Strade Bianche Women 2025
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World Champion avoids repeat of 2023 race and Omloop tactical trap
Date | March 3, 2025 |
Start location | Siena, Italy |
Finish location | Siena, Italy |
Category | Women's WorldTour |
Distance | 136km |
Previous edition | 2024 Strade Bianche Women |
2024 Winner | Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) |
Strade Bianche Women 2025 information
Strade Bianche Women is a relatively young race, with its inaugural edition in 2015, but has gained popularity for its trek across the scenic white gravel roads of Tuscany, in its seven editions. The event has been part of the Women's WorldTour since the series' inception in 2016.
Organized by Giro d'Italia organisers RCS Sport, the Strade Bianche Women will take place on March 3, held on the same day as the men's Strade Bianche.
Lotte Kopecky was the winner of the 2024 edition, succeeding teammate Demi Vollering as the champion from the previous year.
Previous winners also include Annemiek van Vleuten, who won two editions of Strade Bianche, and other past winners Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx), Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini of Trek-Segafredo, and Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans).
Join Cyclingnews' coverage of the 2025 Strade Bianche Women with live coverage, race reports, results, photo galleries, news and race analysis.
Strade Bianche Women 2025 route
The Strade Bianche organizers added more gravel sectors to the route for 2025, with 13 sectors totalling 50.3km of gravel - find out more about the 2025 Strade Bianche Women route.
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Strade Bianche Women 2025
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Preview Who to watch, what to expect in the Women's WorldTour opener
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Demi Vollering: Swearing at 2023 Strade Bianche 'wasn't meant for Lotte Kopecky'
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'If a woman doesn't fuel properly, she could lose her period' - Faulkner hits back over glucose monitor DSQ
Kristen Faulkner argues UCI isn't taking women's health into consideration after Strade Bianche disqualification
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Kristen Faulkner 'extremely disappointed' by UCI Strade Bianche disqualification decision
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Jayco-AlUla rider claims the sensor on her arm did not collect in-race data
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Disappointed Annemiek van Vleuten heads to Tenerife training to find extra for Tour of Flanders
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'I was pretty gassed, and my legs were starting to cramp. I just gave it everything I had, but it wasn't enough for the win'
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