2015 Strade Bianche-Eroica Toscana (1.1), Italy
9th edition: Saturday, March 7, 2015
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San Gimignano - Siena, 200 km
Zdenek Stybar wins 2015 Strade Bianche
The Race: An early break of about eight riders, including Julian Arredondo and Daniele Colli was brought to heel. Then came the move that mattered. A small group containing Zdenek Stybar, Greg van Avermaet, Sep Vanmarcke, Alejandro Valverde, Fabian Cancellara and Peter Sagan, among others, gained a minute's gap on the field.
Over the hills and gravel, this break was whittled down until it was just Stybar, van Avermaet, Valverde, Cancellara with twenty kilometers remaining. Surprisingly, Cancellara was dropped from this group as it crossed the next-to-last white road sector.
During the ascent to the finish, van Avermaet jumped, but Stybar came well around him to win by two seconds. Valverde was significantly distanced, coming in 18 seconds after Stybar.
Complete Results: Photos posted below results
37.242 km/hr average speed
| 1 | STYBAR Zdenek | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | 5hr 22min 13sec |
| 2 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC RACING TEAM | @ 2sec |
| 3 | VALVERDE Alejandro | MOVISTAR TEAM | @ 18sec |
| 4 | VANMARCKE Sep | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | @ 46sec |
| 5 | ROSA Diego | ASTANA PRO TEAM | @ 56sec |
| 6 | GATTO Oscar | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | @ 59sec |
| 7 | URAN Rigoberto | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
| 8 | FELLINE Fabio | TREK FACTORY RACING | @ 1min 2sec |
| 9 | NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 1'03" |
| 10 | CARUSO Giampaolo | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 11 | KREUZIGER Roman | TINKOFF SAXO | s.t. |
| 12 | VICIOSO Angel | TEAM KATUSHA | 1'07" |
| 13 | PUCCIO Salvatore | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
| 14 | VERMOTE Julien | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | 1'10" |
| 15 | SANCHEZ Samuel | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 16 | CUNEGO Damiano | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | 1'19" |
| 17 | DURBRIDGE Luke | ORICA GREENEDGE | 1'22" |
| 18 | OSS Daniel | BMC RACING TEAM | 1'26" |
| 19 | CANCELLARA Fabian | TREK FACTORY RACING | s.t. |
| 20 | SERRY Pieter | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
| 21 | CHAVES Johan Esteban | ORICA GREENEDGE | 1'29" |
| 22 | GRIVKO Andriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 1'56" |
| 23 | VORGANOV Eduard | TEAM KATUSHA | 1'57" |
| 24 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 2'01" |
| 25 | ROULSTON Hayden | TREK FACTORY RACING | 2'10" |
| 26 | HAAS Nathan | TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN | 2'19" |
| 27 | POZZATO Filippo | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 4'21" |
| 28 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher | TINKOFF SAXO | 4'30" |
| 29 | HAYMAN Mathew | ORICA GREENEDGE | 4'47" |
| 30 | VISCONTI Giovanni | MOVISTAR TEAM | 4'49" |
| 31 | SAGAN Peter | TINKOFF SAXO | 5'13" |
| 32 | BODNAR Maciej | TINKOFF SAXO | s.t. |
| 33 | FINETTO Mauro | SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM | 5'40" |
| 34 | NIELSEN Magnus Cort | ORICA GREENEDGE | 6'34" |
| 35 | GAVAZZI Francesco | SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM | 6'51" |
| 36 | FAVILLI Elia | SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM | 7'35" |
| 37 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 38 | BOARO Manuele | TINKOFF SAXO | s.t. |
| 39 | TCATEVICH Aleksei | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 40 | NIBALI Vincenzo | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 41 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 42 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 43 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
| 44 | FILOSI Iuri | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | s.t. |
| 45 | SERPA Jose Rodolfo | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
| 46 | MOSER Moreno | TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN | s.t. |
| 47 | ZANDIO Xabier | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
| 48 | FONTANA Marco Aurelio | NAZIONALE ITALIANA | s.t. |
| 49 | KOZONCHUK Dmitry | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 50 | PORSEV Aleksandr | TEAM KATUSHA | 7'49" |
| 51 | DE MARCHI Alessandro | BMC RACING TEAM | 8'16" |
| 52 | SOLOMENNIKOV Andrei | RUSVELO | 11'18" |
