1998 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 1998 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 33rd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 11 March to 18 March 1998. The race started in Sorrento and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto.^[2] The race was won by Rolf Järmann of the Casino team.

Teams

Twenty-three teams participated in the race:^[3]

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner
1	11 March	Sorrento to Sorrento	133 km (83 mi)	Gabriele Balducci (ITA)
2	12 March	Sorrento to Baia Domizia	164 km (102 mi)	Erik Zabel (GER)
3	13 March	Sessa Aurunca to Venafro	167 km (104 mi)	Ján Svorada (CZE)
4	14 March	Venafro to Tivoli	208 km (129 mi)	Gabriele Colombo (ITA)
5	15 March	Tivoli to Torricella Sicura	215 km (134 mi)	Rolf Sørensen (DEN)
6	16 March	Teramo to Frontone	224 km (139 mi)	Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)
7	17 March	Civitanova Marche to Civitanova Marche	164 km (102 mi)	Erik Zabel (GER)
8	17 March	Grottammare to San Benedetto del Tronto	162 km (101 mi)	Erik Zabel (GER)

Final general classification^[2]^[5]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Rolf Järmann (SUI)	Casino–Ag2r	38h 27' 30"
2	Franco Ballerini (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	+ 4"
3	Jens Heppner (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 1' 15"
4	Rolf Sørensen (DEN)	Rabobank	+ 13' 15"
5	Zbigniew Spruch (POL)	Mapei–Bricobi	+ 13' 20"
6	Germano Pierdomenico (ITA)	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	+ 13' 22"
7	Nicola Loda (ITA)	Ballan	+ 13' 23"
8	Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)	Ros Mary–Amica Chips	+ 13' 25"
9	Roberto Pistore (ITA)	Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio	+ 13' 27"
10	Servais Knaven (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 13' 27"

^ "Tirreno–Adriatico (Historic), Italy". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "33ème Tirreno-Adriatico 1998". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
^ "The Teams". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "The Stages". Cycling News. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "1998 Tirreno - Adriatico". First Cycling. Retrieved 20 November 2017.