View source for Strade Bianche

{{Short description|Italian one-day road cycling race}}
{{for|the women's event|Strade Bianche Donne}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name          = Strade Bianche
| current_event = 2025 Strade Bianche
| image         = [[File:Strade Bianche logo.svg|200px]]
| date          = Early March
| region        = [[Tuscany]], Italy
| english       = 
| localnames    = 
| nickname      = ''Europe's southernmost northern classic''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farrand |first1=Stephen |title=Strade Bianche 2019 – Preview |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2019/preview/ |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |publisher=Immediate Media Company |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref>
| discipline    = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| competition   = [[UCI World Tour]]
| type          = Single-day
| organiser     = [[RCS Sport]]
| director      = Mauro Vegni
| first         = {{start date|2007}}
| number        = 19 (as of 2025)
| last          = 
| firstwinner   = {{flagathlete|[[Alexandr Kolobnev]]|RUS}}
| mostwins      = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Fabian Cancellara]]|SUI}} ''(3 wins)''}}
{{flagathlete|[[Tadej Pogačar]]|SLO}} ''(3 wins)''  
| mostrecent    = {{flagathlete|[[Tadej Pogačar]]|SLO}} 
}}

The '''Strade Bianche''' ({{IPA|it|ˈstraːde ˈbjaŋke|pron}}; {{langnf|it||White Roads}}) is a [[road bicycle race]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Central Italy]], starting and finishing in [[Siena]]. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in the [[Crete Senesi]], which are a defining feature of the race. Around one-third of the total race distance is raced on dirt roads, covering between around {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} and {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} of ''strade bianche'', spread over multiple sectors.<ref name="Velonews preview 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/2018/01/news/pro-peloton-returns-italys-dirt-roads-strade-bianche_455980 |title=Pro peloton returns to Italy's dirt roads for Strade Bianche|website=VeloNews |date=31 January 2018|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>

Despite its short history, the Strade Bianche has quickly gained prestige, and renewed interest in [[gravel racing|road racing on gravel]] and dirt roads as a specific skill and discipline.<ref name="Almost as good as homemade">{{cite web|title=Almost as Good as Homemade|url=http://www.theservicecourse.com/scblog/eservicecourse.com/2010/03/almost-as-good-as-homemade.html|website=The Service Course|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> The event is part of the [[UCI World Tour]], cycling's highest level of professional road races.<ref name="2017CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News}}</ref><ref name="2017UCI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref> It is organized by [[RCS Sport]] – ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'', and is held the weekend before [[Tirreno–Adriatico]] as an early spring precursor to the [[cobbled classics]] in April. A three-time winner over the pavé of [[Paris–Roubaix]] and the cobbled hills of the [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]], Swiss rider [[Fabian Cancellara]] rejected comparisons between the races, believing the "white roads" of the ''Strade'' "deserved appreciation in their own right".<ref name= "Wynn" >{{cite web|last1=Wynn|first1=Nigel|title=Fabian Cancellara wins Strade Bianche for a third time|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/fabian-cancellara-wins-strade-bianche-for-a-third-time-215067|website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="proviews">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Gregor |date=2019-03-08 |title=Fabian Cancellara: 'Don't compare Strade Bianche with Paris-Roubaix' |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/fabian-cancellara-dont-compare-strade-bianche-paris-roubaix-409932 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=cyclingweekly.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Thibaut Pinot]] described it as "the sixth [[Cycling monument|Monument]]" of Classic road cycling because of its unique parcours, difficulty and prestige.<ref name="proviews" /> Fabian Cancellara and [[Tadej Pogačar]] have both won the race three times.

Since 2015, there has been a women's race, the ''[[Strade Bianche Donne]]'', part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]]. It is held on the same day as the men's race, on the same roads but at a shorter distance. Both events start and finish in Siena.<ref name="CNpre2018">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2018/preview/|title=Longer, tougher Strade Bianche Women in 2018 - Preview|work=Cycling News|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|date=28 February 2018|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref>

