Over 100 stunning images from the men's and women's WorldTour races in Tuscany
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The white gravel roads at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
SD Worx ahead of Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty images)
Lotte Kopecky at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty images)
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty images)
The women line up at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty images)
Marta Bastianelli at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty images)
Wout van Aert at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The peloton start at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Julian Alaphilippe at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Julian Alaphilippe at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The women's race hits the gravel at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Team DSM at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Lotte Kopecky at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Trek-Segafredo on the front at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
One of several early moves at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Trek-Segafredo on the gravel at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Lotte Kopecky at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The early breakaway at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The peloton roll out at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Alex Howes at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
UAE Team Emirates on the gravel at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Simone Yates at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Italian Simone Petilli of Intermarche Wanty-Gobert Materiaux and Belgian Tosh van der Sande of Lotto Soudal pictured in action during the Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The scenic views of Tuscany at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Julian Alaphilippe at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The peloton racing through Tuscany at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The peloton racing through Tuscany at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The women's peloton at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Elena Pirrone in a solo breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Elena Pirrone in a solo breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chloe Hosking (Image credit: Getty Images)
Tiffany Cromwell (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chloe Hosking (Image credit: Getty Images)
Elena Pirrone in a solo breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Niamh Fisher-Black at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The peloton at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Jumbo-Visma at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Georgia Williams at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The women's peloton (Image credit: Getty Images)
The white gravel roads near Siena (Image credit: Getty Images)
Brodie Chapman (FDJ) (Image credit: Getty Images)
Niamh Fisher-Black at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The women's field racing Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chloe Hosking in the cars at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Riders fight to stay in the race at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The men's field at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The key players at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Davide Formolo at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Amanda Spratt with her teammates at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chantal Blaak wins Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten in a late race two-up breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten off the front at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marta Cavalli lights up finale at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marianne Vos leads Annemiek van Vleuten at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Anna van der Breggen leads the pack at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marta Cavalli and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Audrey Cordon Ragot at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The field at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Ellen Van Dijk was in a dangerous breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mavi Garcia leads the move over the climb at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Annemiek van Vleuten on the attack in the closing section of Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The beautiful scenery at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
SD Worx controlled the race at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The field on the penultimate gravel sector at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Late-race break at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Team BikeExchange at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak leads the breakaway at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Annemiek van Vleuten right before she attacked at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Kasia Niewiadoma at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Demi Vollering at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Quinn Simmons in the main breakaway at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Julian Alaphilippe in the closing kilometres at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Michael Gogl at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock are distanced on the climb at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Egan Bernal at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel leads the breakaway at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel, Egan Bernal, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Egan Bernal at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel attacks on the gravel at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
The key contenders in the closing kilometres of Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)
Elisa Longo Borghini second at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Marianne Vos exhausted after Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
The podium at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Celebrations on the podium at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chantal van der Broek-Blaak wins Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Kasia Niewiadoma in the top 10 at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Lucinda Brand on the gravel at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Hugs, hugs, hugs! (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak wins at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Anna van der Breggen third at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak wins at Strade Bianche Women (Image credit: Getty Images)
Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Wout van Aert after Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The final three at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mathieu van der Poel's winning move in Siena (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel's winning move in Siena (Image credit: Getty Images)
Julian Alaphilippe second at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mathieu van der Poel wins Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mathieu van der Poel wins Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mathieu van der Poel wins Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Celebrations on the podium at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Strade Bianche men's and women's races came to a conclusion with Dutch compatriots Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD Worx) securing titles in Siena, Italy on Saturday.
The events, which were held in August last year as part of the revised calendar, took place in their usual early-March slot and presented the two pelotons with beautiful, sunny, spring weather for 136km of racing for the women and 184km for the men.
Click through our gallery of more than 100 photos from the men's and women's races that capture the essence of the popular event held along the white gravel roads of Tuscany.
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