The third edition of the
women's Strade Bianche was held on 4 March 2017, in
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
,
Italy
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Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
During her career, Longo Borghini has won the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, Giro d'Ita ...
won the race, in bad weather, ahead of
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma Phinney (; born 29 September 1994) is a Polish bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her eighteen professional wins are the Tour de France Femmes in 2024 Tour d ...
and the previous year's champion,
Lizzie Deignan
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is also the ...
.
The women's Strade Bianche served as the first event of the second
UCI Women's World Tour
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. , the tour includes 27 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, stage races such as Wo ...
, the highest level of professional women's cycling.
The race is organized on the same day as the
men's event, at a shorter distance, but on much of the same roads.
Results
See also
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2017 in women's road cycling
2017 in women's road cycling is about the 2017 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2017 UCI Women's Teams.
World Rankings
♦Change since previous week's rankings♣U23 rider
World Championships
The World Road Champion ...
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2017 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2017 UCI Women's World Tour was the second edition of the UCI Women's WorldTour, UCI Women's World Tour. For the 2017 season, the calendar consisted of 20 races, up from 17 in 2016 UCI Women's World Tour, 2016. Two one-day races – the Amstel ...
References
Strade Bianche
The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...
Strade Bianche
Strade Bianche
The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...
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