Five days after his first victory in this edition of Tirreno-Adriatico Jonathan Milan once again tasted the sweet taste of success The race of the two seas had not been smooth sailing for the Italian fast man who had to overcome a crash and stomach discomfort earlier in the week Lidl-Trek made sure Milan would have the chance to seek victory again Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier set the pace before Toms Skujins chased down attacks ready for Milan’s well-oiled leadout train to take over for the finish Milan benefitted from a friendly pull from compatriot Filippo Ganna leading Milan within sight of the finish line Milan powered into the open air and held off a challenge from Sam Bennett to win by a wheel-length Milan’s victory also earned the Ciclamino jersey Jonathan Milan: “I’m super happy with this second win in Tirreno I have to say always thanks to my teammates but I made it through to the finish line and I’m happy I have to say sorry that Jasper [Stuyven] who crashed in the final and I hope nobody [involved] is really bad I’m really happy that we achieved this second victory after the crash that I had some days ago and the last two days that were not so easy for me in the climbs Elisa’s victory means that Lidl-Trek have now dominated the last five editions of Trofeo Binda The 2025 Tirreno-Adriatico marks the 60th edition of the Race of the Two Seas an impressive milestone achieved through constant innovation while staying true to its signature elements one of the most iconic is the grand finale in San Benedetto del Tronto San Benedetto del Tronto is known for its stunning seafront with sandy beaches and a palm-lined promenade that make it a prime summer destination the city also boasts a rich maritime heritage and is home to one of Italy’s most important fishing ports San Benedetto has been an integral part of the Tirreno-Adriatico since the very first edition in 1966 that inaugural edition remains the only time the event didn’t conclude there the final stage that year started in San Benedetto but finished in Pescara with Dino Zandegù crowned first-ever winner the race has always wrapped up in San Benedetto del Tronto -sometimes with the stage even starting there other times with a different starting point the finale has alternated between road stages (27 times including 2025) and individual time trials (32 times) the race predominantly ended with a time trial the organizers favored a sprint-friendly road stage the tradition has shifted back to a high-speed showdown among the fastest men in the peloton The 2025 edition will confirm this recent trend with a 147 km stage from Porto Potenza Picena to San Benedetto del Tronto And unless something truly unpredictable happens expect another thrilling bunch sprint to close out the 60th Tirreno-Adriatico in style Expectations have turned into concrete ambitions: "We promised ourselves we would be among the top three, but we found ourselves first and we realized that we liked being up there. So we did everything we could to stay there until the end, until the match in Viterbo". The promotion, full of meaning, is dedicated to the family and to those who have marked the history of rugby in San Benedetto. "To my mother, my father, my brother, my wife and my daughter", Spinozzi confesses with emotion. Osmani García kicked off the year with a sold-out concert in Italy alongside his wifeOsmani García kicked off 2025 with a successful concert in Italy The event highlighted his global popularity and promises a year full of new musical projects known as "La Voz," bid farewell to 2024 and welcomed 2025 in style with a sold-out concert in San Benedetto del Tronto The event marked a spectacular start for the Cuban artist who not only filled the venue but was also joined by his wife The singer shared a video of his performance on social media expressing his excitement about starting the year with energy and new projects kicking off 2025 with many new videos filmed in the most beautiful destinations for the soul." was an unforgettable night for the fans of the artist Osmani captivated the audience with his most famous hits establishing a unique connection with the attendees who reveled in a vibrant and emotionally charged atmosphere The artist aims to make 2025 a memorable year with multiple projects on the horizon His enthusiasm and energy promise to keep his audience informed of every step in his career Osmani García's successful performance in Italy reaffirms his international reach and solidifies his status as a prominent figure in contemporary Cuban music Osmani García's concert in San Benedetto del Tronto The Cuban singer kicked off 2025 with this show which thrilled his fans and marked a spectacular start to the year for his career shared his excitement on social media and promised a year full of new projects Osmani García has expressed his enthusiasm for making 2025 a memorable year The singer plans to continue releasing new music and perform at various international venues his recognition on the Las Vegas Walk of Fame will further solidify his career in the music industry Osmani García's recognition on the Las Vegas Walk of Fame marks a significant milestone in his career This honor highlights his talent and connection with international audiences solidifying his impact on the music industry beyond Cuba and establishing him as a prominent figure in the Latin American music scene The relationship between Osmani García and his wife Laura has been a cornerstone in both his personal and professional life Laura has been an unwavering support for Osmani accompanying him on his tours and projects This bond and love are often shared on social media strengthening the artist's connection with his followers and adding a personal dimension to his public image Graduated in Journalism from King Juan Carlos University in Madrid Graduated in Journalism from Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid Previously an editor at El Mundo and PlayGround Olav Kooij third as multiple riders crash in hectic final 100 metres finishing safely in the peloton on the final stage in San Benedetto del Tronto He beat Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) to the famous trident trophy by 35 seconds after the Italian scored three bonus seconds at the day’s intermediate sprint following hard work by his team to bring the early break back early Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) rounded out the overall podium dropping two seconds and one place to Ganna after finishing third at the sprint Stage honours for the seventh day at the Race of the Two Seas were taken by Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) as the peloton raced home for one final bunch sprint The Italian sprinted from 200 metres out after a strong lead out from Simone Consonni Milan headed off a late burst by Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) while Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) rounded out the podium behind the leading duo a multi-rider crash took out several hopefuls “I’m happy to get this second victory It was a bit tough in the climb where I have to say I suffered a bit We are happy,” Milan said after the stage “I also have to say that I’m sorry that Jasper crashed in the final It’s a really bad crash that happened in the last few hundred metres I am really happy that we achieved the second victory after the crash that I had some days ago in these last two days it wasn’t super easy for me on the climbs For Magnier it was his second crash of the stage first sliding out in a corner with 80km to go and then hard fall in the closing 100 metres before the finish His Soudal-QuickStep team issued a statement that the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad runner-up was assessed immediately at the finish and escaped "with some bruises and road rash" and would be examined further on Monday by team doctors.  the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico would be one suited to the sprinters taking the peloton 147km from Porto Potenza Picena to the traditional finish town of San Benedetto del Tronto while much of the remainder of the stage would be taken up by five laps of the pan-flat 14.6km finishing circuit It would take 10km after the flag dropping for the break of the day to form with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) driving the move away from the peloton The former World Champion would be joined out front by Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and mountain classification leader Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) Ineos Grenadiers settled into work at the head of the peloton likely eyeing bonus seconds for Filippo Ganna at the day’s intermediate sprint ramped up the pace on the approach to Ripatransone bringing the gap down under 30 seconds as the race hit the climb The hard pace saw much of the break brought back with 96km left to run though Van der Poel battled on solo with 6km of the climb remaining as the Ineos-led peloton dragged him back at 92km to go The peloton rolled over the top massed all together with Ineos still leading the way and 46.4km to race until the group hit the intermediate sprint sprinters including Olav Kooij and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) battled to get back on after getting dropped on the climb Ineos continued to lead down the descent and onto the finishing circuit bringing the peloton to the intermediate sprint with their lead-out delivering Ganna to first place for three bonus seconds leaving Ganna’s GC rival Antonio Tiberi in third with one bonus second and boosting Ganna up into second place overall the focus turned to the finishing sprint – one reserved for the specialists rather than a battle for seconds among the GC contenders Soudal-QuickStep and Lidl-Trek all flowed to the front during the closing circuits battling for position ahead of the final kilometres There would be no one team in control once the peloton got there Jayco-AlUla looked the most organised at 2km to go with three men in front of Dylan Groenewegen Ganna came back to the front in time for the final kilometre putting in one last big effort for the week He peeled off to leave Consonni and Milan leading through the final chicane and onto the finishing straight Groupama-FDJ were among the teams trying to move up with the US team while Uno-X and Tudor battled for the spot on Milan’s wheel Jake Stewart (Israel-Premier Tech) launched the sprint on the right-hand side of the road but Consonni took notice and pulled off to let Milan fire Tord Gudmestad was coming up and around Stewart with his Decathlon AG2R teammate Bennett in his wheel but it wasn’t to be for the Irishman as Milan had enough in his legs to hold off the late challenge and win again taking the points classification in the process Results powered by FirstCycling Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia you will then be prompted to enter your display name Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) may have had to endure a horrible week at Tirreno Adriatico but the sun came out today for the final stage and so too did the sprint the Irishman has made his name with Bennett will be disappointed at being pipped for victory into San Benedetto del Tronto by Jonathan Milan (Lidl Trek) But the kick the Irishman produced in taking 2nd place looked He relegated Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike) to 3rd Many times in recent seasons Bennett has not been able to muster a truly competitive sprint but already this year he has two wins – from Tour de la Provence – and pushed Milan to the pin of his collar today Bennett will perhaps rue not pulling the trigger slightly earlier today because he was definitely traveling the fastest of those sprinting at the front of the field the big Italian just had the staying power to hold him off but Bennett looks like a different rider this season And though he has concluded this race without a hoped-for win the world class sprint looks like it’s back again; and in was in his legs today after a long and hard World Tour stage race 💨 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐. 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉. #TirrenoAdriatico @CA_Ita pic.twitter.com/v1QJ1PpscW — Tirreno Adriatico (@TirrenAdriatico) March 16, 2025 We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up From the Tuscan coast to San Benedetto del Tronto via the testing central Apennine mountains The 2025 race will be held between March 10-16 starting with an individual time trial in Lido di Camaiore and a road race stage finish in the Adriatic holiday town of San Benedetto del Tronto.  