Strade Bianche 2024
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Wide tyres take over Strade Bianche: Gallery
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A Monumental Day in Tuscany - Strade Bianche Gallery
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Toms Skujins survives crash, two flats for surprising second in 'crazy' Strade Bianche
'If someone had said I’d come second today I would not have believed,' Lidl-Trek rider admits
Date | March 2, 2024 |
Start location | Siena, Italy |
Finish location | Siena, Italy |
Category | WorldTour |
Distance | 215km |
Previous edition | 2023 Strade Bianche |
2024 Winner | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) |
Tadej Pogačar stuns the field with 81km solo attack - As it happened
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won Strade Bianche for a second time with a devastating attack 81 kilometres from the finish in Siena and rode solo into Piazza del Campo.
The duo of Toms Skujiņš (Lidl-Trek) and Maxim van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) battled in the chase, with Skujinš surging up the Via Santa Catarina climb to take second, 2:44 behind the Slovenian winner. Van Gils was another three seconds back for third.
Pogačar put on an exhibition for the ages in his season debut, striking out across the 11.5km Monte Sante Marie section of gravel when heavy rain fell at the front of the race. The gap to chasers only grew for the rest of the ride, similar to how he won in 2022.
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Strade Bianche Information
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Strade Bianche, the hilly Italian race with its signature white gravel roads through Tuscany has become a popular Spring Classic. The 18th edition of the WorldTour race, billed as “Europe’s most southern northern classic”, will take place on March 2, held on the same day as the Stade Bianche Women's race.
The race, put on by Giro d'Italia organisers RCS Sport, has paralleled the growth of gravel racing throughout the world since its first edition in 2007. In its previous life as L'Eroica Strade Bianche a decade earlier, amateurs recreated the heroic days of old by racing vintage bicycles over the white gravel roads around Siena.
After moving from its October date to March in 2008, Strade Bianche was added to the calendar of many of the top riders. Fabian Cancellara's victories in 2008, 2012 and 2016 are the most by a single rider.
Past winners of Strade Bianche include Philippe Gilbert, Michał Kwiatkowski, Zdeněk Štybar, Tiesj Benoot, Julian Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, and Tadej Pogačar. Last year, Tom Pidcock became the first Briton to win the men's Strade Bianche after a 20km solo attack.
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Strade Bianche route 2024
An extra loop and more gravel sectors were added to the 2024 route, covering 215km and 15 gravel sectors. The men will race a total of 71km on the spectacular gravel roads or ‘strade bianche’ of Tuscany - find out more about the 2024 Strade Bianche route.
Strade Bianche start list
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Strade Bianche teams
- Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Arkea-B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora-hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
- EF Education-EasyPost
- Groupama-FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché-Wanty
- Lidl-Trek
- Movistar
- Soudal Quick-Step
- Team dsm-firmenich Postnl
- Team Jayco-AlUla
- Team Visma-Lease A Bike
- UAE Team Emirates
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Lotto Dstny
- UNO-X Mobility
- Corratec-Vini Fantini
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Polti Kometa
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team
Races
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Strade Bianche 20242 March 2024 | Siena | WorldTour
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‘I don't have an excuse. I just wasn't good enough’ Quinn Simmons on his third miss at Strade Bianche
By Peter Stuart published
News Trek-Segafredo rider made a big target of Strade Bianche, but was dropped from final chase
Van Aert and Pogacar's absence not necessarily an advantage for Van der Poel at Strade Bianche
By Barry Ryan published
News 'If you have good legs and can follow them, it makes the race a bit easier' says 2021 Strade Bianche winner
Top News on the Race
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'Perfect gravel for great racing' - Lidl-Trek ready to race after Strade Bianche recon rides
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Slovenian keen to respond to Evenepoel's and Vingegaard's early season success
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How to watch Strade Bianche 2024
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Road season heats up as season debuts loom for peloton's 'big six'
Evenepoel, Van Aert, Roglic, Vingegaard, Pogacar, and Van der Poel begin 2024 in Portugal, France, Spain, and Italy
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Mathieu van der Poel likely to begin 2024 road season with Milan-San Remo defence
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