Adriatica Ionica Race

Italian professional men's road bicycle race

Adriatica Ionica Race (in Italian)

DisciplineRoadCompetitionUCI Europe TourTypeStage raceOrganiserASD Sport UnionRace directorMoreno ArgentinWeb siteairace.it/en/

HistoryFirst edition2018 (2018)Editions4 (as of 2022)First winner

Iván Sosa (COL)Most winsNo repeat winnersMost recent

Filippo Zana (ITA)

The Adriatica Ionica Race is an Italian annual professional men's road bicycle race introduced in the 2018 season as a part of the UCI Europe Tour, and currently classified as a 2.1 event.^[1] The race is organised by former professional cyclist Moreno Argentin and ASD Sport Union.^[2]

History

The race was founded by Argentin together with Quanto Basta, with its first edition taking place in 2018.

Although the name of the race suggest the race being run between the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea (similarly to how Tirreno–Adriatico is run between the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic coasts), the first edition was run entirely within two mountainous Italian regions bordering the Adriatic Sea, namely Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Race director Mario Argentin has however stated his plans being to within five years expand the race to a ten-day race starting at the Adriatic coast, passing through Austria, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Albania and finally finishing in Athens, Greece.^[3]

The race returned with its second edition in 2019, which was held between July 24 and July 28.

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2018^[4]	Colombia	Iván Sosa	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2019^[5]	Ukraine	Mark Padun	Bahrain–Merida
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021^[6]	Italy	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo–Kometa
2022^[7]	Italy	Filippo Zana	Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè

References

^ "Adriatica Ionica Race 2018: Results & News | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
^ "CHI SIAMO | Adriatica Ionica Race 20-24 giugno/June 2018". Adriatica Ionica Race 20-24 giugno/June 2018 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
^ "Italian stage racing enjoys resurgence | VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
^ "Sosa wins inaugural Adriatica Ionica". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Adriatica Ionica Race results & GC: Mark Padun wins title – In the Bunch". inthebunch.co.za. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ Farr, Stephen (17 June 2021). "Lorenzo Fortunato wins Adriatica Ionica". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Filippo Zana seals overall victory in Adriatica Ionica". cyclingnews.com. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.