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Strade Bianche Discussion
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 17-12-2024 21:22
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 [HC] Strade Bianche
Welcome to Tuscany, where the entirety of PCT teams will ride one of the most spectacular races in modern cycling on the eponymous white streets.
The race consists of a round around the town of Sienna, leading the riders over lots of gravel roads, though those sectors are not considered hard enough to make the race attractive to most of the cobblers. The history of the race supports their view as it’s mostly won by puncheurs. And they will be the big favourites in this year’s edition too, given the many hills the riders have to tackle. This led to big selections in the previous editions, so that only small groups went to the final sprint up to the old town of Sienna.
The race has been on the MGUCI calendar ever since 2009 and has accumulated a long and illustrious list of winners, though none of them was able to win the race twice. But  McCarthy,  Borges and Kelderman are here to be the first two time winner.
The most recent editions have been won by sprints from small groups, though solo wins were more common in previous editions. And though the white gravel roads of the race are infamous the winners list mostly consists of puncheurs.
Previous winners:
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| Year | Winner | | | | | | | | | 2023 | Joseph Areruya (Xero Racing) | | 2022 | Tejay Van Garderen (Sauber Petronas Racing) | | 2021 | Jay McCarthy (cycleYorkshire) | | 2020 | Bruno Borges (Duolingo) | | | | | | | | 2019 | Toms Skujins (Evonik - ELKO) | | | | | | | | 2018 | Simone Ponzi (Hugo Boss) | | | | | | | | 2017 | Aleksandar Flügel (Kraftwerk Man Machine) | | | | | | | 2016 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Netia - Norske Skog) | | | | | | 2015 | Wilco Kelderman (Team Puma - SAP) | | 2014 | Michael Van Stayen (Venchi - Ferranti) | | | | | | 2013 | Jonathan Bellis (Rothaus - Aegon) | | 2012 | Rui Costa (Team CSC-Orbea) | | 2011 | Nick Nuyens (Domina Vacanze) | | 2010 | Marcus Burghardt (Wikipedia) | | 2009 | Clément Lhotellerie (Nintendo - Honda) | | | | | | |
2023 results:
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| 1 | Joseph Areruya | Xero Racing | 5h00'22 | | 2 | Robert Stannard | DuckDuckGo - Everesting | + 52 | | 3 | Xandro Meurisse | Lampre - Pinarello | s.t. | | 4 | Sergio Higuita | Los Pollos Hermanos | s.t. | | 5 | Kilian Frankiny | Sauber Petronas Racing | s.t. | | 6 | Eduard Alexander Beltran | Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska | s.t. | | 7 | Laurens De Plus | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | 8 | Matteo Fabbro | Air New Zealand-Alfa Romeo | s.t. | | 9 | Anthony Turgis | Lampre - Pinarello | s.t. | | 10 | Muhamad Zawawi Azman | Sauber Petronas Racing | s.t. |
With all PCT teams starting in this race it’s no surprise we see the who is who of the divisions puncheurs fighting for the win. Apart from the purer puncheurs riders like  Benoot,  Van Niekerk or  Hirschi could profit from the constant undulations in the last part of the race.
| | FL | MO | HI | ST | RS | SP | AC | | McCarthy | Jay | 70 | 67 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 74 |  Kinoshita | Tomohiro | 72 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 76 |  Sagan | Peter | 70 | 72 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 73 |  Stannard | Robert | 73 | 73 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 78 | | Kelderman | Wilco | 69 | 70 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 66 | 71 |  Vakoc | Petr | 71 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 74 | | Benoot | Tiesj | 71 | 75 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 71 | | Van Niekerk | Aidan | 69 | 75 | 80 | 72 | 75 | 64 | 74 |  Müller | Patrick | 70 | 67 | 80 | 76 | 71 | 66 | 73 | | Kwiatkowski | Michal | 70 | 76 | 79 | 71 | 73 | 65 | 72 |  Bagioli | Andrea | 71 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 78 | | Edmondson | Joshua | 70 | 69 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 76 |  Turgis | Anthony | 73 | 67 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 70 | 77 |  De Plus | Laurens | 72 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 61 | 72 | | Borges | Bruno | 69 | 69 | 79 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 79 | | Hirschi | Marc | 71 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 66 | 75 |  Demare | Arnaud | 72 | 66 | 79 | 74 | 71 | 81 | 80 |  Tesfatsion | Natnael | 68 | 76 | 78 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 78 |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 17-12-2024 21:41
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A rare HC race for Kinoshita which actually suits him and makes him one of the main contenders. Looking forward to this one
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 17-12-2024 21:51
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A repeat of last year would be awesome 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 18-12-2024 00:16
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Parcours a little easier this year as it seemed to be tilting to the hybrids which feels wrong for Strade. Startlist seems to focus on traditional puncheurs so that is apparently the lesson managers have taken.
There are some cool parcours with Level 1 cobbles that bring the classics guys into the race but I found the break kept winning in those versions. I think 24 handles dirt roads more specifically so that might be possible in future versions.
Narvaez probably out of his depth here but we can hope.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-12-2024 05:42
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Benoot didn't do well here last season, so we're hoping for an improvement. It's his first hilly outing of the season as well. Support should be decent, so hopes are high.
Thanks for the preview
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-12-2024 08:47
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We really need Stannard to step up to his role here. Given how we've been fumbling the odd little semichances we manage to find the room for failure has been exhausted. So please Rob, do your thing.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 18-12-2024 11:20
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Thanks KB for the preview!
I hope Vakoc can score a top 10 here. Everything else will be bonus.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 18-12-2024 12:12
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Thanks for the preview! Time for Xandro to do his thing, even if he isn't mentioned in the preview!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 19-12-2024 20:12
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For a HC race we needed a better result than ninth. Somewhat disappointed with that actually.
Thanks for the report kandesbunzler and congrats Gustavovskiy!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-12-2024 20:21
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Let's just call this the worst race of the season. Thanks for the report!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 20-12-2024 02:49
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Stannard stepped up, congrats to Gus.
Narvaez surprised me by being in the final group at the finish but didn't have enough left for meaningful points.
Thanks for the report.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 20-12-2024 06:56
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Quite an anonymous race for us for the most part, with Benoot waking up at the right moment and taking 2nd. This was a great result given how poorly we did here last season.
Congrats to Gustav and thanks for the report kb
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 20-12-2024 07:34
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Thanks kandesbuzler for the report and congrats Gustav!
Good to have two riders in the bunch, but then finishing 17th and 19th is a bummer. Onto the next one!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 20-12-2024 08:39
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Yes!
Finally a moment to lift our spirits and raise some hope for the outcome of the season. Really needed this result. Thanks everyone! Thanks for the report kb!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 20-12-2024 14:17
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Very nice images of the race. Makes me look forward to the real one in a couple of months  Congratulations to Gustav on a big win here.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 20-12-2024 16:05
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Happy with a strong Ackermann-finish here, some valuable points!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 20-12-2024 18:29
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Not quite the placement we had hoped for from Meurisse but he didn't completely fall through the floor so we are thankful for that. Thanks for the report and congrats to Gustav on a nice win for Stannard!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-12-2024 19:40
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12th is alright in this field, but i'd hoped in a group finish Lagane would do better than middling.
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