2016 Strade Bianche Women

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)
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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]

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]

  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. ^ a b "Siena start for Strade Bianche in 2016. Women's WorldTour to start on dirt roads". Cycling News. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 19 February 2016.