The race includes three stages for sprinters, two undulating stages, and the unprecedented uphill finish in Frontignano, which could be decisive for the overall winner's Maglia Azzurra and trident trophy. Jonas Vingegaard won the 2024 edition of Tirreno-Adiratico.  Cyclingnews will again have complete coverage of Tirreno-Adriatico in 2025 From Dino Zandegù to Jonas Vingegaard Tirreno-Adriatico has sparked countless stories and great spring racing from the first race in 1966 The early editions of the "Race of the Two Seas" were dominated by Italy and Belgium with Roger De Vlaeminck claiming six consecutive overall victories from 1972 to 1977 "Monsieur Roubaix" holds the record for overall and stage wins: 15 A small group of riders has won the race twice: Giuseppe Saronni (1978 "We wanted to maintain some traditions and also open up to important new features," race director Stefano Allocchio said of the 2025 route.  "The race starts with the classic opening time trial in Lido di Camaiore which again this year will kick off the race in a spectacular way the route unfolds with a perfect balance: three stages suitable for fast wheels and two stages for puncheurs that could also shake up the classification.  "The new element is the uphill finish in Frontignano an unprecedented finale that could be decisive for the Maglia Azzurra before the classic finish in San Benedetto del Tronto." A perfectly flat individual time trial consisting of two straight sectors running down and back up along the seafronts of Camaiore and Viareggio with only a few connecting bends and a U-turn at the halfway point.  The U-turn is located at km 5.4 in Viareggio Riders will then return straight to Lido di Camaiore where an S-turn leads into the final kilometre Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 1(Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 1(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 2: Camaiore-Follonica the stage route passes Montemagno to reach Pisa and then the Livorno area.  After completing a long section that is mostly downhill the riders will enter a final circuit of approximately 20 km Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 2(Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 2(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 3: Follonica - Colfiorito 239kmStage 3 is a very long stage with a fairly undulating first part.  the route crosses the northern part of the Grosseto province skirting Monte Amiata and passing into the Siena area climbing Passo del Lume Spento and La Foce before reaching Montalcino and Chiusi.  crossing the plains around Lake Trasimeno to Foligno via mostly straight roads the stage concludes with the final climb to the Valico di Colfiorito Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 3(Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 3(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 4: Norcia - Trasacco 184kmA very undulating stage with an absolutely flat finish The riders will tackle several long Apennine climbs (around 15 km each) before descending into the Fucino plain.  the route includes a circuit of approximately 14 km to be completed twice Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 4(Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 5: Ascoli Piceno - Pergola 196kmThe stage route features at least nine climbs starting in Ascoli Piceno and passing through Croce di Casale the route crosses the slopes of Monte San Vicino before entering the challenging final segment riders will tackle the steep ascents of Monte Santa Croce and Monte della Serra The latter climb is followed by a descent into the center of Pergola Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 5(Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 5(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 6: Cartoceto - Frontignano 166kmThis is the toughest stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico rising and falling continuously in the first part and alternating with significant climbs such as Crispiero and the Valico delle Arette after the ascent to the Santuario di Macereto.  and Castelsantangelo sul Nera before tackling the decisive final climb Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 6 (Image credit: RCS Sport)Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 stage 6 (Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 7: Porto Potenza Picena - San Benedetto del Tronto 147kmA relatively flat stage early on and then completely flat for the last 80 km.  There is a short climb to Santa Maria della Fede followed by an ascent to Ripatransone The descent leads to Grottammare and the coast before the 15 km circuit Stephen FarrandSocial Links NavigationHead of NewsStephen is one of the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team having reported on professional cycling since 1994 He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022 before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters The attention of the sports club now shifts to July when Acquadela will organize the Casaglia-San Luca which, in the 1988s, was won on three occasions by the legendary Gelindo Bordin, before he won the marathon gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul (XNUMX). Küng takes second as Tadej Pogacar secures overall title in San Benedetto del Tronto lost a time trial for the first time in over a year his worst time trial result since the 2019 Worlds in Yorkshire Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the line safely in the blue jersey taking fourth place on the stage 12.8 seconds back to secure overall victory at the week-long race "It was a really hard one even though it's short," Van Aert said of the stage after finishing his effort I'm improving my time trials in the past years and this field is almost all the best time triallists on the start line It's a really good start of the season with the first time trial "I was in the bus until 10 minutes before the start It's always difficult with time trial to have the same circumstances for everyone I always hope everyone has the same conditions "It's the first time I aimed for a GC in a WorldTour stage race I will definitely try more of these in the future but for now I have my eye on the Classics." Van Aert ends the week 1:03 down on Pogačar with the Slovenian taking the sixth stage race victory of his young career Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) finished the week in third overall Van Aert secured the ciclamino points jersey while Pogačar wins the green mountains jersey and white young rider's jersey Tirreno-Adriatico drew to a close with the traditional 10.1-kilometre time trial by the beach in San Benedetto del Tronto a basic out and back alongside the Adriatic Sea posed little in the way of a technical challenge Last September's edition saw world time trial champion Ganna smash the course record with a time of 10:42 Riders could either choose to make hay on the way out where they'd be buffeted by a headwind on the run to the finish A lack of top time triallists among the early runners ensured there would be a wait for the bigger names to head out though the split times and speeds would give an indication about exactly how strong the winds were Bahrain Victorious rider Jan Tratnik was the quickset of the early runners though his time of 11:39 was pipped by one second less than a minute later after Edoardo Affini (Team BikeExchange) crossed the line The Italian had averaged 55.579 kph to the four-kilometre checkpoint while his speed over the closing six kilometres was a mere 52.092 kph demonstrating the effects of the wind and confirming that nobody would touch Ganna's course record Sebastian Langeveld (EF Education-Nippo) was the next to shave some time off just four minutes later though the Dutchman's time of 11:36 was soon bested by Australian Michael Hepburn (Team BikeExchange) with a time of 11:33 Groupama-FDJ's Tobias Ludvigsson got within a second of Hepburn while EF-Nippo rider Alberto Bettiol was the next to make a breakthrough The 2019 Tour of Flanders winner put nine seconds into Hepburn with a time of 11:24 though Küng was already out on course and going faster The European time trial champion put six seconds into Bettiol at the checkpoint adding another six at the finish to blow away the 27-year-old's time with a 11:12 at the line who was the favourite to take yet another time trial win Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) tested himself with an 11:34 at an average of 52.394 kph The next crop of riders did little to affect the day's standings – between Thomas' 26th place and Deceuninck-QuickStep leader João Almeida in seventh only Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) and Fabio Felline (Astana-Premier Tech) put in times worthy of the top 20 at the finish just five seconds down on Küng and with a more favourable wind situation to finish He faded in the second half of the stage though losing a further 13 seconds on the run to the finish to close out his race with the provisional fifth-best time of 11:30 That time meant he moved up to sixth overall after Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) shed 18 seconds at the line while Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) was aiming for the slim chance of moving up onto the podium The Colombian had Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) in his sights though a 30-second gap would be a big ask on such a short course Van Aert was busy setting the quickest time at the checkpoint edging a second ahead of Küng after four kilometres lost just eight seconds to Van Aert at the check Bernal would cross the line just 14 seconds up on Landa meaning the Spaniard grabbed third on the podium while Van Aert flew around the rest of the course to phenomenally take the stage victory putting over a second per kilometre into the time trial world champion taking fourth place and only missing out on Ganna's time by 1.5 seconds Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wrapped up his second overall victory at Tirreno-Adriatico in three years on Tuesday in San Benedetto del Tronto Having climbed into the race lead on the slopes of Monte Terminillo on stage 4 the Colombian secured his leader's jersey with a safe ride through the stage 7 time trial Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) nabbed the stage victory with a blistering time of 11:18 on the 10.1km course Starting the day in third on GC 26 seconds down on FDJ's Thibaut Pinot Dennis managed to leapfrog the Frenchman into second overall to close out the race When I land in Baton Rouge 18 hours from now we will know how the Super Tuesday vote went I expect it to be a big night for Donald Trump I also expect nothing good on the political front from now on but I don’t think I will be surprised I have something inspirational to talk about he’s a lot more important to the future of American Christianity than any politician for whom you will vote today I spent the last couple of days with him and his tribe in San Benedetto del Tronto a small city on Italy’s Adriatic coast I wanted to go meet them all on this trip because in 2014 the prior of the Benedictine monks of Norcia he told me that any Christians who want to make it through what’s coming with their faith intact had better do what the San Benedetto del Tronto folks are doing I understand exactly what Father Cassian meant I’m going to save most of this for my book but I wanted to tell you a little bit about it now because I think a lot of us could use some hope Marco is a leader of a group of faithful orthodox Catholics, about 30 families, who live in and around the city. They have been together as a group since the early 1990s, when they formed a fraternity called the Tipiloschi, following the example of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati an Italian Catholic social activist of the early 20th century The men came together for prayer and for doing good works in their city and the Tipiloschi became a big family affair They are not affiliated with any particular parish, though they have developed a very close relationship with the monastery in Norcia, a 90-minute drive over the mountains. In 2008, they started an independent school, the Scuola Libera G.K. Chesterton (“libera” means free and in this case it means the school takes no money from the government) The school’s motto is a quote from Chesterton: “A dead thing goes with the stream but only a living thing can go against it.” joyously countercultural Catholic traditionalists and the thing you notice most of all is how happy these people are They are open about