2020 Strade Bianche Women
| 2020 UCI Women's World Tour, race 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1 August 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 136 km (84.51 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 03' 54" | ||||||||||||
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Race
[edit]Strade Bianche (both the men's race and the women's race) was originally scheduled for 7 March 2020 but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Route
[edit]Starting and finishing in Siena, Italy, Strade Bianche is the second event of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The route is identical to that of the previous years, containing 30 km (19 mi) of gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of 136 km (85 mi).[2]
| No. | Name | Distance from | Length (km) |
Category | |
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| Start (km) |
Finish (km) | ||||
| 1 | Vidritta | 17.6 | 118.4 | 2.1 | 
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| 2 | Bagnaia | 25 | 111.0 | 5.8 |
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| 3 | Radi | 36.9 | 99.1 | 4.4 |
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| 4 | La piana | 47.6 | 88.4 | 5.5 |
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| 5 | San Martino in Grania | 67.5 | 68.5 | 9.5 |
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| 6 | Monteaperti | 111.3 | 24.7 | 0.8 |
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| 7 | Colle Pinzuto | 116.6 | 19.4 | 2.4 |
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| 8 | Le Tolfe | 123.6 | 12.4 | 1.1 |
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Teams
[edit]Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that competed in the race. Most teams entered the maximum of six riders; however, Eurotarget–Bianchi–Vittoria and Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA entered five each, while Astana, Cogeas–Mettler–Look, and Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank only entered four each.[3] The day before the race, Ashleigh Moolman of CCC Liv, Ella Harris of Canyon–SRAM, and Clara Koppenburg of Équipe Paule Ka sustained various injuries in separate training ride crashes and were forced to pull out of the race. This reduced the starting peloton to 121 riders.[4] Of these riders, only 45 finished, while a further 13 riders finished over the time limit.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
Result
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
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Mitchelton–Scott | 4h 03' 54" |
| 2 |  Mavi García (ESP)
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Alé BTC Ljubljana | + 22" |
| 3 |  Leah Thomas (USA)
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Équipe Paule Ka | + 1' 53" |
| 4 | Anna van der Breggen (NED)
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Boels–Dolmans | + 2' 05" |
| 5 |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 2' 11" |
| 6 | Marianne Vos (NED)
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CCC Liv | + 2' 26" |
| 7 |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
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FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | + 2' 40" |
| 8 |  Lisa Brennauer (GER)
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Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling | + 3' 26" |
| 9 |  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)
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Boels–Dolmans | + 4' 20" |
| 10 | Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
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Alé BTC Ljubljana | + 5' 20" |
References
[edit]- ^ Farrand, Stephen (5 March 2020). "RCS Sport cancels Strade Bianche in light of coronavirus measures". CyclingNews. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Percorso". Strade Bianche. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Stade Bianche WE 2020 Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (1 August 2020). "Moolman Pasio requires 60 stitches as training crash puts her out of Strade Bianche". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Strade Bianche WE 2020 - Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Knöfler, Lukas (1 August 2020). "Annemiek van Vleuten continues winning streak with Strade Bianche victory". CyclingNews. Retrieved 1 August 2020.