==History==

===Monte Paschi Eroica===
[[L'Eroica|L'Eroica Strade Bianche]] ''("Heroic race of the white roads")'' was created in 1997 as a ''[[Cyclosportive|granfondo]]'' (recreational bike race) for vintage bikes only, on the white gravel roads around Siena,<ref>[http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=12323 2nd Edition Monte Paschi Eroica at the Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News] Retrieved on 2008-03-24.</ref> an event that is still held on the day after the professional race.<ref name="CN 2016" >{{cite web|title=Siena start for Strade Bianche in 2016|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siena-start-for-strade-bianche-in-2016/|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> The concept was to recreate cycling's so-called "heroic era" from the first half of the 20th century, when most bike races were ridden on dirt or unpaved roads.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilcockson |first1=John |title=Strade Bianche: A true classic |url=https://pelotonmagazine.com/racing/strade-bianche/ |website=pelotonmagazine.com |access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Arrivo eroica.JPG|thumb|right|alt=Eroica 2008 Finish|[[Fabian Cancellara]] won the [[2008 Monte Paschi Eroica]] in a two-man sprint with [[Alessandro Ballan]] in [[Siena]].]]
In [[2007 Monte Paschi Eroica|2007]], a professional race was spun off the event, inaugurally called Monte Paschi Eroica, won by Russian [[Alexandr Kolobnev]]. The race was held on 9 October; it started in [[Gaiole in Chianti]] and finished in Siena. Organizer [[RCS MediaGroup|RCS]] asked local cycling icons [[Fiorenzo Magni]] and [[Paolo Bettini]] to promote the maiden event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bettini "padrino" della Monte Paschi Eroica|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/montepaschieroica/2007/news10.shtml|website=[[Gazzetta dello Sport]]|access-date=29 November 2015|language=it|date=2 October 2007}}</ref> [[Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena|Monte dei Paschi]], the world's oldest still-existing bank with its headquarters in Siena, served as the race's title sponsor for the first four years.

In 2008 it moved to early March on the calendar, closer to the heart of the [[Classic cycle races|spring classics]] season.<ref name="cyclingnews1">[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/mar08/eroica08/ Second Edition of Monte Paschi Eroica - Eroica's status grows with new springtime date] Retrieved on 2008-03-24.</ref> Swiss [[Fabian Cancellara]] won the second edition. In 2009, organizers changed the name of the race to ''Strade Bianche – Eroica Toscana'' and in 2010 to ''Strade Bianche''. The race was also lengthened {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} and one more gravel sector was added, taking the total unsealed sections to {{cvt|57|km}}.<ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/eroica09/ 3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana - 1.1] Retrieved on 2010-03-07.</ref>

===Strade Bianche===
In [[2014 Strade Bianche|2014]], the start of the race moved to the hilly town of [[San Gimignano]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farrand|first1=Stephen|title=Strade Bianche Preview: Sagan, Cancellara, Wiggins and Valverde to clash on the dirt roads of Tuscany|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2014/preview/|publisher=CyclingNews|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> In [[2015 Strade Bianche|2015]], its name officially changed to ''Strade Bianche – Eroica Pro'' after the creation of a [[Strade Bianche Donne|women's version]], and [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] upgraded the event to a [[UCI race classifications|1.HC race]] of the [[UCI Europe Tour]], the highest rating for a non-[[UCI World Tour|World Tour]] single-day cycling event. Since 2016, Siena has hosted both the start and finish of the Strade Bianche.<ref name="CN 2016" /> Due to the nature of the race and its place on the calendar, the field is usually made up of riders taking part in [[Tirreno–Adriatico]] and [[Milan–San Remo]].

[[File:Strade Bianche 2014 (13504915215).jpg|thumb|left|The peloton during the [[2014 Strade Bianche|2014 event]], won by [[Michał Kwiatkowski]].]]
Although a young event, the race gained the status of an "instant [[classic cycle races|classic]]", garnering much media attention and soon becoming a desirable entry in classics riders' [[glossary of cycling#P|palmares]].<ref name="Almost as good as homemade"/> Among the winners of the first ten editions feature [[Fabian Cancellara]], [[Philippe Gilbert]] and [[Michał Kwiatkowski]] on a very international roll of honour. [[Moreno Moser]] became the first Italian winner of the Strade Bianche in the [[2013 Strade Bianche|2013 race]]. [[classic cycle races|Classics]] specialist Cancellara won the [[2016 Strade Bianche|tenth edition in 2016]], becoming the first three-time winner of the race and earning a gravel sector named after him.<ref name= "Wynn" />

