The route for the Strade Bianche will see the women cover km while the men will race over km, both starting and finishing in the picturesque city of Siena. How to live stream Strade. Strade Bianche (White Road) has rapidly risen as a favorite among bike racing fans and racers since the first edition in Italy's version of Paris-Roubaix is held on the dirt roads of Tuscany with the finish in Siena. While the season was a complicated one due to the coronavirus crisis, it did offer some unexpected surprises. Starting the season reboot with the Strade Bianche on August 1st was a most. The edition of the Gran Fondo Strade Bianche is cancelled The Gran Fondo Strade Bianche will not be held. The organizers have tried until the last possible moment to understand if it would be possible to hold the event. Strade Bianche – The first summertime Classic This August, Siena missed its first Palio in 75 years, but the thrill of the race was guaranteed as the purebred horses of Michelton-Scott and Jumbo-Visma came full speed from around the iconic San Martino bend. read more.

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Newsletter sign-up. Classics specialist Cancellara won the tenth edition in , becoming the first three-time winner of the race and earning a gravel sector named after him.

The event was raced in abysmal weather. Belgian Tiesj Benoot claimed his first professional victory, after he bridged a gap to the race leaders and left them behind on the penultimate gravel sector of Colle Pinzuto.

The white gravel roads, characteristic of the Tuscan countryside, provide the unique character of the race. They are usually country lanes and farm tracks, called strade bianche or sterrati in Italian, twisting through the hills and vineyards of the Chianti region.

Positioning and route knowledge often prove vital. Race organizers were inspired by the two most famous northern classics, uniting the peculiarities of the Tour of Flanders with its bergs short stretches of steep hills , and Paris—Roubaix with its grueling cobblestone sections.

Angelo Zomegnan, RCS events director, explained before the first edition in "Cycling needed something new and the riders need a motivation [ I did not think paths like these, where you only see a tractor every now and then, still existed [ I can already imagine the atmosphere of the arrival in the Piazza del Palio.

A women's race, the Strade Bianche Donne , was inaugurated in Serving as the opening event of the UCI Women's World Tour , it is held on the same day as the men's race, on the same roads but at a shorter distance.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the women's event, see Strade Bianche Donne. Main article: Strade Bianche Donne.

Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 March The Service Course. Retrieved 21 November Cycling News. Retrieved 2 October Cycling Weekly. After few kilometres the riders will face Sector 2 5.

The course will then go through Radi , where Sector 3 starts 4. After Torrenieri the riders will face Sectors 5 Both are hard, hilly, very punchy and with many bends, climbs and descents.

It's a long sector with continuous up and downs in the first part, ending up with a twisting climb before meeting the tarmac again.