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

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

Stages

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final Standings

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Andreas Klöden	Astana Team	28h 31' 26"	50
2	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 4"	40
3	Alexander Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 13"	35
4	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner	+ 23"	30
5	Janez Brajkovic	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 31"	25
6	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 34"	20
7	Vasil Kiryienka	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 55"	N/A
8	Evgeni Petrov	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 59"	N/A
9	Michele Scarponi	Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo	+ 1' 00"	N/A
10	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 1' 12"	2

NOTE: UCI ProTour points are not awarded to riders from UCI Professional Continental teams (e.g., Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo and Tinkoff Credit Systems).

Mountains classification

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

Points classification

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

Team classification

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

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

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

Jersey progress

External links

• Race website