Adriatica Ionica Race

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]

Adriatica Ionica Race

Adriatica Ionica Race
Race details
Date	June
Region	Italy
English name	Adriatica Ionica Race
Local name(s)	Adriatica Ionica Race (in Italian)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Organiser	ASD Sport Union
Race director	Moreno Argentin
Web site	airace.it/en/
History
First edition	2018 (2018)
Editions	4 (as of 2022)
First winner	Iván Sosa (COL)
Most wins	No repeat winners
Most recent	Filippo Zana (ITA)

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