1996 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 1996 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 31st edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 13 March to 20 March 1996. The race started in Fiuggi and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto.^[2] The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Saeco team.

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	13 March	Fiuggi to Fiuggi	156 km (97 mi)		Léon van Bon (NED)
2	14 March	Ferentino to Santa Marinella	180 km (110 mi)		Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB)
3	15 March	Santa Marinella to Santa Fiora	206 km (128 mi)		Fabiano Fontanelli (ITA)
4	16 March	Arcidosso to Soriano nel Cimino	205 km (127 mi)		Filippo Casagrande (ITA)
5a	17 March	Città della Pieve to Castiglione del Lago	85 km (53 mi)		Ján Svorada (CZE)
5b	17 March	Magione to Castiglione del Lago	28 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Evgeni Berzin (RUS)
6	18 March	Tuoro sul Trasimeno to Amandola	192 km (119 mi)		Michele Bartoli (ITA)
7	19 March	Sant'Elpidio a Mare to Monte San Pietrangeli	174 km (108 mi)		Rolf Sørensen (DEN)
8	20 March	Grottammare to San Benedetto del Tronto	159 km (99 mi)		Ján Svorada (CZE)

Final general classification^[2]^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Francesco Casagrande (ITA)	Saeco–AS Juvenes San Marino	34h 46' 18"
2	Alexander Gontchenkov (RUS)	Roslotto–ZG Mobili	+ 23"
3	Gianluca Pianegonda (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 29"
4	Michele Coppolillo (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 32"
5	Gabriele Colombo (ITA)	Gewiss Playbus	+ 51"
6	Rodolfo Massi (ITA)	Refin–Mobilvetta	+ 1' 22"
7	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	Rabobank	+ 4' 30"
8	Filippo Casagrande (ITA)	Scrigno–Blue Storm	+ 5' 17"
9	Luca Gelfi (ITA)	Brescialat	+ 5' 19"
10	Marco Serpellini (ITA)	Panaria–Vinavil	+ 5' 54"

^ "Tirreno–Adriatico (Historic), Italy". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "31ème Tirreno-Adriatico 1996". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
^ "The Stages". Cycling News. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "1996 Tirreno - Adriatico". First Cycling. Retrieved 20 November 2017.