===World Tour race===
In [[2017 Strade Bianche|2017]], the Strade Bianche was included in the [[UCI World Tour]], cycling's highest level of professional races.<ref name="2017CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News}}</ref><ref name="2017UCI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref> Michał Kwiatkowski claimed his second victory, becoming the second rider with more than one win.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonews.com/2017/03/news/kwiatkowski-solos-strade-bianche-win_431749|title=Kwiatkowski gives Sky Strade Bianche tonic|via=''[[VeloNews]]''|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=4 March 2017|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>

The [[2018 Strade Bianche|2018 event]] was raced in abysmal weather.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bromhead |first1=Nat |title=2018 Strade Bianche: Mud, Rain, Sleet... And Epic Racing |url=http://www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/news/2018-strade-bianche-mud-rain-sleet-and-epic-racing |website=bicyclingaustralia.com |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref> Low temperatures and heavy rainfall had made the gravel roads exceptionally muddy and decimated the peloton in the early stages of the race. Belgian [[Tiesj Benoot]] claimed his first professional victory, after he bridged a gap to the race leaders and left them behind on the penultimate gravel sector of Colle Pinzuto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Patrick |title=Strade Bianche: Benoot crushes the gravel in emphatic solo victory |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2018/results/ |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |access-date=8 March 2019 }}</ref> Only 53 of 147 participants finished the race; 20 riders arrived outside of the time limit.<ref>{{cite web|title=12th Strade Bianche (1.UWT) |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/strade-bianchi/2018 |website=ProCyclingStats |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> Second-place finisher [[Romain Bardet]] called the event a ''"Dante-esque contest"''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kezzouf |first1=Youmni |title=Romain Bardet s'amuse et impressionne sur les "Strade Bianche" italiens |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/cyclisme/article/2018/03/03/cyclisme-romain-bardet-s-amuse-et-impressionne-sur-les-strade-bianche-italiens_5265329_1616656.html |newspaper=Le Monde |access-date=12 March 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>

The 2020 event was postponed to August 1 from its usual March schedule due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/strade-bianche-has-been-cancelled-450921 |title=Strade Bianche has been cancelled |publisher=Cycling Weekly |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/6-conclusions-from-the-mens-strade-bianche/ |title=6 conclusions from the men's Strade Bianche |publisher=Cyclingnews |date=3 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020}}</ref>

By the mid 2020s, media and riders discussed the possibility of the race being elevated to a "[[cycling monument]]" in future,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cossins |first=Peter |date=2018-03-05 |title=Should Strade Bianche be cycling’s sixth Monument? |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/comment/strade-bianche-cyclings-sixth-monument-371591 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=cyclingweekly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Neef |first=Matt De |date=2019-03-12 |title=Photo gallery: Strade Bianche, road cycling’s sixth Monument? |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/photo-gallery-strade-bianche-road-cyclings-sixth-monument/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Velo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joe |date=2021-03-08 |title=The day Strade Bianche finally became a Monument |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/the-day-strade-bianche-finally-became-a-monument |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Cyclist |language=en}}</ref> with [[Cyclingnews.com|''Cycling News'']] stating in 2025 that "there is no longer any debate that Strade Bianche is cycling's sixth Monument".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=2025-03-09 |title=Strade Bianche was spectacular yet again, but here is how we think it can be even better |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/strade-bianche-was-spectacular-yet-again-but-here-is-how-it-can-be-even-better-analysis/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en |quote=In just 19 years, Strade Bianche has become one of most loved races in the sport, with the women's race as important as the men's race. There is no longer any debate that Strade Bianche is cycling's sixth Monument.}}</ref>

[[Tadej Pogačar]] took his first win at Strade Bianche in 2022. [[Tom Pidcock]] prevailed in 2023 before Pogačar claimed a second win in 2024. In 2025, the pair found themselves at the front of the race when reigning [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Champion]] Pogačar misjudged a corner and crashed. Pidcock slowed to wait for Pogačar, who would later ride away to a solo victory, becoming the second rider after [[Fabian Cancellara]] to win the race three times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Puddicombe |first=Stephen |date=2025-03-08 |title=As it happened: Pogačar and Pidcock battle for men's Strade Bianche |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2025/elite-men/live-report/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-08 |title=Strade Bianche: Tadej Pogacar recovers from crash to beat Tom Pidcock for back-to-back win |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c4ge57xmj7eo |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Route==
[[File:PiazzadelCampoSiena.jpg|thumb|The [[Piazza del Campo]] in [[Siena]] hosts the finish of the Strade Bianche.]]

