The four-day Tirreno-Adriatico will finish on the summit of the Sarnano - Sassotet on Friday.

Race organizer RCS Sport announced prior to stage 5 that the 13.2 km final climb had been shortened to 10.7 km.

"Due to the weather conditions of high winds at the summit, race organizer RCS Sport has decided to move the finish line earlier than originally planned to ensure maximum safety for the race and all participants," RCS announced Friday morning.

The Paris-Nice stage 6 has also been shortened for the same reason, with the first 117.8 km of the 197.4 km stage from Toursves to La Col sur Rue becoming a neutral section.

"Due to strong winds, today's stage will be shortened," organizers announced in a statement. The first part will be neutralized, with the start point at 117.8 km in La Fontaine d'Aragon." More details on the schedule and route will be announced shortly.

Changes to stage 6, Paris-Nice, have resulted in flat and undulating roads for most of the start, and the second and third classics of the Côte des Tuillières and Côte des Caillants have also been cut. The riders will tackle a tough hilly final section with 79.6 km remaining.

In Tirreno-Adriatico, the finish of stage 5 will not be at the Valico di Santa Maria Maddalena, but at the Rifugio Fonte Lardina, formerly reserved for team bus parking.

The climb is 10.7 km long, with an average gradient of 7.3% and a maximum gradient of 14%, which comes around midway. Aside from the finish, the remainder of the queen stage will start in Mollo d'Oro in Abruzzo and include two mountain sections in the second half. The length of the new stage will be 165.6 km, up from 168 km previously.

Check below for the new map and profile of the Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5 and the original profile of the Paris-Nice stage 6.

Primoš Roglic (Jumbo Visma) is the driving force behind the overall win in Tirreno-Adriatico after winning the stage 4 tortolet on Thursday.

The Slovenian defeated Julian Alaphilippe (Sourdal-Quickstep) and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) to win the toughest stage of the race, six seconds ahead of race leader Leonard Chemuna (Bora-Hansgrohe). Leonard Kemna (Bora-Hansgrohe) by 6 seconds.

In Paris-Nice, Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) leads the race by 6 seconds from David Gaudou (Groupama-FDJ) ahead of the weekend's mountain stages.

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