| 2020 Strade Bianche Women | |
| Series: | 2020 UCI Women's World Tour |
| Race No: | 2 |
| Date: | 1 August 2020 |
| Stages: | 1 |
| Distance: | 136 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 4h 03' 54" |
| First: | Annemiek van Vleuten |
| First Nat: | NED |
| Second: | Margarita Victoria García |
| Second Nat: | ESP |
| Third: | Leah Thomas |
| Third Nat: | USA |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
Strade Bianche (both the men's race and the women's race) was originally scheduled for 7 March 2020 but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Starting and finishing in Siena, Italy, Strade Bianche is the second event of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The route is identical to that of the previous years, containing of gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of .[2]
| scope=col rowspan=2 | scope=col rowspan=2 | Name | scope=col colspan=2 | Distance from | scope=col rowspan=2 | Length | scope=col rowspan=2 | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Start | scope=col | Finish | ||||||
| 1 | scope=row | Vidritta | 17.6 | 118.4 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2 | scope=row | Bagnaia | 25 | 111.0 | 5.8 | ||||
| 3 | scope=row | Radi | 36.9 | 99.1 | 4.4 | ||||
| 4 | scope=row | La piana | 47.6 | 88.4 | 5.5 | ||||
| 5 | scope=row | San Martino in Grania | 67.5 | 68.5 | 9.5 | ||||
| 6 | scope=row | Monteaperti | 111.3 | 24.7 | 0.8 | ||||
| 7 | scope=row | Colle Pinzuto | 116.6 | 19.4 | 2.4 | ||||
| 8 | scope=row | Le Tolfe | 123.6 | 12.4 | 1.1 |
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that competed in the race. Most teams entered the maximum of six riders; however, and entered five each, while,, and only entered four each.[3] The day before the race, Ashleigh Moolman of, Ella Harris of, and Clara Koppenburg of sustained various injuries in separate training ride crashes and were forced to pull out of the race. This reduced the starting peloton to 121 riders.[4] Of these riders, only 45 finished, while a further 13 riders finished over the time limit.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams