2016 Strade Bianche Women

The second edition of the women's Strade Bianche was held on 5 March 2016, in Tuscany, Italy. British world champion Lizzie Armitstead won the race, in bad weather, ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Emma Johansson.[1]

For the men's race, see 2016 Strade Bianche.
2016 Strade Bianche Donne
2016 UCI Women's World Tour, race 1 of 17
Race details
Dates5 March 2016
Stages1
Distance121 km (75.19 mi)
Winning time3h 30' 13"
Results
  Winner  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (Rabo–Liv)
  Third  Emma Johansson (SWE) (Wiggle High5)

The women's Strade Bianche served as the first event of the inaugural UCI Women's World Tour, the highest level of professional women's cycling.[2][3] The race is organized on the same day as the men's event, at a shorter distance, but on much of the same roads.[3]

Route

The Strade Bianche is a one day cycling race starting in and finishing in Siena,[3] notorious for its long sections of white gravel roads (sterrati or strade bianche in Italian). The course runs over hilly terrain in the province of Siena, for a total of 121 km, featuring seven sectors and 22.4 km of dirt roads.[3][4] Six sectors were in common with the men's route.[5] The race finished on Siena's Piazza del Campo, after a narrow ascent on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina in the heart of the medieval city.

Results
Result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans 3h 30' 13"
2  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Rabo–Liv + 3"
3  Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 + 13"
4  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 1' 04"
5  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv + 1' 07"
6  Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans + 1' 07"
7  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–AIS + 1' 13"
8  Claudia Lichtenberg (GER) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 1' 17"
9  Lauren Kitchen (AUS) Team Hitec Products + 1' 17"
10  Leah Kirchmann (CAN) Team Liv–Plantur + 1' 21"

See also

References
  1. Braverman, Jessi. "Lizzie Armitstead wins Strade Bianche Women". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. Weislo, Laura. "UCI announces 2016 Women's World Tour". Cycling News. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. "Siena start for Strade Bianche in 2016. Women's WorldTour to start on dirt roads". Cycling News. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. "Strade Bianche 2016, svelato il percorso [altimetria e planimetria]". cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. "Strade Bianche, da Siena a Siena lo spettacolo è triplo". Gazzetta.it (in Italian). RCS Media Group. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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