2020 Strade Bianche Women

For the men's race, see 2020 Strade Bianche.
2020 Strade Bianche Women
2020 UCI Women's World Tour, race 2
Race details
Dates7 March 2020
1 August 2020
Stages1
Distance136 km (84.51 mi)
Winning time4h 03' 54"
Results
  Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–Scott)
  Second  Margarita Victoria García (ESP) (Alé BTC Ljubljana)
  Third  Leah Thomas (USA) (Équipe Paule Ka)

Race

Strade Bianche (both the men's race and the women's race) was originally scheduled for 7 March 2020 but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Route

Starting and finishing in Siena, Italy, Strade Bianche is the second event of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The route is identical to that of the previous years, containing 30 km of gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of 136 km.[2]

Sectors of strade bianche
No. Name Distance from Length
(km)		 Category
Start
(km)		 Finish
(km)
1 Vidritta 17.6 118.4 2.1
2 Bagnaia 25 111.0 5.8
3 Radi 36.9 99.1 4.4
4 La piana 47.6 88.4 5.5
5 San Martino in Grania 67.5 68.5 9.5
6 Monteaperti 111.3 24.7 0.8
7 Colle Pinzuto 116.6 19.4 2.4
8 Le Tolfe 123.6 12.4 1.1

Teams

Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that competed in the race. Most teams entered the maximum of six riders; however, Eurotarget–Bianchi–Vittoria and Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA entered five each, while Astana, Cogeas–Mettler–Look, and Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank only entered four each.[3] The day before the race, Ashleigh Moolman of CCC Liv, Ella Harris of Canyon–SRAM, and Clara Koppenburg of Équipe Paule Ka sustained various injuries in separate training ride crashes and were forced to pull out of the race. This reduced the starting peloton to 121 riders.[4] Of these riders, only 45 finished, while a further 13 riders finished over the time limit.

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Result
Result[5][6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Mitchelton–Scott 4h 03' 54"
2  Mavi García (ESP) Alé BTC Ljubljana + 22"
3  Leah Thomas (USA) Équipe Paule Ka + 1' 53"
4  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 2' 05"
5  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 2' 11"
6  Marianne Vos (NED) CCC Liv + 2' 26"
7  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope + 2' 40"
8  Lisa Brennauer (GER) Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling + 3' 26"
9  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Boels–Dolmans + 4' 20"
10  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé BTC Ljubljana + 5' 20"

References
  1. Farrand, Stephen. "RCS Sport cancels Strade Bianche in light of coronavirus measures". CyclingNews. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "Percorso". Strade Bianche. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. "Stade Bianche WE 2020 Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. Ostanek, Daniel (1 August 2020). "Moolman Pasio requires 60 stitches as training crash puts her out of Strade Bianche". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Strade Bianche WE 2020 - Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. Knöfler, Lukas (1 August 2020). "Annemiek van Vleuten continues winning streak with Strade Bianche victory". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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