===Course===
The race starts and finishes in the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Sites|World Heritage Site]] of [[Siena]].<ref name="CN 2016" /> The route is around {{convert|180-200|km|abbr=on}} in length over hilly [[terrain]] crossing the [[Crete Senesi]] in the central Tuscan [[province of Siena]]. The route is characterized by the presence of white [[gravel roads]]; unpaved country lanes winding through the hills and vineyards of the [[Chianti (region)|Chianti region]]. There are sectors of gravel in varying lengths and difficulty, with the 2025 edition of the race featuring {{Convert|81.7|km|mi}} of dirt roads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Robyn |date=2025-03-04 |title=Strade Bianche 2025 preview: Routes, favourites, how to watch and start lists |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/strade-bianche-all-you-need-to-know |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Cyclist |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Velonews preview 2018"/> Additional gravel sectors have been added to the route over time, rising from {{convert|52|km|abbr=on}} of gravel in 2016 to over {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} of gravel in 2025.<ref name=":0" /> The finish is on Siena's [[Piazza del Campo]], after a steep and narrow climb on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina leading into the center of the medieval city.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Puddicombe|first1=Stephen|title=Strade Bianche 2015 preview|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/strade-bianche-2015-preview-160985|website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gregor|title=Preview: Strade Bianche promises to be a strongman's race|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/preview-strade-bianche-promises-strongmans-race_362232|website=VeloNews|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>

===Gravel roads===
The white gravel roads, characteristic of the [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] countryside, provide the unique character of the race. They are usually country lanes and farm tracks, called ''strade bianche'' or ''sterrati'' in Italian, twisting through the hills and vineyards of the [[Chianti]] region.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hunter|first1=David|title=Strade Bianche 2015 Preview|url=http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/strade-bianche-2015-preview/|website=Ciclismo Internacional|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref> The longest and most arduous sectors are the ones in [[Lucignano|Lucignano d'Asso]] ({{cvt|9.5|km|disp=comma}}) and [[Asciano]] ({{cvt|11|km|disp=comma}}).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farrand|first1=Stephen|title=Strade Bianche Preview: Cancellara faces Sagan, Nibali, Stybar and Valverde|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2015-1-1/preview/|publisher=CyclingNews|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> Some of the dirt roads are flat; other sections include steep climbs and winding descents, testing riders' climbing abilities and bike handling skills. Positioning and route knowledge often prove vital. Additional gravel sectors have been added to the route over time, rising from {{convert|52|km|abbr=on}} of gravel in 2016 to {{convert|81.7|km|abbr=on}} of gravel in 2025.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:L'Eroica (cicloturismo).jpg|thumb|right|One of the ''strade bianche'' in the [[Crete Senesi]], south of Siena, pictured during the "Eroica" granfondo in 2008]]
Race organizers were inspired by the two most famous northern classics, uniting the peculiarities of the [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] with its ''bergs'' (short stretches of steep hills), and [[Paris–Roubaix]] with its gruelling cobblestone sections.<ref name="Redazione Scommesse Fantagazzetta">{{cite web|last1=Aiesi|first1=Samuele|title=Strade Bianche: storia, curiosità, statistiche e pronostici|url=http://www.fantagazzetta.com/approfondimenti/strade-bianche-storia-curiosita-statistiche-e-pronostici-183484|website=Fantagazzetta|publisher=Redazione Scommesse Fantagazzetta|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> It has been called Italy's answer to Flanders' famous one-day races, as reflected by the promotional slogan of the 2015 edition: ''La Classica del Nord più a sud d'Europa'' (''Europe's most southern Northern Classic'').<ref name="Redazione Scommesse Fantagazzetta"/>

Angelo Zomegnan, [[RCS Sport|RCS]] events director, explained before the first edition in 2007: "Cycling needed something new and the riders need a motivation [...] This race is unique and special."<ref name="First Monte Paschi Eroica presented">{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gregor|title=First Monte Paschi Eroica presented|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/sep07/sep11news2|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> Likewise, Italian sprinter [[Daniele Bennati]] was equally enthusiastic about the race, stating: "It was a sensation of turning back in time. I did not think paths like these, where you only see a tractor every now and then, still existed [...] It will be an important race that could become an important classic. I can already imagine the atmosphere of the arrival in the Piazza del Palio."<ref name="First Monte Paschi Eroica presented"/>

