| 2021 Strade Bianche Women | |
| Series: | 2021 UCI Women's World Tour |
| Race No: | 1 |
| Season No: | 18 |
| Date: | 6 March 2021 |
| Stages: | 1 |
| Distance: | 136 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 3h 54' 40" |
| First: | Chantal van den Broek-Blaak |
| First Nat: | NED |
| Second: | Elisa Longo Borghini |
| Second Nat: | ITA |
| Third: | Anna van der Breggen |
| Third Nat: | NED |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The seventh edition of the Strade Bianche Donne took place on 6 March 2021.[1] The Italian race is the first event of the 2021 UCI Women's World Tour as the usual first race of season in Australia, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was won by Chantal van den Broek-Blaak.
The race started and finished in Siena, Italy. The route is identical to that of the previous years, containing of gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of .[3]
| 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 rowspan=2 | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Start | scope=col | Finish | ||||||||
| 1 | scope=row | Vidritta | 17.6 | 118.4 | 2.1 | Perfectly straight and slightly downhill | |||||
| 2 | scope=row | Bagnaia | 25 | 111.0 | 5.8 | Short descent followed by a long climb with sections of over 10% gradient | |||||
| 3 | scope=row | Radi | 36.9 | 99.1 | 4.4 | A classic gravel section | |||||
| 4 | scope=row | La piana | 47.6 | 88.4 | 5.5 | No significant gradient | |||||
| 5 | scope=row | San Martino in Grania | 67.5 | 68.5 | 9.5 | A long sector with continuous ups and downs to start with, and ends with a twisting climb | |||||
| 6 | scope=row | Monteaperti | 111.3 | 24.7 | 0.8 | Short, but features a double-digit gradient ramp | |||||
| 7 | scope=row | Colle Pinzuto | 116.6 | 19.4 | 2.4 | The climb toward Colle Pinzuto, with gradients of up to 15% | |||||
| 8 | scope=row | Le Tolfe | 123.6 | 12.4 | 1.1 | A sequence of demanding descents followed by a very punchy climb with a maximum gradient of 18% |
Nine UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-three teams that competed in the race. Only three teams did not enter the maximum squad of six riders; these teams were,, and, and they each entered five riders. From the 135 riders who started the race, 85 finished.[4]
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams