Race: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 6 Start/Finish: Ascoli Piceno/Civitanova Marche Distance: 168km Civitanova, Italy — Joonas Henttala put himself in the breakaway at Tirreno Adriatico on Monday, attacking from the start with seven other riders on the next to last day of the Italian World Tour stage race. Henttala and his breakaway companions attacked for different reasons,…

Race: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 5 Start/Finish: Rieti/Fermo, Italy Distance: 209km Fermo, Italy — Team Novo Nordisk and the rest of the professional peloton paid tribute on Sunday to the victims of last August’s earthquake near Amatrice, rolling quietly past the site of ruined homes and uprooted villages during stage five of the Italian World Tour stage…

Race: Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 4 Start/Finish: Montalto di Castro/Terminillo Distance: 171km Terminillo, Italy — Romain Gioux set out to ride in his first World Tour breakaway on Saturday on the Queen Stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, slipping into a 6-man group at the beginning of the race to build a maximum 10-minute advantage before the final climb at…

Race: Stage 3, Tirreno Adriatico Start/Finish: Monterotondo Marittimo/Montalto di Castro Distance: 204km Montalto di Castro, Italy — Team Novo Nordisk found themselves laid up behind a late-race crash on Friday during stage three Tirreno Adriatico, the week-long Italian World Tour stage race that serves to kick off the European cycling season in earnest. Joonas Henttala only…