2020 Strade Bianche-Eroica Toscana
(World Tour), Italy
14th edition: Saturday, March 7, 2020
Event re-scheduled: August 1, 2020
Montepaschi Strade Bianche historical results | Men's Race | Women's Race | 2019 edition | 2021 edition
On Wednesday, March 4 it was announced that to contain the Coronavirus threat, public events were cancelled. On March 5, RCS Sport, the race's organizer, officially cancelled the race. Then, on May 6, the UCI posted a new 2020 race schedule with the Strade Bianche to be run August 1.
Weather at the start/finish city of Siena at 2:00 PM, local time: 36C (97F), Sunny, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5mph). No rain is forecast.
Here's a photo the organizer posted. A classic Strade Bianche scene.
Wout van Aert wins the Men's Strade Bianche. Sirotti photo
Siena - Siena, 184 km
11 sections of white roads, totalling 63 km
Course map & profile | Race photos | Men's start list
The race: Here is the organizer's race summary.
166 riders cast off from Siena at 1:44 pm, as the flag is dropped by the mayor of the city, Luigi De Mossi.
The pace is brisk, with several attacks straight away. At km 7, Pellaud and Lindeman try to race clear. Lindeman sits up at km 12, Pellaud holds on, keeping a handful of seconds over the peloton. At km 16, Pellaud is leading by 12” over Bagioli, Pacher, Filosi, Van Kessel and Declercq; the peloton is 40” behind. At km 21, six riders bunch up at the front; the peloton lets them go. At km 23, the six breakers are leading by 2’12” over the peloton. At km 36, the gap is down to 1’10”. At the end of the third sector, the gap is further down to 30”. Average speed after one hour of racing: 38.800 km/h.
At the end of the fourth sector (km 53), Pellaud is leading by 1’10” over Bagioli, Pacher and Declercq, and by 2’02” over the peloton; the former breakers are reeled in. At km 74, Pellaud is leading by 3’28” over the peloton.
Average speed after two hours of racing: 38.600 km/h.
At km 95, Pellaud holds on, while the peloton is lagging 18” behind. At km 102, Pellaud is leading by 36” over Jungels, Burghardt and Craddock, and by 43” over the peloton. Four riders bunch up at the front at km 105; the peloton is 46” behind. During the seventh sector, Jungels loses ground to the front group, and is reeled in by the peloton shortly after. Van Der Poel and Alaphilippe suffer a puncture; Vincenzo Nibali crashes. Average speed after three hours: 37.800 km/h.
At km 116, the break is over. Alaphilippe and Van Der Poel catch up with the peloton. Ciccone has a puncture. Astana riders are at the front of the peloton. At km 137, Fuglsang is leading by 12” over Bettiol, Formolo, Schachmann,
Van Avermaet and Van Aert. Six riders bunch up at the front at km 141. Average speed after four hours: 36.400 km/h.
At km 154, Fuglsang, Bettiol, Formolo, Schachmann, Van Avermaet and Van Aert are leading by 1’16” over Stybar, Bookwalter and Gogl, by 2’50” over Mühlberger and Rosa, and by 3’15” over Izaguirre G., Vliegen, Kwiatkowski, Pogacar and Ulissi. At km 159 (-25 km), the three immediate chasers are 56” down the road. Gap at km 163: 52”. Van Avermaet loses ground to the front group. Van Aert clips off at km 175. Schachmann, Bettiol and Formolo are 9” behind him. At km 182 (4 km to go), Van Aert is still leading by 15” Schachmann and Formolo. At the red flag, Van Aert holds on, solo.
FINISH (Siena – km 184)
Van Aert claims the race, 30” ahead of Formolo, 32” ahead of Schachmann, 1’37” ahead of Bettiol, 2’55” ahead of Fuglsang, 3’59” ahead of Stybar, 4’25” ahead of Bookwalter, 4’27” ahead of Van Avermaet, 6’47” ahead of Gogl, 7’45 ahead of Rosa, and then the other.
Time of the winner: 4h 58’56”, at an average speed of 36.931 km/h.
