Strade Bianche

Defending champion misses final split to finish fourth in Siena.

Van der Poel wins after final battle with Alaphilippe and Bernal on the climb into Siena, Wout van Aert finishes fourth at 51 seconds back.

The fundraising brings the women's total prize purse to €31,876, exceeding that of the men's.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, March 6.

Strade Bianche can be worthy of our affection without being lumped in with the old and sometimes boring monuments, writes Fred Dreier.

Will it be Wout vs Mathieu? And Annemiek vs Anna? Or will some dark horse ride away with the spoils? Surprises are in the forecast for the white roads of Tuscany.

Here's the news making headlines for Friday, March 5

Jumbo-Visma star races for the first time in 2021 in much anticipated duel with Mathieu van der Poel and world champion Julian Alaphilippe over white roads of Tuscany.

World champion champing at bit to notch first win in 2021 at Strade Bianche showdown.

Here's what's making headlines on Thursday, March 4.

GoFundMe creator Cem Tanyeri: 'It's a shame that we need to do it as fans, but on the other hand we're just going to prove the monetary value of this sport.'

In 2001 contributor Rob Coppolillo traveled to Tuscany to participate in a little-known ride on the region's gravel roads. Two decades later, the event has grown into pro cycling's biggest off-road race.

Rivalries, ambition, luck and team strength will play out across one of cycling's most spectacular routes at Strade Bianche.

Jumbo-Visma confident Van Aert will be ‘ready to race’ despite skipping Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in order to spend more time at altitude before classics campaign.

How to watch Strade Bianche men's and women's races in real-time.

It guarantees dramatic racing and is stacked with spectacle. So why not make Strade Bianche one of the five monuments? We argue either side.

Bora-Hansgrohe star will likely make his season debut at Tirreno-Adriatico if recovery remains on track.

From Le Samyn to Strade Bianche to Paris-Nice, here's a look at this week's packed pro road racing calendar.

Tom Pidcock could be the flame needed to reignite the team's stuttering showing in the classics.

Dutch star will race Le Samyn mid-week ahead of clash at Strade Bianche this weekend.

Racers will tackle the iconic white roads, with the familiar leg-busting finale, in early March.

Racing's COVID calendar wasn't all doom and gloom.

From Strade Bianche to the Tour de France, the abridged, altered, and jumbled up 2020 racing calendar delivered some of the most thrilling racing days we’ve seen in a while.

Van Aert simply crushed it this year, from the white roads of Strade Bianche to the mountains of the grand tours.

Photographer James Startt recalls shooting the bright colors of the bunch against the dust and dirt of the Tuscan fields.

This year's WorldTour season was like no other, with overlapping grand tours, a midsummer Strade Bianche and so much more. Could any of those changes be made permanent?

The Belgian all-star is hoping to target one-week races in 2021. I'm all for it – provided he keeps crushing it in the classics.

Movistar rookie marks best U.S. result since 2013 with 17th in Italian monument.

Belgian targeting success across a range of races as he continues to push his own limits.

Van Aert poised to win from any scenario at Sanremo this weekend.

On this week's episode we analyze the action from Strade Bianche, break down the Tour's 11th through 21st stages, and hear from American Leah Thomas about her wild race in Tuscany.

Classics talent to follow up strong performance at Strade Bianche with Milano-Sanremo, Il Lombardia.

I knew that this year’s race would be like no other. I didn’t know what to expect, but still somehow, I expected greatness. I did not leave disappointed.

Three-time world cyclocross champion and Tour de France stage winner Wout van Aert made the race-winning attack on the final gravel sector.

After months of pause, the peloton made a punishing return to WorldTour action Saturday. We pick over the major talking points from an exhilarating day of racing.

North American veteran recalls his 'best ride' in a one day race having finished seventh in Siena.

North American rider regrouped after late mechanical to take third-place.

Return to WorldTour racing saw many contenders lose out due to heat or mechanicals.

Tuscan rider Alberto Bettiol just missed the podium for EF Pro Cycling at Saturday's Strade Bianche.

Max Schachmann fights hard for podium finish at Strade Bianche.

Belgian cross-discipline star punched away on the final section of gravel to take victory after two near-misses.

