The 2022 Strade Bianche Donne was an Italian
road cycling one-day race that took place on 5 March 2022. It was the 8th edition of
Strade Bianche Donne
The Strade Bianche Donne ''(Strade Bianche Women)'', also named Strade Bianche Rosa by Italian media, is an annual professional list of women's road bicycle races, women's road bicycle racing event in Tuscany, Italy. Roughly a quarter of the rou ...
and the first event of the
2022 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2022 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that includes twenty-five road cycling events throughout the 2022 women's cycling season. It is the seventh edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste ...
. The usual first race of the season, the
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in
Australia
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was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. It was won by the Belgian national champion
Lotte Kopecky.
Route
The race starts and finishes in
Siena, Italy. The route is identical to that of the
previous years, containing 30 km of ''
'strade bianche gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of 136 km.
The final kilometre in Siena to the finish line in the
Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo is the main public space of the historic center of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is regarded as one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. It is renowned worldwide for its beauty and architectural integrity. The Palazzo Pubblico and i ...
has an maximum gradient of 16%.
Teams
Fourteen UCI Women's WorldTeams and eleven UCI Women's Continental Teams make up the twenty-five teams that will compete in the race.
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Team Mendelspeck
Team Mendelspeck is an Italian women's road cycling team that was founded in 2019, before registering with the UCI for the 2022 season.
Major results
:Stage 3 Giro delle Marche in Rosa, Angela Oro
References
Cycling teams based in Italy
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Summary
After a variety of attacks from riders throughout the ' gravel tracks, a small group of twelve riders made it to the foot of the final climb in Siena - with 3 of those riders belonging to
SD Worx
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company ...
. On the final climb on the Via Santa Caterina up to the finish,
Lotte Kopecky of SD Worx was the only rider able to keep up with
Annemiek van Vleuten of
Movistar Team. However, at the top of the climb, Kopecky was able to outsprint van Vleuten for the win.
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th an ...
of
SD Worx
SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company ...
was third, 10 seconds behind.
After the race, Kopecky lauded the work of her SD Worx teammates.
Result
References
External links
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