Complete Results:
166 riders started, 42 classified finishers
184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.931 km/hr
1 | Aert, Wout van | Jumbo-Visma | 4hr 58min 56sec |
2 | Formolo, Davide | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 30sec |
3 | Schachmann, Maximilian | Bora-hansgrohe | 32'' |
4 | Bettiol, Alberto | EF Pro Cycling | 1' 31'' |
5 | Fuglsang, Jakob | Astana | 2' 55'' |
6 | Štybar, Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick-Step | 3' 59'' |
7 | Bookwalter, Brent | Mitchelton-Scott | 4' 25'' |
8 | Van Avermaet, Greg | CCC Team | 4' 27'' |
9 | Gogl, Michaël | NTT Pro Cycling | 6' 47'' |
10 | Rosa, Diego | Team Arkéa-Samsic | 7' 45'' |
11 | Mühlberger, Gregor | Bora-hansgrohe | 8' 11'' |
12 | Kwiatkowski, Michał | INEOS | 10' 03'' |
13 | Pogačar, Tadej | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
14 | Küng, Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
15 | Poel, Mathieu van der | Alpecin-Fenix | 10' 06'' |
16 | Ulissi, Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 10' 09'' |
17 | Izagirre, Gorka | Astana | s.t. |
18 | Vliegen, Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 10' 11'' |
19 | Mohorič, Matej | Bahrain-McLaren | 10' 30'' |
20 | Vendrame, Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | 13' 41'' |
21 | Conti, Valério | UAE-Team Emirates | 13' 46'' |
22 | Bauer, Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 14' 11'' |
23 | Burghardt, Marcus | Bora-hansgrohe | 14' 46'' |
24 | Alaphilippe, Julian | Deceuninck-Quick-Step | 15' 06'' |
25 | Gilbert, Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
26 | Rumac, Josip | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
27 | Oss, Daniel | Bora-hansgrohe | 19' 27'' |
28 | Schär, Michael | CCC Team | s.t. |
29 | Houle, Hugo | Astana | s.t. |
30 | Valgren, Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
31 | Le Gac, Olivier | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
32 | Ciccone, Giulio | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
33 | De Marchi, Alessandro | CCC Team | s.t. |
34 | Dowsett, Alex | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
35 | Craddock, Lawson | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
36 | Woods, Michael | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
37 | Gautier, Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
38 | Jansen, Amund | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
39 | Costa, Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
40 | Pellaud, Simon | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
41 | Gabburo, Davide | Androni Giocattoli | 20' 53'' |
42 | Hagen, Edvald Boasson | NTT Pro Cycling | 21' 16'' |
Map of the men's race
Profile of the men's race
2020 Strade Bianche photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Team presentation ceremony. Movistar is in their special new kit
Indicative of the times. B&B Hotels-Vital Concept is presented wearing masks.
A breakaway rides thorugh the dust.
In the Bagnaia sector
A B&B Hotels rider makes his way through the dust of the Bagnaia sector.
Another shot of racing over the white roads of Bagnaia.
Riders at Lucignano D'Asso
Simon Pellaud tries to get away on the gravel of Lucignano D'Asso.
Coming downhill at Lucignano D'Asso
Also at Lucignano D'Asso
More of Lucignano D'Asso's dust
Quentin Pacher
Where the race ends, at Siena's famous Piazza del Campo.
Wout van Aert was the day's strongest rider.
Davide Formolo finishes second
Wout van Aert enjoys his victory
The podium, from left: Davide Formolo (2nd), Wout van Aert (1st) & Max Schachmann (3rd).
