stage follows an out-and-back route up and down the seafront with a U-turn within the center offering the one actual technical problem of the day.
Stage 2: Camaiore – San Gimignano, 206km
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Stage 2 brings a day which will get progressively more durable after a sedate begin with a flat run down the coast.
After heading south via Tuscany, passing by Pisa and Livorno, the race then hits the hills for the primary time with loads of ups and downs, even when there’s just one categorized climb earlier than the top.
The finale holds the actual problem of the day. There, a 5.3km gravel highway in direction of the end concludes with a brief, sharp 15% kick to the road in San Gimignano.
Stage 3: Cortona – Magliano de’ Marsi, 225km
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The third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 is the longest and, frankly, most likely the least fascinating on paper. The stage options one small climb after 83km, however from there it ought to be plain crusing for the sprinters, who’ll do battle on a slight uphill run to the road.
Stage 4: Tagliacozzo – Martinsicuro, 210km
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Stage 4 takes the race south to the Apennines through L’Aquila and two main passes of Ovindoli and the Valico della Capannelle.
An extended descent from the latter leads into a difficult ultimate 60km full of a number of quick, sharp climbs. At 49km from the road, the climb at Castellatlto options stretches at 12%, whereas a number of unclassified hills lie between it and the ultimate take a look at of the day.
12.6km out, the muro at Tortoreto will present a late launchpad for any hopeful attackers. The gradient on the best way up reaches 20% in locations, whereas a flat run to the end line awaits.
Stage 5: Marotta-Mondolfo – Mombaroccio, 186km
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On a race with no set piece summit end, it is harder to name any in the future the queen stage, although stage 5 is definitely within the operating for that title alongside stage 6.
There are 4 categorized climbs packed into the latter half of the 186km run to Mombaroccio, although the undulating stage options barely a metre of flat from the beginning.
RCS Sport say there are “a minimum of 10” main climbs alongside the best way, although the most important exams will come late on. The Monte delle Cesane options a number of kilometres at a 15% gradient, whereas the stage concludes with two laps of a hilly circuit together with an ascent of the Santuario Beato Sante.
The ultimate ascent of that climb comes 1.6km from the end, which means a late assault into the quick descent to the road may win the best way.
Stage 6: San Severino Marche – Camerino, 189km
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Stage 6 options Sassotetto, a climb which has hosted previous summit finishes at Tirreno-Adriatico. This time, nevertheless, it options after 66.8km of racing, and so is unlikely to have a significant bearing on the ultimate end result.
From there, a descent will take what’s left of the peloton to a few laps of a difficult and hilly 29.1km circuit in Camerino. The Muro della Madonna delle Carceri is the principle problem on this circuit, that includes gradients as much as 18%, with the end line coming on the high of the ultimate of three full ascents of the hill.
Stage 7: Civitanova Marche – San Benedetto del Tronto, 143km
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Virtually all the climbing is completed and dusted by this level, with one final climb mendacity between the peloton and the end line of stage 7 in San Benedetto del Tronto.
The early hill on the ultimate stage is one thing for the breakaway to battle over quite than the GC hopefuls, nevertheless. As a substitute, the stage is one for the sprinters, who’ll get 5 laps of a flat 15km metropolis circuit to organize for the race’s grand finale – the closing dash end.