Strade Bianche Donne
UCI Women's World Tour | |
Type | One-day race |
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Organiser | RCS Sport |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2015 |
Editions | 10 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
Most wins | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Lotte Kopecky (BEL) (2) |
Most recent | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
The Strade Bianche Donne (Strade Bianche Women), also named Strade Bianche Rosa by Italian media,
First held in 2015, the race is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's top-tier female elite competition.[3] It is organized on the same day as the men's race, on the first or second Saturday of March, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was the first to win twice, with victories at the 2019 and 2020 races.
History
The first women's Strade Bianche was organized in 2015, following the success of the men's event, which was created in 2007. The
In 2016, the event was upgraded to
The
Route
The Strade Bianche starts and finishes in
The first edition started in
In 2018, an extra gravel sector was added, bringing the total to 30 km of dirt roads on eight sectors, covering a total race distance of 136 km.[17] The longest strada bianca is the 9.5 km sector of San Martino in Grania. The most notorious is the four-starred sector of Colle Pinzuto, at 20 km from the finish. The final gravel sector is in Le Tolfe, just northeast of Siena, after which 12 km remain to the finish. The final kilometre is on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina in the heart of the medieval city. The narrow ascent contains steep sections of 16% followed by a short descent and a flat finish on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo.[17]
Winners
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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5 | Netherlands |
2 | Belgium |
1 | Italy, United Kingdom, United States |
References
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- ^ "Strade Bianche 2015 : San Gimignano - Siena". Cyclingfever. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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- ^ ProCyclingStats. "Strade Bianche WE 2015 - Classic". procyclingstats.com.
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- ^ Braverman, Jessi. "Lizzie Armitstead wins Strade Bianche Women". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ Braverman, Jessi. "Longo Borghini wins Strade Bianche Women". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Cycling News. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Van der Breggen wins muddy opener to Women's WorldTour at Strade Bianche". Velonews.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Cycling News. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Frattini, Kristen. "omen's WorldTour Strade Bianche 2019 - Preview". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Kirsten Frattini. "Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Strade Bianche 2016, svelato il percorso [altimetria e planimetria]". cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Strade Bianche, da Siena a Siena lo spettacolo è triplo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ a b Frattini, Kirsten (28 February 2018). "Longer, tougher Strade Bianche Women in 2018 - Preview". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 March 2019.