how serving Jesus Christ is the guiding principle of everything they do which they open to people outside their community and keep tuition low so working people can afford it including one called Hobbit (they’re big Tolkien fans) and other kinds of manual labor; part of its function is to give jobs to prisoners trying to transition back into society and pooled their resources to buy an abandoned piece of property on top of a hill overlooking the Adriatic The group and their families have been working to restore it as a retreat They have a small farm there to teach their kids (and any other kids who want to come around) how to raise fruits and vegetables They’re still working on the property I met someone from the Hobbit cooperative who unfolded plans for the orchard trail: Notice this detail of a tiny hut they’re building: and seek to live out a Benedictine spirituality in their own lives a lawyer and head of the Italian Chesterton Society rewarding Christian life they have built in San Benedetto is only possible in community and because everyone gave up the idea of going off to the big city to chase after worldly success The great goods they have with their families in the Tipiloschi are only possible because of the stability to which they’ve committed themselves “Going away from here to chase ‘success’ is for people who want to be slaves,” Marco says Here is stability for you: Marco in his tiny olive grove running down the side of a hill west of town: He cultivates these trees with his children and makes the family’s olive oil from them He worked these trees as a boy with his father hid in the base of this olive tree as a five-year-old boy all of the efforts of the Tipiloschi are open to anyone who cares to participate At the hilltop property (Santa Lucia they call it I saw Marco embrace a tough-looking teenager Clearly they have a father-son relationship and he said the boy was in real trouble with drugs (or perhaps the law in some other way) but the Tipiloschi brought him into their circle Marco would say that God restored him through their active love for the boy) There are more than a few kids like that in their circles Americans hearing about the Ben Op have this idea that it’s all about running away from the world and they’re just so grateful for everything They worry about the break-up of the family They are cultivating the hills (ultimately they hope to move the Chesterton school to the Santa Lucia property) They go to the monastery for spiritual direction and study of the faith and the lives of the saints (“We have to have heroes,” says Marco “We have to teach our children and ourselves that the life in Christ is something real something incarnate.”) They go on holiday together “We take over hotels,” says Federica I asked Marco if he ever despaired of this world “Some nights I lie awake at night worrying about the way the world is going I pray to God and ask Him for help.” I tell you this so you know that Marco is not oblivious at all to the travails of the post-Christian world and figure out ways to serve Christ in the ruins of our civilization The times call for Christians to be radical where we have to “save the seed” for the future and we must be aware of the signs of the times As we determine how to respond to the challenges of being Christian in this post-Christian civilization “Don’t worry if you haven’t got it all figured out now,” he said “Don’t worry if you aren’t a thoroughbred horse I’m an old donkey doing the best he can with what he has Jesus Christ came into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.” Just so. I cannot wait to tell you all more about the Norcia monks and about the Tipiloschi and the beautiful community they have built I’m about to get on the plane. Will check in later. If you want to hear more stories about what I saw this past week in Norcia and in San Benedetto del Tronto, come out to Hill House, the Christian study center at the University of Texas in Austin, on Friday.  And that night Rod Dreher is a contributing editor at The American Conservative and was senior editor at TAC for twelve years A veteran of three decades of magazine and newspaper journalism he has also written three New York Times bestsellers—Live Not By Lies and The Little Way of Ruthie Leming—as well as Crunchy Cons and How Dante Can Save Your Life Your support helps us continue our mission of providing thoughtful we can maintain our commitment to principled reporting on the issues that matter most The final stage was always going to be about the sprinters and their teams dominated the high-speed final lap after the break was caught The 154km stage was raced at a new record speed of 47.179 km/h Uno-X let a gap go in the final kilometre and Søren Wærenskjold surged towards the finish but Lidl-Trek closed down the gap and then Milan produced the speed and power to win the sprint beating Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) and Davide Cimolai (Movistar) Vingegaard won stage 5 and 6 in the Apennines of Abruzzo and Le Marche and so was able to finish calmly in the peloton and savour his overall victory.  He finished 1:24 ahead of Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) with Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) third overall at 1:52 as Vingegaard lifted the trident winner’s trophy Vingegaard is the second Dane to win Tirreno-Adriatico after Rolf Sorensen won back in 1987 and 1992 Milan hugged teammate Simone Consonni after he went to the front in the kilometre to chase down Wærenskjold It was a team victory and a significant part was thanks to Consonni “Your last win is always the most special but this one is,” Milan said It was impressive the work the guys did for me and so I wanted to finish this race with another win.” “It was really tough to catch the Uno-X rider in the last kilometre For a moment I thought he’d make it to the finish but my teammate Simone Consonni did a fantastic leadout for me “We knew the beginning of the stage would be hard and we didn’t want the break to get a big gap There were super strong riders up the road and so we had to push a lot That made for the super high speed.” The 154km final stage was always going to be about the sprinters and the work to make sure it happened with the day divided between a loop inland and then five 14.5km circuits along the seafront with no sign of spring just yet in central Italy including Daniel Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost) Aimé De Gendt (Cofidis) and Intermarché-Wanty duo of Biniam Girmay and Dion Smith were also absent from the sign-on and start grid The attacks came as soon as the flag was dropped with Ben Healy the first to move He was soon joined by EF Education-EasyPost teammate Georg Steinhauser Antonio Tiberi and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) and Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) who was celebrating his 34th birthday off the front The six leaders opened a gap of 1:30 after just 10 kilometres but then the sprinters’ teams took control and held them at that gap Alpecin-Deceuninck and Lidl-Trek did much of the work at the front Tim Merlier and Soudal-Quick Step were absent up front on the rolling roads in the hills with the Belgian sprinter soon abandoning the race Later Josef Černý and Bert Van Lerberghe also abandoned leaving just Julian Alaphilippe and Kasper Asgreen to finish the race The final 75.4 kilometres of the stage were on the San Benedetto del Tronto circuit and after the first time through the finish the break of six had a lead of just 25 seconds The peloton could see them but preferred to play cat and mouse and let the six have some high-speed fun off the front and sweep up any bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint The quiet was only broken with 20km to go when Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) appeared to touch wheels at speed and crashed hard on his shoulder He was unable to get up and was forced to abandon the race The break survived enough to hear the bell ring out for the final 14.6km lap but the speed was high and the peloton could smell a sprint finish with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale also hitting the front with five kilometres to go The final corners with three kilometres to go shuffled the peloton and Uno-X Mobility were again on the front and with serious intentions Wærenskjold dived into the double chicane with a kilometre to go and Kristoff widely let him go and shouted at him to go solo Milan was up front but without a teammate and there was a moment of hesitation his teammate Consonni came up from behind and produced a huge effort as if he were with Milan in the team pursuit on the track It was enough to close the gap and set up Milan for the sprint The Italian had Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Kristoff on his wheel and enjoying his giant slipstream but he went down the centre of the road and simply outpowered them to the line to win his second stage of this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico The victory also secured him the cyclamen points jersey and perhaps a promotion in the Lidl-Trek hierarchy for MIlan-San Remo and the other spring Classics Behind Vingegaard finished safely in the peloton to also celebrate Visma-Lease a Bike Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico stage race double victory Results powered by FirstCycling I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Astana's Vincenzo Nibali has retained his Tirreno-Adriatico title despite the threat of Team Sky's Chris Froome, following the closing time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto. Nibali set only the 12th-best time on the stage, won by world time-trial champion Tony Martin, but Froome's sixth-best time took only 11 seconds out of the Italian's 34sec advantage, claimed on Monday in the mountains around Porto Sant'Elpidio. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies If you read The Benedict Option you will know of my esteem for Marco Sermarini whom I affectionately call the Doge of l’Opzione Benedetto Once I was asked on French television who my hero is because he shows what an ordinary man full of faith What people who didn’t know the family personally did not know, and could not know, is how much Marco the flower depended on Federica the gardener. She was everything to Marco, who loved her fiercely. Our friend Rodolfo Casadei, an Italian journalist, pays Federica tribute in the magazine Tempi. From the translation: I cannot imagine the Company of Tipi Loschi of San Benedetto del Tronto, the GK Chesterton parental school  the Capitani Coraggiosi social cooperative the La Contea educational center without Federica Graci Federica and Marco Sermarini were the representation in flesh and blood of what the fruitfulness promised by the sacramental grace of Christian marriage is Rodolfo says that in conversation with an unnamed cardinal he defended the Benedict Option against the false claim that it was closed and sectarian Rodolfo cited the Tipi Loschi and their “Shire” (as they call their domani) It is necessary to know how to get out of mental schemes of all kinds loves and attends the Mass in the ancient rite celebrated by the Benedictine monks of Norcia (but also all the other Masses) and where a seriously ill patient like Federica offers in recent weeks her sufferings for the healing of none other than Cardinal Raymond Burke The Bergoglian sheep with that smell of them the foreigners you can find them in the Shire playing with other children in the summer centers whose management the municipalities of the district contract to them (how strange these Christians closed in their shelter: with a cooperative they manage three after-school activities with about 120 children and young people five clubs with another 185 between children and young people seven summer centers and a home assistance service in a small reality like San Benedetto del Tronto) the gratitude that sees a gift in everything the wit in the judgments on the contemporary world that are the hallmark of Pier Giorgio Frassati’s spirituality The latter said: “The devil is afraid of laughing people.” Exactly And Blessed Frassati: “You ask me if I am happy; and how could I not be Every Catholic cannot fail to be cheerful: sadness must be banished from Catholic souls.” Rodolfo reports that some have struggled to accept Federica and Marco’s decision to treat her cancer in San Benedetto without leaving their small city on the Adriatic to find advanced treatment elsewhere because of what little I understood of their relationship with life and with creation One cannot live and