Men's start list with backnumbers, July 31, 2020:
DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
DS: | Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters |
1 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
2 | ASGREEN Kasper |
3 | BALLERINI Davide |
4 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
5 | JUNGELS Bob |
6 | SERRY Pieter |
7 | STYBAR Zdenek |
AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
DS: | Didier Jannel, Laurent Bioni |
12 | DUVAL Julien |
13 | GODON Dorian |
14 | NAESEN Lawrence |
15 | NAESEN Oliver |
16 | VENDRAME Andrea |
17 | WARBASSE Larry |
ALPECIN-FENIX | |
DS: | Bart Leysen, Christoph Roodhooft |
21 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
22 | DE TIER Floris |
23 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
24 | THWAITES Scott |
25 | VAKOC Petr |
26 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
27 | WALSLEBEN Philipp |
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC | |
DS: | Giovanni Ellena, Alessandro Spezialetti |
31 | BAGIOLI Nicola |
32 | FRAPPORTI Mattia |
33 | GABBURO Davide |
34 | PELLAUD Simon |
35 | RAVANELLI Simone |
36 | RUMAC Josip |
37 | VIEL Mattia |
ASTANA | |
DS: | Alexandr Shefer, Bruno Cenghialta |
41 | LUTSENKO Alexey |
42 | BOARO Manuele |
43 | FELLINE Fabio |
44 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
45 | HOULE Hugo |
46 | IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka |
47 | IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion |
B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT | |
DS: | Gilles Pauchard, Samuel Dumoulin |
51 | CHEVALIER Maxime |
52 | COURTEILLE Arnaud |
53 | GAUTIER Cyril |
54 | LE BON Johan |
55 | PACHER Quentin |
56 | SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian |
57 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte |
BAHRAIN-MCLAREN | |
DS: | Alberto Volpi, Franco Pellizotti |
61 | TEUNS Dylan |
62 | NOVAK Domen |
63 | BOLE Grega |
64 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan |
65 | MOHORIC Matej |
66 | TRATNIK Jan |
67 | WRIGHT Fred |
BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE' | |
DS: | Roberto Reverberi, Mirko Rossato |
71 | ALBANESE Vincenzo |
72 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas |
73 | FILOSI Iuri |
74 | FIORELLI Filippo |
75 | MAZZUCCO Fabio |
76 | PESSOT Alessandro |
77 | TONELLI Alessandro |
BORA-HANSGROHE | |
DS: | Jan Valach, Enrico Poitschke |
81 | SAGAN Peter |
82 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
83 | BURGHARDT Marcus |
84 | GATTO Oscar |
85 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor |
86 | OSS Daniel |
87 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian |
CCC TEAM | |
DS: | Fabio Baldato, Valerio Piva |
91 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
92 | DE MARCHI Alessandro |
93 | GESCHKE Simon |
94 | KOCH Jonas |
95 | SCHÄR Michael |
96 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
97 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT | |
DS: | Hilaire Van Der Schueren, Steven Neef |
101 | HERMANS Quinten |
102 | DUPONT Timothy |
103 | DOUBEY Fabien |
104 | VAN KESSEL Corné |
105 | MEURISSE Xandro |
106 | VLIEGEN Loïc |
107 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
EF PRO CYCLING | |
DS: | Juan Garate, Kevin Rinaldi |
111 | BETTIOL Alberto |
112 | CLARKE Simon |
113 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
114 | DOCKER Mitchell |
115 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
116 | BENNETT Sean |
117 | WOODS Michael |
GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
DS: | Sebastien Joly, Jussi Veikkanen |
121 | KÜNG Stefan |
122 | DELAGE Mickael |
123 | GENIETS Kevin |
124 | GUGLIELMI Simon |
125 | LE GAC Olivier |
126 | SARREAU Marc |
127 | VINCENT Leo |
ISRAEL START-UP NATION | |
DS: | Claudio Cozzi, Nicki Sorensen |
131 | NEILANDS Krists |
132 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
133 | CATAFORD Alexander |
134 | DOWSETT Alex |
135 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
136 | VAHTRA Norman |
LOTTO SOUDAL | |
DS: | Kevin De Weert, Frederik Willems |
141 | GILBERT Philippe |
142 | DE BUYST Jasper |
143 | GOOSSENS Kobe |
144 | HOLMES Matthew |
145 | OLDANI Stefano |
146 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
147 | VERMEERSCH Florian |
MITCHELTON-SCOTT | |
DS: | Gene Bates, Vittorio Algeri |
151 | AFFINI Edoardo |
152 | BAUER Jack |
153 | BEWLEY Sam |
154 | BOOKWALTER Brent |
155 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
156 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
157 | STANNARD Robert |
MOVISTAR | |
DS: | Davide Villella, Max Sciandri |
161 | CATALDO Dario |
162 | HOLLMANN Juri |
163 | CARRETERO Hector |
164 | JACOBS Johan |
165 | RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto |
166 | SEPULVEDA Eduardo |
167 | VILLELLA Davide |
NTT PRO CYCLING | |
DS: | Lars Michaelsen, Gino Vanoudenove |
171 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