World champion bridges from over three minutes back to catch and deny lone breakaway rider Garcia.

Ag2r-La Mondiale rider claims to have no symptoms and has since returned negative test results.

Watch Mathieu van der Poel ride the white dirt roads of Tuscany before Strade Bianche.

Mathieu van der Poel says the punchy hills and baking heat will make Saturday's Strade Bianche a punishing affair.

Italian classics star hoping for home success in men's and women's races Saturday.

Michal Kwiatkowski anticipates hot temperatures and loose, sketchy corners for Saturday's WorldTour opener. And he believes Mathieu van der Poel is a favorite to watch.

Dust, heat, and lockdown legs set to add even more spice to the first race of the restarted WorldTour calendar.

Frenchman starting season off the boil with plan to peak for the Tour de France.

Belgian confident and raring to go ahead of Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo.

Italy's Health Minister ruled that anyone visiting Romania or Bulgaria must quarantine for 14 days. That means riders who raced the Sibiu Tour will miss Strade Bianche and Milano Sanremo.

Strade Bianche, Milano-Sanremo, Il Lombardia, Tirreno-Adriatico highlight Sicilian's pre-Giro schedule.

Belgian all-rounder looking to restart season strong next weekend and hold form through to October.

French star plans to start season slightly off the boil to allow form to last a busy schedule set to run through the fall.

The Deceuninck–Quick-Step pro will start racing again in Italy before heading home for Le Dauphiné, the French championships, and the Tour.

Health concerns in Romania put question mark over Dutchman's planned season restart at Sibiu Tour.

While other organizers have shortened routes for 2020, RCS Sport confirmed the full distances for men and women at Strade Bianche.

RCS Sport offers wildcard slots to Alpecin-Fenix at all its one-day races.

A women's Paris-Roubaix is part of cycling's abbreviated calendar that sees monuments and grand tours elbowed into little more than three months.

The Giro faces another hurdle with the 'big start' slated for Budapest in May while Tejay van Garderen pulls out of Paris-Nice

On this week's podcast we take you inside Paris-Nice's fan blockade, discuss COVID-19's impact on global cycling, and discuss the Monuments of Gravel project.

On this week's episode we speak with editor Jim Cotton who was on the ground at the UAE Tour and underwent four days of quarantine due to coronavirus.

The two WorldTour Italian races will be re-scheduled to later in the calendar amid growing impact of coronavirus on the pro cycling world.

Why are officials cancelling pro cycling races? A method called "social distancing" is a proven way to curb the spread of pathogens like COVID-19.

The French team will not be participating in the upcoming Italian races, and it remains to be seen if they start in French races.

The coronavirus presenting unprecedented challenges for pro cyclists, governing bodies, and cycling fans.

RCS Sport confirms it will not hold the Italian one-day races scheduled for Saturday in light of a growing coronavirus crisis in Italy.

A decree by the Italian government cancelling all public events is likely to impact Strade Bianche, Milano-Sanremo, and other cycling events.

Pressure is mounting as weekend races face growing coronavirus crisis. Teams have been placed in extended quarantine, doctors post warning, and others vow not to race.

American squad EF Pro Cycling has written David Lappartient and RCS Sport director Mauro Vengi asking to be exempt from Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, and Milano-Sanremo.

The French sport minister said Paris-Nice will be allowed to be held, ending worries for now that the coronavirus could derail the 'Race to the Sun'

RCS Sport sent a message Monday morning assuring teams that Strade Bianche and other Italian races will be held.

Teams are considering alternate schedules in case early-season Italian races are scrapped due to local quarantines.

RCS Sport said there is no 'plan B' as Italian officials shut down areas near the route of the season's first monument

The multi-faceted star changes gear from ’cross to pavement this week ahead of the spring classics

What did it take for Julian Alaphilippe to beat Jakob Fuglsang? Is Annika Langvad's Strade Bianche podium result a sign of things to come?

Repeating his performance from 2018, van Aert says the second podium finish was harder than his first, and he dreams of winning in Tuscany.

Alaphilippe denies Fuglsang in final 200 meters, extending Deceuninck-Quick-Step's winning streak.