one cannot die far from one’s affections; a plant is not uprooted to cure it we bring children into the world in the flesh and in the spirit we buy an entire hill in the spirit of the “three acres and a cow” of the distributism of Hilaire Belloc is the only place in the world where one can live and die environmental education workshops with children (also financed with money from the Waldensian Church From the series: the Catholics of the Masses in Latin turned in on themselves …) are not ecological fixations They are the integral ecology of man who has his feet planted on the ground with the same strength as the roots of the oak and his head raised among the stars of God’s Heaven I can’t imagine all this without Federica It will continue to be present among the desks that host the 90 students of the primary school which has grown to become a combination of junior high school scientific high school and professional institute as in moments of celebration and on occasions of conviviality on the hill of Santa Lucia The hill of Santa Lucia is the space overlooking the Adriatic where the Tipi Loschi and their children I have been there; it is one of the happiest places on earth Here is a link to an old video explaining the Scuola Chesterton (Marco is in it; be sure to turn on subtitles) And here is a link to the new school building they are creating on top of Santa Lucia. When I got the news that Federica had died, I went straight away to Expedia.com to book a flight. Turns out they were affordable, even at the last minute. But it turns out that I couldn’t get PCR test results back in time to get a flight to Rome and then get across the country to San Benedetto in time for the funeral. So what I did was make a donation to the Scuola Chesterton Building Fund, in memory of Federica My heart is so heavy for that sweet family and the family of families of the Tipi Loschi But we have all gained a powerful intercessor in heaven — that’s what I believe Please keep Marco and the kids in your prayers The Sermarini kids are all older than you see in the photo above that’s a young age to lose your Mama — and a young age to lose your best friend Marco said to me that he told Federica to go ahead on and make their home in heaven and that he would come as soon as he could and they could be together with Pier Giorgio Frassati and G.K I thank Him that he allowed me to meet Federica Sermarini You knew when you met that woman that you were meeting someone who was not tame Jonathan Milan takes second sprint win in San Benedetto del Tronto as Jonas Vingegaard confirms overall victory Tirreno-Adriatico: Vingegaard claims overall as Milan wins stage 7 sprint Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of Tirreno-Adriatico for the final stage 7 The final stage of the 2024 Tirreno-Adriatico is set to get underway with the GC already effectively wrapped up Jonas Vingegaard stamped his authority on the race with two consecutive mountain stage wins giving him a lead of 1-24 over Juan Ayuso in second and 1-52 over Hindley in third ahead of a stage lacking the parcours for GC attacks That’s not to say that today’s stage will be lacking in excitement It looks to have a finely balanced parcours which could see a strong breakaway go clear in the early hilly part of the route and make it to the finish to contest the spoils as equally as everything could come back together for a bunch sprint The action is set to kick off in about half an hour’s time and we can expect plenty of attacks from out the gate as breakaway specialists sniff an opportunity of a stage win which should aid the stronger climbers who try to get clear regarding Vingegaard’s attack on Friday’s mountain stage I tried to follow for a while but it was a useless attempt.’ As for Vingegaard himself and explained that he feels more eager for success in these earlier season races rather than just the Tour de France - even getting his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates to chase down the break yesterday in order to target the stage win on top of the GC Not long now until the official start - the riders are currently in the neutralised zone A couple of non-starters to report: Mikkel Honoré despite doing sterling work for Jai Hindley at the front of the peloton yesterday on the final climb A few more riders haven’t managed to make it to the start: Dion Smith as he might have really fancied his chances today what with the suitable parcours for climbing sprinters like him and the flashes of form he’s shown this week There’s an attacker from the peloton spending huge amounts of yesterday riding at the front of the race for Richard Carapaz Two Italians have set off after Healy: Alessandro De Marchi and Antonio Tiberi as they reach the top of the unclassified hill they've been climbing since the flag.  drawn out a high calibre of rider Healy is one of the most dangerous riders in the peloton in terrain like this De Marchi is a seasoned veteran of breakaway successes ranking as high as ninth place on GC until yesterday Damiano Caruso and Georg Steinhauser have joined it but he hasn't managed to join the six leaders yet The six leaders haven't managed to build much of a gap yet either Here's Ben Healy at the start of the stage Now the gap's starting to go up substantially there’s no reason not to let this group up the road Tiberi would have been a threat before yesterday but he’s now well down at over seven minutes adrift on GC For the sprinters hoping to bring the race back for a bunch sprint This is a strong group full of riders who can also keep the pace up on the upcoming flat roads later in the day as well as being the right kind of size to work together coherently The six leaders can't be called the day's break yet There’s only one official climb featured today but immediately before and after that are plenty of undulating roads that make this far from a flat sprinter’s paradise They’re currently climbing another uncategorised rise Alpecin-Deceuninck and Lidl-Trek are doing the work at the front They both want to eventually bring things back for a bunch finish for their respective sprinters Jasper Philipsen and Jonathan Milan the six riders in the break still have a lead of about 1-30 The break will start climbing the day's only categorised climb in just 4km It could be crucial in determining their chances of survival It's 3.9km long and has an average gradient of 5.2% The break have reached the top of the climb He takes maximum points in the King of the Mountains classification as Vingegaard has that jersey already sewn up there are two EF Education-EasyPost riders in the break only this time Ben Healy is accompanied by Georg Steinhauser rather than Richard Carapaz so his role will be reversed today as the protected rider rather than the workhorse Also boasting two riders in the break are Bahrain-Victorious and the other riders in the break seem aware of this De Marchi and Rowe might not have the advantage of having a teammate and Rowe especially should enjoy the flat terrain to come in the second half of the stage It still seems more likely that they will be caught before the finish than survive the gap is still a little under two minutes.  it's still Lidl-Trek and Alpecin-Deceuninck doing the work The leaders are currently climbing the last uncategorised hill of the day after which it’s flat all the way to the finish They've reached the top and are now plummeting down the descent So begins the eastwards trek back towards the Adriatic coast for the finish of the stage befitting the event known as The Race of the Two Seas One rider who won't be contesting for the stage win if it does come back for a sprint is Tim Merlier who it's just been announced has abandoned Soudal-QuickStep had been notable by their absence at the front of the peloton so we can perhaps assume that the Belgian has been struggling all day It does increasingly feel more like a matter of when rather than if the catch will be made The peloton won’t want to bring them back too early Soudal-QuickStep’s Julian Alaphilippe led the peloton for some of the descent It’s unclear who exactly he’s working for given the lack of an obvious replacement sprinter - perhaps we can expect an attack from one of their riders once the catch is made The break is crossing the finish line for the first time whereupon begins the circuit of San Benedetto Their lead now is down to a mere 45 seconds Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X have joined Lidl-Trek and Alpecin-Deceuninck in setting the pace in the peloton They both have multiple options they could be working for: the former Alexander Kristoff or Søren Wærenskjold one of the Uno-X riders who are now riding towards the front of the peloton There's still more than enough firepower in the chase Ben Healy is taking some big turns at the front of the break but even his power isn't enough to hold off the coordinated chase of the peloton behind them The riders have just completed a lap of the circuit 25 seconds is all that’s left of the lead - the peloton can almost see them on the long One team not contributing to the chase is Bahrain-Victorious despite having Phil Bauhaus in their line-up The German won stage three where he won the final stage of the 2022 Tirreno The maglia ciclamino is also up for grabs today but will surely pass it on to one of the sprinters in the likely bunch finish today Jonathan Milan is best-placed to inherit it being just 1 point behind Ayuso’s total of 33 but Philipsen is also still in contention with 22 points He's just wished a Happy Mother's Day via the TV moto Uno-X Mobility are perhaps doing more work now than Alpecin-Deceuninck and Lidl-Trek at the front of the peloton indicating that they must really fancy their chances Young Søren Wærenskjold is their most likely candidate at the finish but Alexander Kristoff could feasibly do a sprint as well Here’s what the finishing straight looks like from when the riders passed through it on an earlier lap so hopefully we won’t have the crashes that affected stage three and this time there were some bonus seconds available on the line as an intermediate sprint They might have been hotly fought for had the peloton made the catch by now potentially by riders chasing the points classification but as the break is still out there Healy just rolled over the line first uncontested Still plenty of time for the peloton to make the catch and their letting the break dangle out there at about 20 seconds.  Josef Černý and Bert Van Lerberghe ave joined Soudal-QuickStep teammate Merlier in pulling out of the race That leaves just Alaphilippe and Asgreen left in the race for the team Bora-Hansgrohe briefly took over at the front of the peloton presumably to keep Jai Hindley safe and towards the front on the approach to a tight corner They've left it to the sprinters teams again now though and still the break's lead is holding at 30 seconds Still no real sense that they have a chance though - maybe if they still have 30 seconds with just 10km to go He’s sat up on the floor and is being attended to it’s been confirmed that Carapaz has abandoned and you fear he may have fractured something or suffered some kind of injury - which is the last thing he needs after having so many fitness problems last season and is giving his all at the front of the break but the catch is imminent now with the peloton mere seconds behind them The break has survived just long enough to hear the bell as they cross the finish line to begin the final lap 14km left for the sprinters’ teams to position their men Uno-X Mobility are still doing the lion’s share of the work in the peloton This is quite a statement of intent from the Norwegian team Lots of tussling for places as we go around a corner and it's Cofidis who lead through it.  Ayuso's UAE Team Emirates are setting the pace and Visma-Lease a Bike and Vingegaard have responded by getting on their wheel Decathlon are the next team to take control - possibly working for Andrea Vendrame but rival trains are emerging on the other side of the road from Israel-PremierTech and Movistar A big battle for position as they go aorund a couple of tight corners 2.5km and 2.2km from the finish It looks like Søren Wærenskjold Wærenskjold looked like he might catch all the other sprinters out by going early but the other sprinters came back to him in time Even after Wærenskjold was caught UnoX still had a chance as Alexander Kristoff was the rider to get closest to Milan and was pipped for third by Davide Cimolai So that's two stage wins for Milan following his success three days ago The result also means he wins the points classification.  