[[File:Strade bianche hommes 2018.png|thumb|right|Starting and finishing in Siena, the race runs entirely in the [[province of Siena]] in central [[Tuscany]]. Gravel sectors are in green.]]
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|+ Sectors of ''{{lang|it|strade bianche}}'' in the 2019 event
|-
! scope=col rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Sector number}}
! scope=col rowspan=2| Name
! scope=col colspan=2| Distance from
! scope=col rowspan=2| Length<br />({{abbr|km|kilometres}})
! scope=col rowspan=2| Category
|-
! scope=col | Start<br />({{abbr|km|kilometres}})
! scope=col | Finish<br />({{abbr|km|kilometres}})
|-
| 1
! scope=row | Vidritta
| 17.6
| 160.3
| 2.1
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 2
! scope=row | Bagnaia
| 25
| 153.2
| 4.7
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 3
! scope=row | Radi
| 36.9
| 142.7
| 4.4
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 4
! scope=row | La piana
| 47.6
| 130.9
| 5.5
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 5
! scope=row | [[Lucignano|Lucignano d'Asso]]
| 75.8
| 96.3
| 11.9
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 6
! scope=row | Pieve a Salti
| 88.7
| 87.3
| 8.0
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 7
! scope=row | San Martino in Grania
| 111.3
| 63.2
| 9.5
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 8
! scope=row | Monte Sante Marie<br />(''Settore [[Fabian Cancellara|Cancellara]]'')
| 130
| 42.5
| 11.5
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 9
! scope=row | Monteaperti
| 160
| 23.6
| 0.8
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 10
! scope=row | Colle Pinzuto
| 164.6
| 17
| 2.4
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|-
| 11
! scope=row | Le Tolfe
| 171
| 11.9
| 1.1
| [[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]][[File:Star full.svg|12px|*]]
|}

==Winners==

[[File:Cancellara in Gaiole (6807642682) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Fabian Cancellara]] ''(pictured at the 2012 edition)'' won the race in [[2008 Monte Paschi Eroica|2008]], [[2012 Strade Bianche|2012]] and [[2016 Strade Bianche|2016]].]]
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Monte Paschi Eroica|2007]]|name={{sortname|Alexandr|Kolobnev}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CSC|2007}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Monte Paschi Eroica|2008]]|name={{sortname|Fabian|Cancellara}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CSC|2008a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana|2009]]|name={{sortname|Thomas|Löfkvist||Lofkvist, Thomas}}|nat=SWE|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2009a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Montepaschi Strade Bianche|2010]]|name={{sortname|Maxim|Iglinsky}}|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AST|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Montepaschi Strade Bianche|2011]]|name={{sortname|Philippe|Gilbert||Gilbert, Philippe}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OLO|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Strade Bianche|2012]]|name={{sortname|Fabian|Cancellara}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Strade Bianche|2013]]|name={{sortname|Moreno|Moser}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CAN|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Strade Bianche|2014]]|name={{sortname|Michał|Kwiatkowski}}|nat=POL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Strade Bianche|2015]]|name={{sortname|Zdeněk|Štybar}}|nat=CZE|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EQS|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Strade Bianche|2016]]|name={{sortname|Fabian|Cancellara}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TFR|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2017 Strade Bianche|2017]]|name={{sortname|Michał|Kwiatkowski}}|nat=POL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2018 Strade Bianche|2018]]|name={{sortname|Tiesj|Benoot}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LTS|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2019 Strade Bianche|2019]]|name={{sortname|Julian|Alaphilippe}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|QST|2019}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2020 Strade Bianche|2020]]|name={{sortname|Wout|Van Aert}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2020}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2021 Strade Bianche|2021]]|name={{sortname|Mathieu|van der Poel}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AFC|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2022 Strade Bianche|2022]]|name={{sortname|Tadej|Pogačar}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UAD men|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2023 Strade Bianche|2023]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Pidcock}}|nat=UK|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|IGD|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2024 Strade Bianche|2024]]|name={{sortname|Tadej|Pogačar}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UAD men|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2025 Strade Bianche|2025]]|name={{sortname|Tadej|Pogačar}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}

