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As it happened: FDJ-Suez and SD Worx-Protime rivalry continues at Strade Bianche Women 2025

2025 profile for Strade Bianche Women

The elevation profile for Strade Bianche Women 2025 (Image credit: RCS Sport)

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Welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of the 2025 Strade Bianche Women!

135km to go

This race is bursting at the seams with talent. The likes of Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) and many more are all in attendance today. 

Today is a big day for two riders on their return to road racing... Pauline Ferran-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) hasn't quite had the explosive return some may have predicted, but she is on course to what she thought would happen.

Two non-starters to mention:

Attack!

Brauße and Bortoli have 12" on the peloton as they go onto the first gravel section of the race, the Vidritta. Which is 4.4km long and largely flat. 

The gap to the leading duo has gone out to 18".

Crash!

Break caught

Everything appears to have calmed down for the time being. With no new moves going off the front. 

100km to go

Multiple attacks and a crash have been reported!

Onto the next section of gravel, the 4.4km long Radi. The race is still all together. 

Now onto the 6.4km long gravel stretch of La Piana. The bunch is still all together. 

Multiple new attacks off the front of the peloton. No confirmed names as of yet. 

Now the race heads onto the second longest section of gravel, the 9.3km long Serravalle. The longest section comes immediately after and is just 100 metres longer on length. 

No team is really taking it upon themselves to take up the pace setting. The riders are just spread across the road with all the favourites right up towards the front. 

It appears that European champion, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-ProTime) has been sent to the front of the peloton to work with Visma-Lease a Bike. 

The riders have just headed onto the longest gravel section of the race. The 9.4km long Martino in Grania. This has flat, steep uphill and downhill sections and, of course very rough and slippy gravel. 

70km to go

The peloton is shrinking all the time as the difficulties of riding on gravel become too much for some riders. 

The riders are now off the longest section of gravel and have a reasonably long time on asphalt. However, the roads are far from flat and easy. 

The crash that involved a small amount of riders about an hour ago has sadly seen Human Powered Health rider, Ruth Edwards, abandon. 

Rear puncture

Attack!

Multiple riders have already been dropped including Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco). 

Attack!

Van Agt (Visma-Lease a Bike) has been joined by former European champion Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-ProTime). Multiple other riders are also bridging across. 

All the main teams are represented in this new break with several strong riders making the move. Bredewold and Van Agt have been joined by Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck) and a handful of other riders. 

Onto the next gravel section, the 600 metre long Monteaperti. The leaders have just maybe 5" on the peloton. 

Attackers caught

Crash!

At the front of the race, they are on the Colle Pinzuto. 2.4km long with a maximum slope of 15%. 

Attack!

Multiple riders are now trying to bridge to Gerritse but don't appear to be working well together. Around six riders split into two groups of three. 

In the chasing group:

Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) and Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-ProTime) are also trying to bridge to the lead. 

Onto Le Tolfe they go. A very steep descent before kicking up onto an extremely steep slop maxing at 18%. 

The chasing groups have been caught by what's left of the peloton with Gerritse still up front solo on the steepest part of Le Tolfe. 

Three Visma-Lease a Bike riders dropped along with one from FDJ-Suez losing touch. 

Lippert drags the group of favourites back up to Gerritse with Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) at the back of this front group. One to keep an eye on. 

Attack!

Attack in peloton

40km to go

Leaders:

Crash!

In the chase, Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) appears to be attacking, but, she is really just dragging the group along. 

Włodarczyk now chasing for Longo-Borghini on the front of the second group that includes Vollering and Van der Breggen. 

30km to go

Onto the next section of gravel, the 3.3km long Montechiaro. The leaders have a gap of 1'20" on the chasing group. 

Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) is just losing touch with the chasing group. She is clearly not on a good day. 

Dropped from chase group

20km to go

Dropped from lead group

Attack in chase group

Vollering appears to have gear issues as she sat up and looked at her bike shortly after accelerating. 

Garcia tried a move in the lead group but was quickly closed down. Meanwhile, Vollering is unable to get clear from the rest and isn't looking 100%. 

Chase group:

Attack!

Vollering, Ferrand-Prevot and Labous make it back to Van der Breggen with Vollering attacking over the top!

Attack!

10km to go

Four more riders join the chasing trio. Garcia, Berg, Pieterse and Fisher-Black join the chase. Kastelijn now working for Pieterse. 

Van der Breggen and Vollering have 50" on the chasing group now and this looks like it will between these two superstars of the sport. 

5km to go

Inside the final 3km and this is absolutely between the leading duo unless something bizarre happens. A gap of 1'32" now. 

Flamme Rouge!

Attack

Attack!

Demi Vollering of FDJ-Suez wins Strade Bianche 2025! A superb performance and a brilliant battle with Anna van der Breggen of SD Worx-Protime. 

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot holds off Juliette Labous to take third with Mavi Garcia taking fifth. 

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Head to the post race report for quotes and more reaction from the racing today...

Once you're done with the race report, head to the live page for the men's Strade Bianche for all the action there...

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