172 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
173 | GOGL Michael |
174 | VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
175 | KREUZIGER Roman |
176 | SOBRERO Matteo |
177 | TILLER Rasmus Fossum |
ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
DS: | Sebastien Hinault, Kevin Rinaldi |
181 | ROSA Diego |
182 | BONNAMOUR Franck |
183 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
184 | DELAPLACE Anthony |
185 | HARDY Romain |
186 | RUSSO Clement |
187 | VACHON Florian |
INEOS | |
DS: | Dario Cioni |
191 | DOULL Owain |
192 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal |
193 | MOSCON Gianni |
194 | NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonnatan |
195 | PUCCIO Salvatore |
196 | ROWE Luke |
197 | SWIFT Ben |
JUMBO-VISMA | |
DS: | Jan Boven, Addy Engels |
201 | VAN AERT Wout |
202 | BOUWMAN Koen |
203 | JANSEN Amund Grøndahl |
204 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
205 | MARTENS Paul |
206 | TOLHOEK Antwan |
207 | WYNANTS Maarten |
TEAM SUNWEB | |
DS: | Marc Reef, Michiel Elijzen |
211 | BENOOT Tiesj |
212 | ARNDT Nikias |
213 | HIRSCHI Marc |
214 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
215 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris |
216 | ROCHE Nicholas |
217 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
DS: | Paolo Slongo, Yaroslav Popovych |
221 | NIBALI Vincenzo |
222 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
223 | CICCONE Giulio |
224 | CONCI Nicola |
225 | NIBALI Antonio |
226 | SKUJINS Toms |
227 | WEENING Pieter |
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
DS: | Marco Marzano, Manuele Mori |
231 | POGACAR Tadej |
232 | CONTI Valerio |
233 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto |
234 | FORMOLO Davide |
235 | POLANC Jan |
236 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
237 | ULISSI Diego |
Siena - Siena, 136 km
8 sections of white roads, totalling 30 km
Annemiek van Vleuten wins the 2020 Women's Strade Bianche
The race: Here's the report from winner Annemiek van Vleuten's Mitchelton-Scott team.
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten made it five wins from five starts in 2020, as she defended her Strade Bianche title in stunning style in Siena.
The 37-year-old looked to be out of the running before bridging across to a group of chasers with 16kilometres remaining and then hunting down a lone leader to take another memorable victory on the white roads of Tuscany.
Hot and Dusty
After getting underway in hot conditions, the third off-road section created the first split in the pack, leaving just 40riders at the head of the race. But the tempo soon eased as the feed zone approached, and it was quickly all back together.
The fifth and longest gravel section saw the race come alive as the peloton was whittled down to a leading group of just 20 riders over the hilly sector. However, the following road section allowed a group of chasers to make it back on, taking the leading group up to around 40riders with 50kilometres to go.
It wasn’t long before the next set of attacks were launched as a group of 11riders from 11 different teams went clear, including Australian champion Amanda Spratt. Mavi Garcia (Alé BTC Ljubljana) then went solo, taking advantage of the lack of cooperation in the group to open up a gap of over three-minutes.
Van Vleuten Appears
The chase group struggled to get organised and several attacks reduced the numbers down to six riders. Spratt managed to go with the moves and was then joined by Van Vleuten who seemed to appear out of nowhere from the peloton to join her Mitchelton-SCOTT teammate.
The world champion quickly went to the front and drove the pace following a strong turn from Spratt. The rest of the chasers couldn’t live with the injection of pace and Van Vleuten went in pursuit of Garcia alone. The gap quickly began to fall, and the catch was eventually made on the outskirts of Siena.
Garcia held on doggedly with Van Vleuten unable to shake the Spaniard off her wheel despite a number of attacks, and it looked like it would come down to the final climb to the finish. As the duo rolled under the flamme rouge Van Vleuten moved to the front and launched her final assault, dropping Garcia to solo to another famous victory.
Annemiek van Vleuten:
“Everything hard is good for me and is bad for my opponents, so I just think ‘I love the heat’.
“I’ve got so many emotions today, at first, I thought I came here for nothing. I couldn’t make my attack as my teammate Amanda was in front, and then suddenly a girl is away, Mavi Garcia, a really strong rider then I had to go full on the attack, so there were a lot of emotions.
“The speed was out of the group and then suddenly my team director said ‘Annemiek time for action’ just before the second to last gravel section, that was really uphill. That was actually the moment I had in my head to attack from the group in front hopefully, but now I had to attack there to close the gap.
