2021 Adriatica Ionica Race

One UCI WorldTeam, six UCI ProTeams, seven UCI Continental teams, and two national teams made up the sixteen teams that participated in the race. With six riders each, and were the only teams to not enter a full squad of seven riders. Of the 110 riders who started the race, 88 finished. UCI WorldTeams • UCI ProTeams • • • • • • UCI Continental Teams • • • • • • • National Teams • Colombia • Italy == Route ==

The full race route details were revealed in a press conference on 10 June 2021. == Stages ==

Stage 1 ;15 June 2021 – Trieste to Aviano, The first stage, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, headed west from Trieste, with a slightly undulating route and one categorized climb on the way to Aviano. The second and queen stage sees the race continue heading west, from Vittorio Veneto in the Veneto region, with a summit finish atop the Cima Grappa at above sea level. With the third and final stage, the race heads south into Emilia-Romagna: starting in Ferrara, riders will race towards the Adriatic coast and finish in Comacchio. Though this stage lacks much elevation gain, it does feature two laps of a circuit in the second half of the stage that includes three sectors of dirt roads per lap. == Classification leadership table ==

• On stage 2, Matteo Donegà, who was third in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Elia Viviani wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification and second placed Davide Persico wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification. • On stage 3, Merhawi Kudus, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Lorenzo Fortunato wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification. == Final classification standings ==

General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification == References ==