Strade Bianche 2024

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

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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.

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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