“The Piazza del Campo is the most beautiful finish for me to win. I didn’t think I would catch Mavi Garcia and I believe the whole scenario made it a very spectacular race.”
Alejandro Gonzalez-Tablas (Sports Director):
"Everything went as planned, we were expecting some attacks over sector number five and that’s when Spratty was awake and following the moves there. Then she got into a really good group and we were happy with that. We sat in the group behind and it was up to the other teams in the peloton to chase."
"Then Garcia attacked from the front group and there was not really good cooperation there and Spratty was struggling a little bit, so we decided to stick to plan A and Annemiek attacked at the place we were planning."
Complete results:
123 starters, 45 classified finishers, 13 riders finished outside the time limit
136 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.456 km/hr
1 | Vleuten, Annemiek van | Mitchelton-Scott | 4hr 3min 54sec |
2 | García, Mavi | Alé BTC Ljubljana | @ 22sec |
3 | Thomas, Leah | Équipe Paule Ka | 1' 53'' |
4 | Breggen, Anna van der | Boels-Dolmans | 2' 05'' |
5 | Longo Borghini, Elisa | Trek-Segafredo | 2' 11'' |
6 | Vos, Marianne | CCC-Liv | 2' 26'' |
7 | Ludwig, Cecilie | FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine | 2' 40'' |
8 | Brennauer, Lisa | Ceratizit-WNT | 3' 26'' |
9 | Canuel, Karol-Ann | Boels-Dolmans | 4' 20'' |
10 | Bastianelli, Marta | Alé BTC Ljubljana | 5' 20'' |
11 | Leleivyte, Rasa | Aromitalia-Basso | 5' 21'' |
12 | Harvey, Mikayla | Équipe Paule Ka | 5' 21'' |
13 | Spratt, Amanda | Mitchelton-Scott | 5' 55'' |
14 | Bujak, Eugenia | Alé BTC Ljubljana | 6' 02'' |
15 | Santesteban, Ane | Ceratizit-WNT | 6' 23'' |
16 | Lippert, Liane | Team Sunweb | 6' 27'' |
17 | Dijk, Ellen van | Trek-Segafredo | 6' 43'' |
18 | Stultiens, Sabrina | CCC-Liv | 6' 59'' |
19 | Shapira, Omer | Canyon-Sram | 7' 08'' |
20 | Vollering, Demi | Parkhotel Valkenburg | 8' 06'' |
21 | Ragusa, Katia | Astana | 8' 07'' |
22 | Confalonieri, Giulia | Ceratizit-WNT | 8' 16'' |
23 | Canvelli, Vania | BePink | 8' 18'' |
24 | Van De Velde, Julie | Lotto-Soudal | 8' 24'' |
25 | Merino, Eider | Movistar | 8' 28'' |
26 | Chabbey, Elise | Équipe Paule Ka | 8' 32'' |
27 | Peñuela, Diana | Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 8' 35'' |
28 | Amialiusik, Alena | Canyon-Sram | 8' 45'' |
29 | Blaak, Chantal | Boels-Dolmans | 8' 45'' |
30 | Chapman, Brodie | FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine | 9' 28'' |
31 | Borghesi, Letizia | Aromitalia-Basso | 9' 34'' |
32 | Guderzo, Tatiana | Alé BTC Ljubljana | 9' 55'' |
33 | Balsamo, Elisa | Valcar-Travel & Service | 10' 28'' |
34 | Sanguineti, Ilaria | Valcar-Travel & Service | 10' 28'' |
35 | Paladin, Soraya | CCC-Liv | 11' 03'' |
36 | Pirrone, Elena | Valcar-Travel & Service | 11' 36'' |
37 | Armitstead, Lizzie | Trek-Segafredo | 11' 49'' |
38 | Koch, Franziska | Team Sunweb | 13' 17'' |
39 | Barnes, Hannah | Canyon-Sram | 13' 17'' |
40 | Banks, Lizzy | Équipe Paule Ka | 13' 17'' |
41 | Korevaar, Jeanne | CCC-Liv | 13' 47'' |
42 | Stephens, Lauren | Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 14' 26'' |
43 | Kennedy, Lucy | Mitchelton-Scott | 17' 52'' |
44 | Muzic, Evita | FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine | 19' 09'' |
45 | Catarzi, Giorgia | BePink | 19' 30'' |
Women's Strade Bianche map
Women's Strade Bianche profile