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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Early March |
| Region | Tuscany, Italy |
| English name | Strade Bianche Women |
| Local name(s) | Strade Bianche Donne (in Italian) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Women's World Tour |
| Type | One-day race |
| Organiser | RCS Sport |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Editions | 10 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Megan Guarnier (USA) |
| Most wins |  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) (2) |
| Most recent | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
The Strade Bianche Donne (Strade Bianche Women), also named Strade Bianche Rosa by Italian media,[1] is an annual professional women's road bicycle racing event in Tuscany, Italy. Roughly a quarter of the route is raced on white gravel roads – unpaved country lanes winding through the countryside of the Chianti region – from which the event gets its name.[2]
First held in 2015, the race is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's top-tier female elite competition.[3] It is organized on the same day as the men's race, on the first or second Saturday of March, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was the first to win twice, with victories at the 2019 and 2020 races.
- ^ Conti, Alessandro. "Strade Bianche donne all'americana Guarnier, Longo Borghini è terza". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten. "Defending champion Van der Breggen toes the start line wearing rainbow jersey in Siena". Cycling News. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Weislo, Laura. "UCI announces 2016 Women's World Tour". Cycling News. Retrieved 19 February 2016.