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The race:
The Montepaschi Strade Bianche (white roads) is a relatively new race that grew up out of an enthusiast ride that went over the white, unpaved roads in the Chianti area of Tuscany.
The desire by the promoter RCS Sport, which also organizes the Giro d'Italia, was to create a professional race with a distinctive and heroic character that will eventually take its place alongside the other springtime classics. The first edition was run in October of 2007. It is currently held in early March. In 2009 roughly a third of the route was on unpaved roads in 8 separate sectors, the longest of which was 13.5 kilometers. 190 km long, The race finishes in Siena's famous Piazza del Campo.
The race's original name was "Montepaschi Eroica", but it was later changed to "Strade Bianche"
We have complete results for every edition posted. Just click on the year.
2019 & later editions include full results for the women's races.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
2007 | Alexandre Kolobnev 4hr 42min 10sec |
Marcus Lungqvist @ 3sec |
Mikhaylo Khalilov @ 39sec |
180 km | 38.275 |
2008 | Fabian Cancellara 4hr 34min 41sec |
Alessandro Ballan @ s.t. |
Linus Gerdemann @ 15sec |
181 km | 39.536 |
2009 | Thomas Lövkvist 4hr 59min 2sec |
Fabian Wegmann @ 4sec |
Martin Elmiger @ 6sec |
190 km | 38.122 |
2010 | Maxim Iglinskiy 4hr 49min 48sec |
Thomas Lövkvist @ 1sec |
Michael Rogers @ s.t. |
190 km | 38.100 |
2011 | Philippe Gilbert 4hr 44min 26sec |
Alessandro Ballan @ s.t. |
Damiano Cunego @ s.t. |
190 km | 40.079 |
2012 | Fabian Cancellara 4hr 44min 59sec |
Maxim Iglinskiy @ 42sec |
Oscar Gatto @ s.t. |
190 km | 40.002 |
2013 | Moreno Moser 5hr 1min 53sec |
Peter Sagan @ 6sec |
Rinaldo Nocentini @ 7sec |
188 km | 37.365 |
2014 | Michal Kwiatkowski 5hr 20min 33sec |
Peter Sagan @ 19sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 36sec |
197 km | 37.435 |
2015 | Zdenek Stybar 5hr 22min 13sec |
Greg Van Avermaet @ sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 18sec |
200 km | 37.272 |
2016 | Fabian Cancellara 4hr 39min 35sec |
Zdenek Stybar @ s.t. |
Gianluca Brambilla @ 4sec |
176 km | 37.770 km/hr |
2017 | Michal Kwiatkowski 4hr 42min 42sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ 15sec |
Tim Wellens @ 17sec |
175 km | 37.141 km/hr |
2018 | Tiesj Benoot 5hr 3min 33sec |
Romain Bardet @ 39sec |
Wout van Aert @ 58sec |
184 km | 36.370 km/hr |
2019 | Julian Alaphilippe 4hr 47min 14sec |
Jakob Fuglsang @ 2sec |
Wout van Aert @ 27sec |
184 km | 38.435 km/hr |
2020 | Wout van Aert 4hr 58min 56sec |
Davide Formolo @ 30sec |
Max Schachmann @ 32sec |
184 km | 36.931 km/hr |
2021 | Mathieu van der Poel 4hr 40min 29sec |
Julian Alaphilippe @ 5sec |
Egan Bernal @ 20sec |
184 km | 39.36 km/hr |
2022 | Tadej Pogacar 4hr 47min 49sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 37sec |
Kasper Asgreen @ 46sec |
184 km | 38.358 km/hr |
2023 | Thomas Pidcock 4hr 31min 41sec |
Valentin Madouas @ 20sec |
Tiesj Benoot @ 22sec |
184 km | 40.636 km/hr |
2024 | Tadej Pogacar 5hr 19min 45sec |
Toms Skujins @ 2min 44sec |
Maxim Van Gils @ 2min 47sec |
215 km | 40.344 Km/hr |
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