Five talking points ahead of Strade Bianche - Preview

Tom Pidcock and Demi Vollering, winners of the 2023 Strade Bianche
Tom Pidcock and Demi Vollering, winners of the 2023 Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Spring Classics head to a sunnier clime this weekend for Strade Bianche with the long stretches of white gravel in Tuscany a substitute for the cobbles of Belgium.

Strade Bianche has a short history but one that's long on drama, from the gust of wind that blew riders off the road in 2022 to the muddy edition in 2018. If the sterrati stand in for pavé, the finishing climb into the Piazza del Campo in Siena is akin to the Mur de Huy.

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