Strade Bianche 2026
The 20th edition of the Strade Bianche will be held on Saturday. The name means ‘white roads’ in Italian and refers to the sections of unpaved roads. This year's route is 201 kilometers long, with 64 kilometers, so almost a third, on the so-called sterrati. After a 16% climb in the old town, the race finishes on the Piazza del Campo in Siena.
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Strade Bianche 2026: Riders
Tadej Pogacar, joint record holder, returns to Strade Bianche aiming to claim the record outright. Former winners Tom Pidcock, Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe are also lining up in Tuscany, each hoping to add a second Strade Bianche title to their palmarès. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list.
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Strade Bianche 2026: Favourites
Classics specialists, puncheurs and climbers — all of them stand a chance of victory on Tuscany’s ‘white roads’. In theory, at least. With Tadej Pogacar on the start line, things start to tilt — after all, the Slovenian has a habit of winning just about everything there is to win. We take you through Strade Bianche.
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Strade Bianche Donne 2026: Route
Saturday 7 March – Heroic images of riders shrouded in clouds of dust against an enchanting hilly landscape. That can only be Strade Bianche. This year’s 133-kilometre race features 32.6 kilometres of sterrati. That is significantly less than last time, but the sheer brutality of the race will be no less.
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Strade Bianche Donne 2026: Riders
In Tuscany, title defender Demi Vollering goes head to head with Tour de France winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Anna van der Breggen, Lotte Kopecky, Marianne Vos, Puck Pieterse, Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list for Strade Bianche Donne.
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Strade Bianche 2026: Route
Saturday 7 March – After several editions of ever-increasing distance, Strade Bianche slightly scales back this year. The race covers 201 kilometres, with 64 kilometres on gravel. Of course it remains a brutal test of strength, with the so called sterrati repeatedly hitting double-digit gradients.
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Paris-Nice 2026: Route
Paris–Nice starts this coming Sunday and finishes the following Sunday. As always, the Race to the Sun caters to all types of riders — sprinters, breakaway specialists, puncheurs, time trialists and climbers. The riders face around 1,230 kilometres in the saddle, with 16,000 metres of elevation gain. As in the past three years, the time trial is a team event, and the race features two uphill finishes.
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