The 2022 Strade Bianche Donne was an Italian

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one-day race that took place on 5 March 2022. It was the 8th edition of

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and the first event of the

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. The usual first race of the season, the

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was cancelled due to the

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. It was won by the Belgian national champion

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Route

The race starts and finishes in

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, 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

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has a 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. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * * * * * * * * * * Team Mendelspeck *

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

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. On the final climb on the Via Santa Caterina up to the finish,

of SD Worx was the only rider able to keep up with

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. However, at the top of the climb, Kopecky was able to outsprint van Vleuten for the win.

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was third, 10 seconds behind. After the race, Kopecky lauded the work of her SD Worx teammates.

Result

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Strade Bianche Women 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 ...

Strade Bianche Women