Team Sky rivals obliged to attack during Tirreno-Adriatico mountain showdown - Preview

Team Sky took control of Tirreno-Adriatico on stage 3's steep uphill finish to Trevi. Their many big rivals will now have to throw caution to wind and attack on Saturday's stage 4 mountain finish in Sarnano Sassotetto if they want to have any chance of overall victory when the seven-day stage race ends on Tuesday with a 10km individual time trial.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.