The 2023 Strade Bianche Donne was an Italian
road cycling
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one-day race that took place on 4 March 2023. It was the ninth 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 fifth event of the
2023 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2023 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2023 in women's road cycling, 2023 women's cycling season. It was the eighth edition of the UCI Women's World T ...
.
The race was won by Dutch rider
Demi Vollering
Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering (; born 15 November 1996) is a Dutch professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez.
Considered one of the greatest riders of her generation, sh ...
, who outsprinted her
SD Worx
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teammate
Lotte Kopecky
Lotte Kopecky (; born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam , and the UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, 2023 and 2024 UCI Elite Women's W ...
in Siena.
Route
The race starts and finishes in
Siena
Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...
, Italy. The route was 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 piazza, public space of the historic center of Siena, a city in Tuscany, Italy, Its name comes from the Italian language, Italian word ''campanilismo,'' which translates to "local pride" and ''campanile'' "bell tower." ...
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.
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GB Junior Team Piemonte Pedale Castanese A.S.D.
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Result
Dutch rider
Demi Vollering
Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering (; born 15 November 1996) is a Dutch professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez.
Considered one of the greatest riders of her generation, sh ...
outsprinted her
SD Worx
SD may refer to:
Military and weaponry
* Smith & Wesson SD, a line of pistol (first made 2010)
* SD radar, an early US Navy radar system
* Southern Cross Decoration (SD), a South African military award
Organisations Political parties
* De ...
teammate
Lotte Kopecky
Lotte Kopecky (; born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam , and the UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, 2023 and 2024 UCI Elite Women's W ...
at the finish in Siena to win the race.
3rd place rider
Kristen Faulkner
Kristen Faulkner (born December 18, 1992) is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She is the reigning USA National Road Race Champion and won two gold medals in the women's individual road race and women's t ...
of
Team Jayco–AlUla
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was later disqualified for wearing a
continuous blood glucose monitor - despite the monitor not being used during the race.
Amanda Spratt
Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Au ...
of
Trek–Segafredo retained the leaders jersey of the
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 ...
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References
External links
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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
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