Kristoff actually was the first rider to start sprinting realising that his teammate Wærenskjold wasn't going to make it to the line Kristoff did well to hold off everyone else Jonas Vingegaard has also been confirmed as overall winner with Juan Ayuso and Jai Hindley sealing the podium spots that was the fastest ever stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in the race’s history That goes to show just how high the pace in the breakaway was and how hard the peloton needed to go to prevent them from making it to the finish Kristoff said he didn’t intend to start his sprint as early as he did but was prompted to when Philipsen bumped him off Milan’s wheel but the Norwegian looks a little disappointed not to have won That’s a third win of the season for Milan following his success earlier in this race and at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana That makes him one of the most prolific sprinters of the year so far bettered only by Olav Kooij and Tim Merlier in number of sprint victories overall victory means he now has seven wins this season passing Mads Pedersen at the top of 2024’s win list If anything he looks even better than last year and will be difficult for anyone to stop this season and following us all week for Tirreno-Adriatico The GC proved to be as one-sided as many predicted but there was still plenty of drama and excitement along the way from Juan Ayuso impressive time trial win to Jonathan Milan ultimately outdoing Jasper Philipsen in the sprints Many riders here will be back in Italy next weekend for one of the highlights of the season - Milan-Sanremo Jasper Philipsen wins stage 7 at Tirreno-Adriatico Almeida and Geoghegan Hart complete final podium A hectic run-in after circuits of San Benedetto del Tronto proved tricky for the lead-outs but after a surge from Filippo Ganna (Ineos) in the final kilometre none other than Mathieu van der Poel found a clear lane to line out the riders and so deliver Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Philipsen to the sprint win over Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) and Alberto Dainese (Team DSM) Two sprint victories at Tirreno-Adriatico secured Philipsen a role as a contender for next Saturday's Milan-San Remo "We managed to be in a really good position thanks to all the motivation we had from the previous sprint stage - we knew we were able to do it again The team and Mathieu again did an amazing job," Philipsen said It was touch and go for the sprinters as a persistent eight-man breakaway held off the peloton until three kilometres to go A series of turns and tightening roads squeezed out Intermarché-Circus-Wanty and Soudal-Quickstep's Fabio Jakobsen while last year's stage winner Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) came up too late to finished fourth Roglič won the overall classification and mountains classification and so lifted the spectacular trident winner's trophy for a second time in his career João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) finished second overall at 18 seconds with Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) third at 23 seconds and Steff Cras (TotalEnergies) did not start the final stage a 154-kilometre circuit around the hills and then the seafront of San Benedetto del Tronto The early climbs inspired an attack and Nans Peters (AG2R-Citroën) Samuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani) Arthur Kluckers (Tudor) clipped off the front after a few kilometres and gained a minute on the peloton Henri Vandenabeele (Team DSM) put in a huge effort and successfully bridged the gap making it eight riders at the head of the race.Cristian Rodriguez (Arkea-Samsic) Jan Stöckli (Corretec) and Andreas Leknessund (DSM) also tried to scramble across but never made it.  Soon after as the leaders had a gap of around 90 seconds Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed and opted to pull out of the race The maximum gap of 3:32 came on an uncategorized climb with 90 km but the sprinters' teams were not going to let their lead get out of control Despite the eight riders working smoothly together Soudal-Quickstep worked steadily to shrink their advantage the gap had dipped below 20 seconds but the escapees were not giving up and drew out their lead to over 25 seconds The bell rang for the final lap 14.6km to go and a lack of cohesion in the peloton gave the escapees another dozen seconds and their chances rose briefly A small rise with seven kilometres to go punished the breakaway and their lead fell to 12 seconds as Jayco-AlUla got organised and brought the attackers within sight no team seemed to want to finish them off and a continued concerted effort from Peters kept a seven-second advantage with just four kilometres remaining The peloton's shape went from square to pointy thanks largely to Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) who came to the fore and finally put the breakaway riders out of their misery with three kilometres left to race The catch inspired Cofidis to take the lead before a tricky chicane and a narrowing of the route Then it was Intermarché-Circus-Wanty battling for the lead but Ganna again came to the front to stretch out the peloton ahead of a tight squeeze.  Van der Poel dived past the Hour Record holder in the final turn and kept going at full speed to line-out the peloton and so set up Philipsen perfectly he had the speed and power to hold off Groenewegen and so take his second win of this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico.  she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis The Slovenian won the week-long Tirreno-Adriatico race by a comfortable margin ahead of a stellar field on Tuesday, adding to his title in the UAE Tour last month. “What a fantastic start to the season,” said Pogacar. “This is one of the biggest one-week races.” After placing fourth in the concluding time-trial, Pogacar finished 1min 3sec ahead of Wout van Aert in the overall standings of the sea-to-sea race. Mikel Landa finished third overall, 3min 57sec behind. Egan Bernal, the 2019 Tour winner, finished fourth, more than four minutes behind Pogacar. Read moreThe 22-year-old Pogacar won one stage in both the UAE Tour and the Tirreno having taken Saturday’s “queen” leg that finished with a gruelling climb to Prati di Tivo He also gained time against all of his overall rivals in Sunday’s fifth stage which featured a circuit over a series of short climbs or “walls” when he nearly caught breakaway rider Mathieu van der Poel That’s the stage I will never forget,” said Pogacar Van Aert won the time-trial for his second stage win of the race clocking 11min 6sec along the entirely flat 10.1km (6.3-mile) route in San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic coast European champion Stefan Küng finished second and world champion Filippo Ganna was third 11 seconds behind – ending his winning streak in time-trials at eight “I’m improving in this discipline every year a little bit,” said Van Aert “It was my first time aiming for GC in a stage race and I only got beaten by the Tour de France winner I’ll try more of this in the future but for now I have the classics in my mind starting with Milano-San Remo.” Pogacar finished one second behind Ganna on the stage Wout van Aert on his way to stage victory and second place overall Photograph: Marco Alpozzi/APUp next on the World Tour calendar is the Milan-San Remo classic on Saturday He will next compete in the Tour of the Basque Country in April followed by the Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège single-day races The multi-talented Van Aert also won the opening stage in a sprint He’ll be looking to successfully defend his Milan-San Remo title “I felt really good this week and I saw last year that I really improved my form afterward,” the Belgian said “Now I’ve got to recover as good as possible But I saw a lot of strong riders this week so I’m definitely not the only favourite.” parents and teachers from Italy were greeted by a warm smile and a handshake from Rev Ron Lewinski as they stepped off the bus at Frassati Catholic Academy in Wauconda on Wednesday The Catholic middle school is hosting 37 guests from Scuola Libera G.K Chesterton in San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic coast of Italy "They started a school there that is similar to what we are trying to do here who is president of Frassati Catholic Academy Frassati Catholic Academy and Scuola Libera G.K Chesterton share Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as their patron and Principal Diane Vida met with the adult travelers while Frassati students escorted children to classrooms to get a feel for the typical school activities "It is very impressive to find people that are committed just like us into education," said Marco Sermarini who is a parent and a religion teacher at G.K "It is very impressive and also moving because our school that is named after G.K Chesterton that was born inside our Catholic community Our families are united in the same co-fraternity inspired by Pier Giorgio Frassati." A general assembly was held in the Parish Life Center where students arranged a DVD program of the school that was subtitled in Italian scratch that: you don’t know all about them What you do know is that they are the most ideal fulfillment of the Benedict Option that I have found heard me talk over lunch in Norcia about the Benedict Option and told me that it sounds a lot like what the Tipi Loschi are doing in a coastal city on the other side of the mountain from the monastery Father Cassian suggested I go visit them sometime and said that Christians who don’t do some version of what they are doing are not going to make it through the trials to come The man is on fire for Chesterton; he saw to it that the classical Christian school the community founded was called the Scuola Libera G.K Look at this; that’s Marco in the opening scene: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv2Bu4oYBg0] He’s also on fire for Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the group’s patron Here’s an excerpt from The Benedict Option to show you what kind of man Marco is: and the efforts of his little Christian community won’t amount to much in the face of so much opposition He is anxious that the current will be too strong to resist and will tear them apart “I know from the olive trees that some years we will have a big harvest and other years we will take few,” he said when they brought agriculture to this place a thousand years ago they taught our ancestors that there are times when we have to save seed That’s why I think we have to walk on this road of Saint Benedict we won’t have a harvest in the years to come.” a donkey can do good work.’ I consider myself a little donkey,” he said “There are so many purebred horses that run nowhere but this old donkey is getting the job done let’s go on doing this job like little donkeys it was a donkey that brought Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.” When he heard I was planning to come to Siena with my son he said I had to come early and visit the Tipi Loschi It so happens that they are now in the middle of celebrating their annual feast of Pier Giorgio Frassati Marco invited me to talk about l’Opzione Benedetto to the crowd of the Tipi Loschi and their friends from all over Italy “These are the kind of people who will be your friends for the rest of your life,” I told him We flew overnight from New Orleans to Heathrow We took a lickety-split cab from the airport to the train station and jumped on our train to San Benedetto del Tronto with only eight minutes to spare The train ride was another three hours — in a car without air conditioning Poor Lucas was so excited about the trip that he slept not a wink on the overseas flight He pretty much collapsed on the train to SBT We finally arrived around 10:30 pm, and there was Marco waiting for us on the platform. “Bravo, Lucas!” he said about a million times. He drove us to Santa Lucia, where the Tipi Loschi were finishing up the day’s events with a lecture under the moon. The groggy travelers had leftover pizza, and (for me) Birra Nursia: We finally made it to our room at Le Limonaie a Mare you can see the Croatian coast on the horizon: The next morning, Lucas went to the beach with some of the Tipi Loschi kids, and Marco took me to Ripatransone There I walked down the narrowest street in Italy: says this picture explains the Benedict Option I think he means walking the narrow path through the wall to the light Then it was time for a siesta. Late in the afternoon, I sat in the gazebo at the Limonaie and gave an interview to