Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 Route stage 1: Donoratico - San Vincenzo (TTT)

On Monday, March 12th, Tirreno Adriatico begins in Donoratico with a 18.5 kilometre team time trial. (Slideshow route/profile)

Tirreno-Adriatico 2014: Route stage 1 Donoratico > San Vincenzo

Today's arrival town of San Vincenzo may be to the south of Donoratico, but the teams set off northwards to begin the TTT. A right turn sends them inland to the village of Castagneto Carducci and From this point, it's pretty much a straight road towards San Vincenzo on the coast.

It's not the most technical of TTT's so will be decided by pure power and good organisation. Riders do need to be wary however of two sharp turns coming into San Vincenzo but it's certainly not the most complex course in the discipline.

The first team starts at 14:40 (CET) and the arrival of the last team is around 16:10.