===Multiple winners===

{| class="wikitable"
! Wins
! Rider
! Editions
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Fabian Cancellara]]|SUI}} || [[2008 Monte Paschi Eroica|2008]], [[2012 Strade Bianche|2012]], [[2016 Strade Bianche|2016]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Tadej Pogačar]]|SLO}}
|[[2022 Strade Bianche|2022]], [[2024 Strade Bianche|2024]], [[2025 Strade Bianche|2025]]
|-
| align=center | 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Michał Kwiatkowski]]|POL}} || [[2014 Strade Bianche|2014]], [[2017 Strade Bianche|2017]]
|}

===Wins per country===

{| class="wikitable"
! Wins
! Country
|-
| align=center | 3 || {{BEL}}<br />{{SLO}}<br />{{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | 2 || {{POL}}
|-
| align=center | 1 || {{CZE}}<br />{{FRA}}<br /> {{GBR2}} <br />{{ITA}}<br />{{KAZ}}<br />{{NED}}<br />{{RUS}}<br />{{SWE}} 
|}

==Trivia==
* Riders who take three Strade Bianche titles have a sector of gravel road named after them.<ref>{{cite web|title=Strade Bianche Eroica Pro: storia, curiosità, statistiche e pronostici|url=http://www.fantagazzetta.com/approfondimenti/strade-bianche-eroica-pro-storia-curiosita-statistiche-e-pronostici-199964|website=fantagazzetta.com|access-date=5 March 2016|language=it}}</ref> [[Fabian Cancellara]] is the first rider with a stretch named in his honour: sector 8, an {{cvt|11.5|km}} sector in Monte Sante Marie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/more-dirt-road-sectors-for-strade-bianche-in-2017/|title=More dirt road sectors for Strade Bianche in 2017 {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/fabian-cancellaras-triple-strade-bianche-wins-honoured-special-milestone-317811|title=Fabian Cancellara's triple Strade Bianche wins honoured with special milestone – Cycling Weekly|date=2017-03-03|work=Cycling Weekly|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref><ref name="Wynn" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Windsor|first1=Richard|title=Fabian Cancellara to have stretch of Strade Bianche named after him if he wins this weekend|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/fabian-cancellara-to-have-stretch-of-strade-bianche-named-after-him-if-he-wins-this-weekend-213901|website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cancellara etches his name in Strade Bianche history|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2016/03/06/cancellara-etches-his-name-strade-bianche-history|publisher=sbs.com.au|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
* The youngest winner was [[Moreno Moser]] in [[2013 Strade Bianche|2013]] (22 years and 70 days).
* The oldest winner was Fabian Cancellara in [[2016 Strade Bianche|2016]] (34 years and 353 days).
* Three riders – [[Alessandro Ballan]], [[Peter Sagan]] and [[Greg Van Avermaet]] – finished second on two occasions. None of them have ever won the race.

==Strade Bianche Donne==
{{Main|Strade Bianche Donne}}
A women's race, the ''[[Strade Bianche Donne]]'', was inaugurated in 2015. Part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]], it is held on the same day as the men's race, on the same roads but at a shorter distance. The women's race is run over {{cvt|136|km}}, containing {{cvt|50|km}} of gravel roads spread over eight sectors.<ref name="CNpre2018"/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-02-01 |title=Strade Bianche Women 2024 route |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2024/map/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref> American [[Megan Guarnier]] won the [[2015 Strade Bianche Women|inaugural event]] in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://women.cyclingfever.com/stage.html?etappe_idd=MzI0NzU=|title=Strade Bianche 2015: San Gimignano - Siena|publisher=Cyclingfever|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> with Dutch rider's [[Annemiek van Vleuten]], and [[Demi Vollering]], and Belgian rider [[Lotte Kopecky]] having won two editions of the race.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knöfler |first=Lukas |date=2020-08-01 |title=Annemiek van Vleuten continues winning streak with Strade Bianche victory |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2020/elite-women/results/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-01-31 |title=Strade Bianche Women winners |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2024/race-history/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sturney |first=Rob |date=2025-03-08 |title=Strade Bianche Donne was a gripping battle between two Dutch ex-teammates |url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/strade-bianche-donne-was-a-gripping-battle-between-two-dutch-ex-teammates/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Canadian Cycling Magazine |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/StradeBianche/en/}}

{{Strade Bianche}}
{{Classic cycle races}}
{{UCI World Tour}}

[[Category:Strade Bianche| ]]
[[Category:UCI World Tour races]]
[[Category:UCI Europe Tour races]]
[[Category:Cycle races in Italy]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2007]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Italy]]