| 53 | ARSLANOV Ildar | RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 54 | LUTSENKO Alexey | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 55 | TERPSTRA Niki | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | 11'22" |
| 56 | COLBRELLI Sonny | BARDIANI CSF | s.t. |
| 57 | MARTENS Paul | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | 12'12" |
| 58 | AMADOR Andrey | MOVISTAR TEAM | 18'31" |
| 59 | SABATINI Fabio | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | 19'20" |
| 60 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 19'20" |
| 61 | BENNATI Daniele | TINKOFF SAXO | s.t. |
| 62 | LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 63 | IRIZAR Markel | TREK FACTORY RACING | s.t. |
| 64 | BALYKIN Ivan | RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 65 | TVETCOV Serghei | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | s.t. |
| 66 | VERONA Carlo | ETIXX - QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
| 67 | KOREN Kristjan | TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN | s.t. |
| 68 | MAIKIN Roman | RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 69 | SKJERPING Kristoffer | TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN | s.t. |
| 70 | LOZANO RIBA David | TEAM NOVO NORDISK | s.t. |
| 71 | APPOLLONIO Davide | ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI | s.t. |
| 72 | OVECHKIN Artem | RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 73 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 74 | BARBIN Enrico | BARDIANI CSF | s.t. |
| 75 | HESJEDAL Ryder | TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN | s.t. |
| 76 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 77 | TUFT Svein | ORICA GREENEDGE | s.t. |
| 78 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 22'53" |
| 79 | MONDORY Lloyd | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 80 | NOCENTINI Rinaldo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 81 | COLLI Daniele | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | s.t. |
| 82 | FLENS Rick | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
| 83 | CANOLA Marco | NAZIONALE ITALIANA | 23'20" |
| 84 | FENN Andrew | TEAM SKY | 23'22" |
| 85 | ISHIBASHI Manabu | NIPPO - VINI FANTINI | 24'14" |
| 86 | ZARDINI Edoardo | BARDIANI CSF | 27'32" |
| 87 | VELASCO Simone | NAZIONALE ITALIANA | 29'20" |
| 88 | CONTI Valerio | LAMPRE - MERIDA | 29'24" |
| 89 | NYCH Artem | RUSVELO | 31'14" |
| 90 | BRAIDOT Luca | NAZIONALE ITALIANA | 32'51" |
Strade Bianche Photos from Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The race starts in the nearly perfectly preserved medieval town of San Gimignano.
Lampre-Merida is presented before the race start.
Fabian Cancellara at the start
Racing on Tuscany's white roads. Here the racers are on the Lucignano d'Asso sector.
Peter Sagen in his national champion's kit.
Etixx-Quick Step rider Rigoberto Uran
It happens to the best of us. Here Marco Canola waits for a wheel replacement after flatting.
Yaroslav Popovych on the Buonconvento gravel sector.
More riders enjoy the gravel of Buonconvento.
Svein Tuft races in his Canadian Champion's kit
Alessandro Valverde on the Buonconvento sector
The pack races on the gravel of the Bagnaia sector
Pablo Lastras leads through the dust of the Viditta gravel
Alejandro Valverde attacks on the Tolfe sector.
Greg van Avermaet
Zdenek Stybar drops the hammer.
Zdenek Stybar wins 2015 Strade Bianche.
Greg van Avermaet finished second.
Alejandro Valverde spent a lot of energy earlier and didn't have enough suds for the sprint. He finished a distant third.
The podium, from left: Greg van Avermaet, Zdenek Stybar and Alejandro Valverde.
Zdenek Stybar celebrates
2015 Strade Bianche race map
2015 Strade Bianche race profile
AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA): 1. Rinaldo Nocentini; (Ita); 2. Carlos Betancur (Col); 3. Hubert Dupont (Fra); 4. Damien Gaudin (Fra); 5. Pierre-Roger Latour; 6. Lloyd Mondory (Fra); 7. Matteo Montaguti (Ita); 8. Christophe Riblon (Fra)
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA): 11. Oscar Gatto (Ita); 12. Davide Appollonio (Ita); 13. Marco Bandiera (Ita); 14. Tiziano Dall’antonia (Ita); 15. Alberto Nardin (Ita); 16. Franco Pellizotti (Ita); 17. Serghei Tvetcov (Roe); 18. Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita)
ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ): 21. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita); 22. Lars Boom (Ned); 23. Dario Cataldo (Ita); 24. Andriy Grivko (Oek); 25. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz); 26. Alexey Lutsenko (Rul); 27. Diego Rosa (Ita); 28. Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz)
BARDIANI CSF (ITA): 31. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita); 32. Enrico Barbin (Ita); 33. Enrico Battaglin (Ita); 34. Manuel Francesco Bongiorno (Ita); 35. Andrea Piechele (Ita); 36. Stefano Pirazzi (Ita); 37. Nicola Ruffoni (Ita); 38. Edoardo Zardini (Ita)
BMC RACING TEAM (USA): 41. Greg Van Avermaet; 42. Brent Bookwalter (VSt); 43. Damiano Caruso (Ita); 44. Alessandro de Marchi (Ita); 45. Daniel Oss (Ita); 46. Manuel Quinziato (Ita); 47. Samuel Sánchez (Spa); 48. Peter Stetina (VSt)
ETIXX - QUICK STEP (BEL): 51. Niki Terpstra (Ned); 52. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita); 53. Fabio Sabatini (Ita); 54. Pieter Serry; 55. Zdenek Štybar (Tsj); 56. Rigoberto Uran (Col); 57. Julien Vermote; 58. Carlos Verona (Spa)
LAMPRE - MERIDA (ITA): 61. Filippo Pozzato (Ita); 62. Valerio Conti (Ita); 63. Ilia Koshevoy (WiR); 64. Manuele Mori (Ita); 65. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol); 66. Luka Pibernik (Sln); 67. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg); 68. Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col)
MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP): 71. Alejandro Valverde (Spa); 72. Andrey Amador (CRi); 73. Pablo Lastras (Spa); 74. Enrique Sanz (Spa); 75. Marc Soler (Spa); 76. Jasha Sütterlin (Dui); 77. Fran Ventoso (Spa); 78. Giovanni Visconti (Ita)
NAZIONE ITALIANA: 81. Aurelio Marco Fontana (Ita); 82. Luca Braidot (Ita); 83. Marco Canola (Ita); 84. Nicholas Pettina (Ita); 85. Seid Lizde (Ita); 86. Simone Velasco (Ita)
NIPPO - VINI FANTINI (ITA): 91. Damiano Cunego (Ita); 92. Giacomo Berlato (Ita); 93. Alessandro Bisolti (Ita); 94. Daniele Colli (Ita); 95. Iuri Filosi (Ita); 96. Michael Eduard Grosu (Roe); 98. Manabu Ishibashi (Jap); Antonio Nibali (Ita)
ORICA GreenEDGE (AUS): 101. Simon Gerrans (Aus); 102. Johan Esteban Chaves (Col); 103. Luke Durbridge (Aus); 104. Mathew Hayman (Aus); 105. Michael Hepburn (Aus); 106. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den); 107. Svein Tuft (Can); 198. Adam Yates (GBr)
RUSVELO (RUS): 111. Ildar Arslanov (Rul); 112. Ivan Balykin (Rul); 113. Petr Ignatenko (Rul); 114. Roman Kustadinchev (Rul); 115. Roman Maikin (Rul); 116. Artem Nych (Rul); 117. Artem Ovechkin (Rul); 118. Andrei Solomennikov (Rul)
SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM (ITA): 121. Manuel Belletti (Ita); 122. Elia Favilli (Ita); 123. Mauro Finetto (Ita); 124. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita); 125. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita); 126. Yonathan Monsalve (Ven); 127. Simone Ponzi (Ita); 128. Eugert Zhupa (Alb)
TEAM CANNONDALE - GARMIN (USA): 131. Moreno Moser (Ita); 132. Alberto Bettiol (Ita); 133. Nathan Haas (Aus); 134. Ryder Hesjedal (Can); 135. Kristijan Koren (Sln); 136. Alan Marangoni (Ita); 137. Kristoffer Skjerping (Noo); 138. Ruben Zepuntke (Dui)
TEAM KATUSHA (RUS): 141. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita); 143. Pavel Kochetkov (Rul); 144. Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rul); 145. Alexander Porsev (Rul); 146. Alexey Tsatevich (Rul); 147. Ángel Vicioso (Spa); 148. Eduard Vorganov (Rul)
TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (NED): 151. Sep Vanmarcke; 152. Kevin De Weert; 153. Rick Flens (Ned); Paul Martens (Dui); 158. Robert Wagner (Dui)
TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA): 161. Joonas Henttala (Fin); 162. Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra); 163. David Lozano (Spa); 164. Javier Mejias (Spa); 165. Andrea Peron (Ita); 166. Charles Planet (Fra); 167. Martijn Verschoor (Ned); 168. Christopher Williams (Aus)
TEAM SKY (GBR): 171. Elia Viviani (Ita); 172. Andrew Fenn (GBr); 175. Christian Knees (Dui); 176. Salvatore Puccio (Ita); 177. Ian Stannard (GBr); 178. Xabier Zandio (Spa)
TINKOFF - SAXO (RUS): 181. Peter Sagan (Slk); 182. Daniele Bennati (Ita); 183. Manuele Boaro (Ita); 184. Maciej Bodnar (Pol); 185. Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den); 186. Roman Kreuziger (Tsj); 187. Juraj Sagan (Slk); 188. Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
TREK FACTORY RACING (USA): 191. Fabian Cancellara (Zwi); 192. Julián Arredondo (Col); 193. Fabio Felline (Ita); 194. Markel Irizar (Spa); 195. Yaroslav Popovych (Oek); 196. Hayden Roulston (NZe); 197. Jasper Stuyven; 198. Calvin Watson (Aus)