Strade Bianche
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| Stages | 14th | ||
| overall length | 1,858 km | ||
| Host country |
 Italy |
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Strade Bianche (formerly Monte Paschi Eroica ) is an Italian one-day race for cyclists .
The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2007 to 2016 and was classified in the 1st HC category. The competition was added to the UCI WorldTour calendar starting with the 2017 season .
The organizer of the race is RCS Sport , which also organizes the Giro d'Italia and belongs to the media group RCS MediaGroup , which u. a. the sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport publishes. The initial name of the race referred to the sponsor, the major Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (colloquially mostly just called Montepaschi ), and to the Eroica , a cycle tourism event that has been held since 1997, on the tenth anniversary of which the professional race was held for the first time. However, since both events no longer take place at the same time, the professional race in the third edition ran under the name Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana and in 2010 only under the name Montepaschi Strade Bianche .
The first event took place in October 2007, the second in March 2008 and has been held since then in spring, shortly before the spring cycling classics. The starting point of the race was Gaiole in Chianti until 2013 and San Gimignano since 2014 , from where the race leads to Piazza del Campo in Siena .
The 180-kilometer route covers more than 50 kilometers of gravel roads, which in Italian are called strade sterrate (unpaved roads, from "sterri" earthworks) or strade bianche (white roads, after the color of the most commonly used gravel). The record winner is Fabian Cancellara with three successes .
In 2015, the race was organized for women for the first time, with the US-American Megan Guarnier becoming the first winner in the annals . The women's race was added to the calendar of the newly launched UCI Women's WorldTour in 2016 .
The edition planned for March 7, 2020 has been canceled due to regulatory requirements in connection with the spread of COVID-19 in Italy . The organizer was able to catch up on the race on August 2, 2020.
winner
Men
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year |
winner | Second | Third |
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| Monte Paschi Eroica | |||
| 2007 |
 Alexandr Kolobnev
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 Marcus Ljungqvist
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 Mychajlo Chalilov
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| 2008 |
 Fabian Cancellara
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Alessandro Ballan
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 Linus Gerdemann
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| 2009 |
Thomas Lövkvist
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Fabian Wegmann
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Martin Elmiger
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| Monte Paschi Strade Bianche | |||
| 2010 |
 Maxim Iglinski
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Thomas Lövkvist
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 Michael Rogers
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| 2011 |
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Alessandro Ballan
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Damiano Cunego
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| Strade Bianche | |||
| 2012 |
Fabian Cancellara
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Maxim Iglinski
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Oscar Gatto
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| 2013 |
Moreno Moser
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 Peter Sagan
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Rinaldo Nocentini
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| 2014 |
 Michał Kwiatkowski
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Peter Sagan
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 Alejandro Valverde
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| 2015 |
 Zdeněk Štybar
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Greg Van Avermaet
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Alejandro Valverde
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| 2016 |
Fabian Cancellara
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Zdeněk Štybar
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Gianluca Brambilla
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| 2017 |
Michał Kwiatkowski
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Greg Van Avermaet
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Tim Wellens
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| 2018 |
Tiesj Benoot
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 Romain Bardet
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Wout Van Aert
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| 2019 |
Julian Alaphilippe
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 Jakob Fuglsang
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Wout Van Aert
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| 2020 |
Wout Van Aert
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Davide Formolo
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Maximilian Schachmann
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Women
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eschborn-Frankfurt will be part of the WorldTour from 2017. radsport-news.com, August 2, 2016, accessed August 5, 2016 .
- ↑ a b cyclingnews.com: A young classic with epic potential accessed on August 4, 2014
- ↑ a b cyclingnews.com: Eroica's status grows with new springtime date, accessed on August 4, 2014
- ↑ Women's World Tour will replace the World Cup from 2016. radsport-news.com, September 25, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Strade Bianche canceled. In: radsportnews.com. March 5, 2020, accessed March 6, 2020 .
Web links
- official website
- Strade Bianche (men) in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Strade Bianche (women) in the ProCyclingStats.com database