Strade Bianche 2026: Route
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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.
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 final start list.
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.

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 final start list for Strade Bianche Donne.
