2024 Strade Bianche Donne Explained

2024 Strade Bianche Donne
Series:2024 UCI Women's World Tour
Race No:5
Season No:27
Date:2 March 2024
Stages:1
Distance:137
Unit:km
Time:3h 55' 43"
First:Lotte Kopecky
First Nat:BEL
Second:Elisa Longo Borghini
Second Nat:ITA
Third:Demi Vollering
Third Nat:NED
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Strade Bianche Donne was an Italian road cycling one-day race that took place on 2 March 2024. It was the tenth edition of Strade Bianche Donne and the fifth event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was won by Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky of Team SD Worx–Protime.[1]

Route

The race starts and finishes in Siena, Italy. Taking place over 137km (85miles) (a similar distance to previous editions of the race), the course contains 40 km of 'strade bianche gravel roads spread over twelve sectors, four sectors over a total of 10 km more than in previous editions of the race.[2] The final kilometre in Siena to the finish line in the Piazza del Campo has an maximum gradient of 16%.[3]

Teams

Fourteen UCI Women's WorldTeams and ten UCI Women's Continental Teams make up the twenty-four teams that will compete in the race.[4]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knöfler . Lukas . 2 March 2024 . Lotte Kopecky claims Strade Bianche win after final kilometre attack . 17 March 2024 . CyclingNews.
  2. Web site: 2024-03-11 . Strade Bianche Women 2024 . 2024-04-05 . cyclingnews.com . en.
  3. Web site: Percorso . 4 March 2023 . Strade Bianche.
  4. Web site: Strade Bianche Donne Teams. Strade Bianche Media Centre. RCS. 17 March 2024.