Rodolfo Casadei He was not the first or the last to tell me that The Benedict Option needs to be translated into Italian I also spoke to a group of young Americans who were living among the Tipi Loschi — some temporarily others for longer — including one whom I had met earlier this year at Benedictine College “They are everything you said they were,” she told me I recall now that we had this conversation on the night I arrived Genevieve when I learned about her five years ago in Paris She was an abbess of the 5th century who was very brave in facing down Attila the Hun Her icon features her holding a candle; the story goes that she and her nuns were on their way to the Saturday prayer vigil when a storm blew out their candle She made the sign of the Cross over the candle lighting the way safely for the nuns to the church are also venerated by Orthodox Christians) to pray for me to God that I do good work on it This is why I asked Fabrizio to write a diptych of them for me Here is Fabrizio and his work last night at Santa Lucia: It is astonishingly, breathtakingly beautiful. If you’re familiar with Orthodox iconography, this will look familiar to you, but you will also notice that it has a softer Western style. If you read Italian (or want to use Google Translate), read this statement by Fabrizio about why he took up iconography. Basically he says that contemporary art seemed empty He wanted to bring about Beauty that represented eternal Truth and that led us beyond ourselves to unity with the Word Made Flesh Here is a link to images of some of the work he did in the refectory at Norcia — all probably gone now Finally came the time for me to speak to the crowd from the stage My interpreter was an American named Kevin Hertelendy who works for the Tipi Loschi I told the audience that I really do believe that the future of the Christian churches in the West — not only Catholic ones — is being made on either side of the Sibylline Mountains and spent another hour outside in the cool sea breeze talking to Angelo Bottone I thought about all the kind Italians who told me they had been deeply affected by The Benedict Option They were going to deliver us to Siena via Norcia — a really long drive for them We had a quick breakfast of cappuccino and cornetti the town and the region was horribly damaged by earthquakes last year Driving through the area and seeing all the destroyed houses was heartbreaking Italian hill towns that had been there for centuries which has been relocated to the monks’ property on the mountainside near Norcia They are now living in a couple of wooden houses built in part by the Tipi Loschi and other volunteers Father Benedict showed us this morning the brand-new drawings for the monastery and church they plan to build We stayed for morning mass — the Latin mass chanted — and saw my old friend Thomas Hibbs from Baylor The chapel the monks are now worshiping in is vastly smaller and plainer than their Norcia basilica Paul: “my strength is made perfect in weakness.” The monks of Norcia have been reduced to real poverty and hardship but the light of Christ is shining through them from the mountainside who watched closely to see how they celebrated mass differently than we celebrate the Divine Liturgy (Lucas serves at the altar) and Marco wanted to show us the face of Norcia We drove down the mountainside and into the town I don’t mind telling you that I fought back tears Here is a side view of the basilica from this morning: this is a view of the inside of the basilica not a year and a half ago I was standing inside there Marco.” I struggled to comprehend what I was seeing and to make it cohere with my memories of the place The basilica façade is just about the only part of the basilica left standing The two other churches in town are destroyed The town should be buzzing with tourists now where I took my morning coffee there — it’s closed so we stopped into one norcineria for prosciutto sandwiches The proprietor gave me three small cinghiale (wild boar) sausages as a gift I would have bought pounds of the stuff to take home but you can’t bring meat back into the US I told Marco that things like this really test one’s faith How could God let such a thing happen to these people Marco said that the shop owner told him that people are slowly trickling back into town We went back to the car to leave, and to say goodbye to Giovanni Zennaro (center) and Stefano (Schileo two friends from Milan who had come down to the Pier Giorgio Frassati festival After a long drive through Umbria and Tuscany Saying farewell to Marco and Giorgio was hard I almost cried telling them goodbye.” I know the feeling My fazzoletto — a silk kerchief worn around the neck a symbol of each contrada — lies packed away somewhere in the moving boxes at home He researched all the contrade before coming here We also paid for our tickets for the big contrada dinner to be held on the night before Sunday’s race Here’s how I ended the day on the balcony of our hotel: and be on the campo for the third trial run at dusk He told me that this trip is already more than he dreamed of in terms of the friendships strengthened and friendships made the Benedict Option networks of Christian fraternity are being built right now but my real Italian contrada is the Tipi Loschi every edition of a cycling race is special but when it reaches a round number then it becomes even more serious in 2025 it will be touched share 60 of what is one of the key events in the racing calendar World Tour in Italy breaking the Slovenian monopoly dictated by the victories of Tadej pogacar (2) to Primois Roglic when Vincenzo Nibali won for the second year in a row in front of a Chris (before Horner and then Froome): since then for the blue colours the misery of only one podium thanks to the second di Damian Caruso since 2018 behind Michal Kwiatkowski Stage 1 (10/03): Lido di Camaiore – Lido di Camaiore (9,9 km Stage 2 (11/03): Camaiore – Follonica (189 km) Stage 3 (12/03): Follonica – Colfiorito/Foligno (239 km) Stage 4 (13/03): Norcia – Trasacco (184 km) Stage 5 (14/03): Ascoli Piceno – Pergola (196 km) Stage 6 (15/03): Cartoceto – Frontignano (166 km) Stage 7 (16/03): Port of Potenza Picena – San Benedetto del Tronto (147 km) In the meantime, while waiting for the outcome to be expressed Wada after the warm invitation of theUCI, l'UAE Team Emirates says goodbye to rebreathing the practice that consists of briefly inhaling carbon monoxide: this was stated by the performance coordinator Jeroen Swart to the microphones of CyclingNews "It was an exercise tried in the last 18 months and now concluded that this practice has been used several times in recent 20 years and not only in cycling We have conducted an analysis in this time window to evaluate the hemoglobin mass and now we do not need any more tests" Read also - 2026 World Cup Qualifying Draw: Date, Time and Where to Watch It Seven stages from Lido di Camaiore to San Benedetto del Tronto Tirreno-Adriatico comes with a familiar route in 2023 beginning and ending in the usual host towns of Lido di Camaiore and San Benedetto del Tronto a short time trial opens the race while there's a sprint stage to finish the route will pass through the regions of Tuscany Profile for stage 1(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map of stage 1(Image credit: RCS Sport)A simple out-and-back time trial opens the race with riders heading up and down the same stretch of coastal road at Lido di Camaiore that usually plays host to the stage when it's the town's turn for a time trial The 11.5km run will be a quick blast to start the race with few difficulties aside from a 90-degree corner at the start and a hairpin midway through Profile for stage 2(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 2(Image credit: RCS Sport)The second day of the race looks like one for the sprinters as the peloton takes on a 210km course heading south down the Tuscan coast to Follonica.  The first categorised climb of the race comes partway through the stage barring attacks on the late unclassified hill at L'Impostino at 10km out Profile for stage 3(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 3(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 3 is another long one at 216km as the route turns east towards it's finishing destination Foligno in Umbria plays host to the stage finish the stage isn't the most challenging in terms of climbing Two classified climbs come before the halfway mark while the parcours flattens out in the final third Profile for stage 4(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 4(Image credit: RCS Sport)The first hilly challenge of the race comes on stage 4 which runs 218km from the region of Lazio to the coastal Abruzzese town of Tortoreto 2,100 metres of climbing are on the menu for the stage which concludes with a hilltop finish in Tortoreto – 4.4km at 4.5% to the line A closing circuit in the town means that riders will see the finishing hill three times before heading up to the finish Profile for stage 5(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 5(Image credit: RCS Sport)The riders may have already reached the Adriatic coast on stage 4 with the queen stage summit finish lying on the fifth stage 3,800 metres of climbing lie in wait for the riders during the stage 965 of which come with the closing mountain at Valico di Santa Maria Maddalena a 13.1km climb which averages 7.4% and tops out at 14% midway through The climb has hosted Tirreno stage finished before – Mikel Landa and Simon Yates won in 2018 and 2020 while it was also on the Giro d'Italia route in 1987 and 1990 Profile for stage 6(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 6(Image credit: RCS Sport)Stage 6 sticks to lower altitudes and the hills around Osimo in the central Marche region of Italy 3,000 metres of climbing are on the menu of the 193km day with five classified climbs on the route Three laps of a hilly closing circuit in the town conclude the stage Profile for stage 7(Image credit: RCS Sport)Map for stage 7(Image credit: RCS Sport)It's back to the flat for the final stage in San Benedetto del Tronto a final chance for the sprinters on the 154km coastal stage The race heads inland early on before returning to the town for five laps of a 14.5km circuit by the sea where the final stage winner and the overall champion of Tirreno-Adriatico will be crowned Alberto Contador and Roman Krueziger(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)World time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) celebrates his overall victory(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) a 9.1km individual time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto The victory against the clock today was the second of the year for the 26-year-old Italian after his time trial win at Argentina's Tour de San Luis in January Video: Contador says there's more to come after Tirreno-Adriatico win Four-time time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) placed second at six seconds followed by 2012 Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) in third at 11 seconds Reigning time trial world champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) winner of this very stage at Tirreno-Adriatico one year ago with a time six seconds faster than runner-up Malori placed fourth this time around at 15 seconds Overnight general classification leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) started the day with a commanding 2:08 lead over Nairo Quintana (Movistar) plus a 2:15 advantage over his Tinkoff-Saxo teammate Roman Kreuziger and the Spaniard easily defended the blue jersey with a 10:54 effort The top three on general classification remained the same as Quintana put two seconds into Kreuziger over the 9.1km course to defend his second place position ahead of the Czech rider Contador's final margin of victory would be 2:05 over Quintana and 2:14 ahead of Kreuziger the sixth rider out of the start house in San Benedetto del Tronto set the early benchmark of 10:33 which stood for approximately one hour until it was bettered by one second courtesy of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Shimano) reclaimed the hot seat 30 minutes later when former Italian time trial champion Adriano Malori scorched the course for 10:13 stopping the clock over the 9.2km parcours 19 seconds faster than the Dutchman Malori's time then withstood the efforts of the peloton's time trial royalty as first Tony Martin (10:28) followed by Fabian Cancellara (10:19) all failed to eclipse the Italian's time Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) who earlier this season won the time trial stage at the Volta ao Algarve (en route to overall victory) ahead of none other than Malori could only manage a 10:35 effort on the day a time ultimately good enough for seventh place Only 17 riders remained following Kwiatkowski and while none would factor into the stage results there was still a matter of the top general classification riders at Tirreno-Adriatico seeking to defend or improve their final overall placings The top three on general classification would ultimately remain the same as Contador Quintana and Kreuziger would all finish within three seconds of each other while there would be some minor shuffling in the rest of the top 10 Former French time trial champion Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) started the day in fifth overall just one second down on Julian Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing) and the Frenchman beat the Colombian by 16 seconds to improve his final GC position by one place Mikel Nieve (Sky) would be the biggest loser in the top ten as he dropped from sixth to 10th overall after his time trial performance while Croatian road champion Robert Kiserlovski (Trek Factory Racing) improved the most Peter produces race coverage for all disciplines The New Jersey native has 30 years of road racing and cyclo-cross experience starting in the early 1980s as a Junior in the days of toe clips and leather hairnets Over the years he's had the good fortune to race throughout the United States and has competed in national championships for both road and 'cross in the Junior and Masters categories as before he switched to the road Peter's mission in life was catching big air on his BMX bike Mar 16, 2021 – Van Aert can't win but he scratches and snatches the time trial away from someone who thought he had already won it: Stefan Kung. And to think that the news was already there Filippo Gana had not won the event in which he is world champion He too had accustomed us to do well in the time trials that for a year had seen him come within a first place behind the formidable Wout Van Aert Stefan Kung and ahead of Alberto Bettiol who shows an improving condition: perfect for the classics The arrival is the classic one for the final time trial of the Tirreno Adriatico: San Benedetto del Tronto The challenge is practically already drawn as far as the classification is concerned Van Aert showed up at the start with a minute and 15 seconds from Pogacar but a feat achieved with the conquest of the time trial that definitely baptizes him among the favorites of the next Milan Sanremo For him an average speed that touches 55 kilometers per hour Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" © Cyclinside - all rights reserved - Reproduction of photographs and texts for more than 10 percent is prohibited It is mandatory to indicate the link to the page © Cyclinside - all rights reserved - Reproduction of photographs and texts for more than 10 percent is prohibited Van Avermaet to lead BMC at Milan-San Remo Tirreno-Adriatico a once-in-a-lifetime win for Van Avermaet Sagan tries to stay upbeat after Tirreno-Adriatico defeat the short time trial along the seafront of Adriatic town has sometimes been anti-climactic in feel but this time out 10.1km test provided a gripping denouement to a most unusual edition of the Race of the Two Seas The cancellation of Sunday’s mountain stage to Monte San Vicino changed the complexion of the race giving Van Avermaert and Sagan a rare opportunity to vie for overall honours and they showed they deserved that chance by stealing off the front in the finale at Cepagatti on Monday Van Avermaet’s stage win there put him into the blue jersey and he began the final time trial holding a 7-second lead over Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) with Sagan a further second behind in third as Sagan went through the 4.5km mark one second quicker than Van Avermaet and two ahead of Stybar and it became a matter of staying power over the back end of the course and he struggled in the second part of the time trial and he would slip off the virtual podium and drop all the way to 7th place in the final general classification wearing the red jersey of points classification leader hurled himself into the corners in the finale stomping on the pedals to clock a time of 11:32 The Slovak then endured a tense wait by the finish line to see if he had broken the hex and recorded his first victory since winning the World Championships road race in Richmond last autumn As Van Avermaet entered the final kilometre it was obvious that Sagan had stretched out his advantage on the latter part of the course and by the time he reached the finishing straight the race would be decided by a second or so at most Van Avermaet duly stopped the clock in 11:39 just enough to fend off Sagan’s stout challenge and claim an unlikely overall victory at Tirreno-Adriatico It also continued the Belgian’s recent sequence of wins at the expense of the world champion Van Avermaet’s last four victories have come ahead of Sagan as he beat him into second place in Rodez at last year’s Tour de France at Cepagatti in Tirreno-Adriatico on Monday and once more in the final overall standings Bob Jungels (Etixx-QuickStep) moved up to third overall after Tuesday’s time trial having begun the day in fourth place at 21 seconds and an outside threat for overall honours the Luxembourger was two seconds slower than Van Avermaet but it was enough to bump onto the final step of the podium FDJ’s Sebastien Reichenbach and Thibaut Pinot each produced fine time trials to move up to 4th and 5th on the general classification while Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) – so disappointed by the cancellation of Sunday’s stage – salvaged a haul of WorldTour points by placing 6th overall The battle for stage honours was decided long before the final starters as Fabian Cancellara scorched around the 10.1km course at an average speed of 54.431kph That was some 13 seconds quicker than early pace-setter Johan Le Bon (FDJ) and nobody would come any closer to the Swiss for the remainder of the afternoon World time trial champion Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and former hour record holder Alex Dowsett (Movistar) placed third and fourth but they were fully 15 seconds down on the flying Cancellara who continued his fine start to his final season in the professional ranks It was Cancellara’s fourth win of the season after triumphs at the Challenge Mallorca in January the Volta ao Algarve time trial last month and Strade Bianche ten days ago but he looked to downplay the state of his form “I don’t think it’s incredible it’s more like business as usual,” Cancellara said “The parcours seemed to be faster this year because of the weather His rivals for Milan-San Remo will have taken notice though Cancellara was quick to inssit out that the men at the business end of the general classification were bigger favourites for La Primavera than he “For me it’s now recovery mode because I hadn’t the best feeling this week,” he said the pressure and responsibility goes to them.” Tirreno-Adriatico is over but the mind games are only beginning Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Dennis left out of contract and only in the running for a low-value deal as teams either out of space or question Australian's reliability FLORENCE, Italy (VN) — Rohan Dennis potentially lost one million euro in his team battle after quitting the Tour de France early and turning up his nose to Team Bahrain-Merida A source who knows Dennis well told VeloNews that he is losing over one million euro (1.2 million U.S.D) in his contractual battle Dennis left the Tour de France on the eve of the Pau time trial when he would have made his rainbow jersey debut at the Tour as the 2018 world champion sent its top team representative from England to Southern France for the day and staff anxiously awaited the possibility of an important stage win Midway to Bagnères-de-Bigorre in stage 12, however, Dennis climbed off his bike and argued with the team. The details around the incident were never fully explained He did not race afterwards until the Worlds Only days after he won the worlds time trial title in Yorkshire, Bahrain-Merida announced it terminated his contract a year early but waited to announce it so that Dennis could fully concentrate on the time trial – which he won with a massive 1:09-minute gap over Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) The source explained the details behind the scenes as Dennis fought to save his contract worth €1.5 million Dennis met with Bahrain-Merida brass after the Tour incident and when the team agreed to keep him He shopped around for new contracts with his agent in August and September The decision was sealed when Dennis rode the time trial championships on a non-team bike and with non-team kit without even the mention of Bahrain-Merida The source pointed out that Dennis could have won on any bike given his strength and had he done so with Merida’s bike instead of an older BMC frame then maybe the team would not have confirmed its decision Dennis and his agent have taken the decision to the UCI Arbitration Panel saying it was a breach of contract “actually causing It turned out to be a million-dollar mistake or $1.38 million (€1.25m) because the source explained that the best Dennis has been able to find for 2020 is a €250,000 contract because teams don’t have space or are worried about his reliability Dennis’s agent was unavailable when reached for comment on this article for five years before joining Bahrain-Merida he would join a roster of strong time trial riders including Chris Froome What’s it like to be an American cyclist living in France Watch to get professional road cyclist Joe Dombrowski’s view By Gregor Brown in San Benedetto del Tronto Italian Mario Cipollini.. By Gregor Brown in San Benedetto del Tronto and now Cipollini is in a race to annul his contract The 2002 World Champion from Lucca has a renewed desire for racing the Milano-Sanremo since he returned from retirement in the Tour of California He now faces a race against time if he is to participate in the 298-kilometre race known as La Classicissima as he needs his racing license resolved with Rock Racing which he requested last week according to La Gazzetta dello Sport would be limited due to lack of racing kilometres His contact with the Italian Professional Continental team owned by Russian Oleg Tinkov has yet to be confirmed The 40 year-old Russian confirmed he has not talked to Cipollini but he noted that the team's general manager Feltrin commented that time is running out "We would like to see him at the start line with us," stated the General Manager to Cyclingnews he has to have a waiver from his current team and then we would have to sit at a table and work out the details." "Ten minutes before the sign-on the director talked to us about this article in the newspaper I don't know if it is official or not," said the team's star rider to Cyclingnews before the final stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico but I have never had the chance to race with him I have seen him about ten times in training we have crossed paths along the seaside in Tuscany I don't go training with him as I am usually training alone." The 22 year-old Russian will not be taking part in Sanremo as he is building for the Track World Championships Tirreno-Adriatico: Quintana wins stage 5 in Terminillo Tirreno-Adriatico: Sagan wins stage 6 Quintana savours his emphatic Tirreno-Adriatico victory Cancellara made amends for his narrow defeat to Adriano Malori (Movistar) in the opening time trial in Lido di Camaiore last week by scorching around the 10-kilometre course at a speed in excess of 52kph to claim stage victory and lay down a marker of sorts ahead of Milan-San Remo at the weekend Quintana’s performance on the day was rather less assured – he finished some 55 seconds down on Cancellara – but he had done the bulk of the heavy lifting on the snowy upper reaches of Monte Terminillo on Sunday 19 seconds clear of Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) and 31 ahead of his fellow countryman Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep) The short time trial along the seafront at San Benedetto del Tronto has become the default finale for Tirreno-Adriatico in recent years and it was the third time that Cancellara has emerged victorious in the short test on the Adriatic Coast The Swiss rider beat Malori by four seconds while Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) took third “I think I made up for the mistakes from the prologue not just with the race but also with the bigger picture and the big races in the next weekends,” Cancellara said Cancellara began his time trial just as Malori was bringing his effort to a close with the provisional quickest time and the pair were evenly matched through the opening section with Malori a second up at the intermediate time check than during his heyday as a time triallist between 2006 and 2010 Cancellara showed that he is not lacking in raw power ahead of the spring classics as he put five seconds into Malori in the closing five kilometres to stop the clock in 11:23 a time that was never remotely threatened for the remainder of the afternoon “I’ll think about Milan-San Remo from Friday when we’ll see what the weather is going to be like because that’s an important factor,” Cancellara said Carrying a buffer of 39 seconds into the time trial the consensus was that Quintana’s blue jersey would be similarly out of reach and so it proved even if his performance over the 10km course was a little short of what he will aim to produce in Utrecht on the opening day of the Tour de France of being updated on the progress of Mollema and would have been particularly mindful not to take any unnecessary risks He carried the blue jersey safely across the line in 51st place If Quintana’s dominance at the weekend had removed much of the suspense the battle for the podium places promised to be keenly fought Mollema began the day just nine seconds clear of Uran and given their respective recent time trialling pedigree many anticipated that the Dutchman would cede the second step of the podium Mollema reached the time check ahead of Uran and although he was visibly struggling to keep the gear turning over in the closing kilometre he reached the finish four seconds up on the Colombian’s time to secure second place overall Uran’s low-key showing (25th at 38 seconds) almost cost him a spot on the podium as Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) offered a full demonstration of his improvements against the watch as the Frenchman delivered an assured ride to finish inside the top 20 (19th at 33 seconds) Although Pinot fell just four seconds shy of dislodging Uran from the podium he had the consolation of holding off Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and defending fourth place overall Contador was the best of the general classification riders on the day though his next major time trial – the mammoth 55km test at Valdobbiadene at the Giro d’Italia – will be a rather different animal Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) brought the curtain down on his non-descript Tirreno-Adriatico by completing the time trial in 17th place and in the morning newspapers he placated home anxieties by confirming that he will indeed be on the start line at Milan-San Remo on Sunday Another man with designs on Milan-San Remo is Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) and he took his emphasis on La Classicissima to extremes on Tuesday afternoon Eager to save his legs for the Cipressa and Poggio Sagan soft-pedalled around the course to clock the slowest time of the day and risked finishing outside the time limit to stay in the race and seal victory in the points classification The Tirreno Adriatico 2022 is the 57th edition of this italian professional stage cyclist race taking parts of the UCI World Tour calendar the race starts from the shores of the Tyrrhenian sea to arrive on the Adriatic coast more precisely in San Benedetto del Tronto where the race always finish the Tirreno Adriatico is considered as a preparation race for the classic Milan-San Remo more than 1 131,9 kilometers divided into 7 stages Stage 1 (ITT) – Lido di Camaiore > Lido di Camaiore – 13,9 km – 7th marchStage 2 – Camaiore > Sovicille – 219 km – 8th marchStage 3 – Murlo > Terni – 170 km – 9th marchStage 4 – Cascata delle Marmore > Bellante – 202 km – 10th marchStage 5 – Sefro > Fermo – 155 km – 11th marchStage 6 – Apecchio > Carpegna – 213 km – 12th marchStage 7  – San Benedetto del Tronto > San Benedetto del Tronto – 159 km – 13th march Sign up to receive the Gourmet Traveller newsletter and offers we choose to share with you straight to your inbox  By joining, you agree to our Privacy Policy & Terms of Use Housed on the ground floor of an anonymous building in an anonymous suburb of the fishing port of Fano in Italy’s Marche region Maria Tena’s brilliant seafood restaurant doesn’t look like a restaurant at all the only clue to its identity is a nondescript sign over the door saying “Bar Trattoria – Pesce Fresco.” If it weren’t cluttered with the esoteric wood glass and metal sculptures of Maria’s daughter the interior – a single room with pink-and-white-tiled walls a few tables and a bar counter – would be no less modest The place seems an unlikely sanctuary for a piscine pilgrimage but I make a point of eating there whenever I’m passing through It’s Domenica who answers the phone when one calls to book Her tone is always apologetic and she speaks as if she’s reading from a script “We only serve fish but today’s catch was nothing special and we haven’t much to offer Ma se vi accontentate…” Loosely translated “Come if you’re prepared to make do with what we’ve got.” She repeats the same litany every time but I know from experience that Maria a tiny woman in a tiny kitchen – three gas rings a grill and a granite worktop – is sure to rustle up something special vrudàtte or bredette) originated among fishermen who would cook their meals at sea with part of their catch – small fish of no commercial value or damaged by the nets – and the few condiments available on board Close relatives of the fish stews of the Tyrrhenian to the west – Provençal bouillabaisse Tuscan cacciucco – from which they differ for their thicker texture multifarious takes on brodetto dot Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast from Trieste in Friuli-Venezia Giulia to Vasto in Abruzzo the proto-celebrity chef Bartolomeo Scappi declared himself a fan “Fishermen from Chioggia and Venice make better stews than in any other coastal area,” he wrote in his Opera one of the first Italian recipe collections “I believe fishermen are abler with fish than cooks,” he added “because they cook it as soon as they catch it.” I wouldn’t even give it to the cat.” Now approaching 90 Maria has been cooking fish for over half a century ever since she came down from her village in the hills near Urbino to marry a Fano fisherman The brodetti of the northern Adriatic tend to feature single species of fish not only from the sea but also from the area’s lagoons and rivers Scappi provides a recipe for rombo in pottaggio that lives on today in the form of boreto a la graisana brodeto de gô is made only with gobies; the chief ingredient in the brodeto polesano of the Po delta is eel; and in Ravenna’s brodetto alla ravennate It’s in Maria’s Marche that the most colourful and in Fano itself there’s an Accademia del Brodetto founded by a group of restaurateurs and academics to codify the different recipes From Gabicce in the north of the region to San Benedetto del Tronto in the south fishing villages and ports run into one another and it’s difficult to tell where one ends and the next begins But each has its own version of brodetto and locals swear that theirs is the real McCoy in open displays of that very Italian sense of fierce local pride an attachment to the bell tower of one’s place of birth) which once rivalled Venice as an Adriatic seafaring power I remember seeing two old-timers almost coming to blows in an argument over their respective recipes from Ancona northwards brodetto is made with 13 types of fish (any permutation of the likes of scorpion fish supposedly one for each of the participants at the Last Supper which are rolled in flour to thicken the stew but in San Benedetto del Tronto they enrich their vrudètte with green peppers and tomatoes a reminder of the days in which vegetables were boarded on boats to add vitamins to the fishermen’s diet with which they quenched their thirst (captains being loath to let them drink wine on the job) Another “southern” usage that begins roughly in San Benedetto and spills over into Abruzzo is the addition of peperoncino brodetto is a classic case of a dish that came into being as a way of making virtue of necessity the Marche food-and-wine writer Antonio Attorre Maria’s interpretation is simplicity itself In a closely observed ritual and with perfect timing she plops the fish she happens to have at hand in order of firmness of flesh and size – and according to season – into a light soffritto finely chopped onion and parsley softened in extra-virgin olive oil in one of her earthenware pots She then pours over them a sauce of strained fish stock A splash of white wine vinegar and all that remains is to leave the stew to simmer for an hour or so over the smouldering embers of the charcoal grill “That’s all there is to it,” says Maria The resulting flavour is the sum of the parts elemental with all the fleshy sweetness of marine life who’s an Eastern philosophy buff and talks like Confucius “A good brodetto shouldn’t taste of fish Gourmet Traveller is Australia’s trusted authority on food bringing the latest news and trends to life through quality journalism enticing recipes and evocative photography it has been inspiring and informing Australians with the best in cooking Our critics bring the expertise of years of critical eating as the country’s leading title in the luxury sector Gourmet Traveller works closely with Australia’s leaders in the travel and hospitality industries to give our readers exclusive access The Gourmet Traveller legacy is one of trust The Powerboat P1 World Championship organisers said they have reached an agreement with the Federazione Italiana Motonautica (FIM) and the Italian Powerboat Series (IPS) to stage a joint event in San Benedetto del Tronto between July 3 and 5 Commenting after the opening round of the 2009 season in Malta P1 chairman and CEO Asif Rangoonwala said: "It's very positive to have reached this agreement which is clearly in the best interests of the sport "We're delighted to be returning to the venue where the series enjoyed such a success last year." Further discussions are underway with the Italian federation and the IPS to undertake an additional joint event in Sicily in September and a decision on this is expected shortly The Malta Grand Prix was won by Seagull Chaudron Seagull finished second in Saturday's Sprint race and emerged victorious from the Endurance race on Sunday SNAV OSG came third on Saturday and claimed the chequered flag on Sunday Giancarlo Cangiano and Giovanni Carpitella were presented with the coveted trophy by Malta President George Abela the championship now heads to Istanbul for the second race of the season in June (19-21) ahead of the July race in San Benedetto del Tronto The August race will take pace in Gotenburg please register for free or log in to your account With a few hours to go for the start of the Italian Grand Prix of the Sea the opening event of the 2008 Powerboat P1 UIM World Championship today at San Benedetto del Tronto on the Adriatic coast have announced the final line-ups of the two categories SuperSport Category (nine teams): VoomVoom.com; Ocean Dragon Racing; Team Sunseeker; Al & Al; Baia High Performance OSG; Racing Project; The Spirit of Portomaso; Bullet Racing; Offshore Rana's Team There will also be three local wild cards in this category for this event Team Ortm and Team Club Italia Offshore Race Evolution Category (10 teams): CRTE Cigarette Racing Team Europe; Skater Racing Team; Centaurian Yachts; Metamarine Corse - Veneta Marina Racing; Searex Racing Team; Team Fountain Worldwide; Team Witty; Project 1022; Nigel Hook Racing; Inrizzardi Racing Team French Team (Eric Brotons) will be the only wild card in this category The weekend programme starts this morning with a special pilots' breakfast being hosted by Asif Rangoonwala Official testing will take place this afternoon and the actual racing will be held tomorrow and Sunday Evolution Class2003 Rizzardi (69) Italy - F&B/Seatek (engine)2004 Thuraya (76) Italy - CUV/Lamborghini2005 Wettpunkt.com (81) Austria - F&B/Seatek2006 OSG Donzi (88) Italy - Donzi/Sterling Performance2007 King of Shaves (99) UK - Fountain Powerboats/llmor Marine Engines Supersport Class2003 Credit Securing (57) Italy - Bruzzes/Mercury2004 Fainplast (41) Italy - Metamarine/Seatek2005 ARPRO Racing (55) UK - Dragon/Mercury Marine2007 Roscioli Hotels Roma (44) Italy - Chaudron/Mercruiser 525efi Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker