2016 Strade Bianche

the women's race 2016 Strade Bianche Women 2016 Strade Bianche 2016 UCI Europe Tour 5 March 2016 1 176 km 4h 39' 35" Fabian Cancellara SWI TFR 2016 Zdeněk Štybar CZE EQS 2016 Gianluca Brambilla ITA EQS 2016 2015 2017 The tenth edition of the Strade Bianche road cycling race was held on 5 March 2016, in Tuscany, Italy. Swiss Fabian Cancellara concluded his third win in the race. The race covered 176 km 0 on, starting and finishing in Siena. It was part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour, a 1.HC-ranked event.Strade Bianche 2016 - Classic http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Strade_Bianche_2016 ProCyclingStats 18 February 2016 Route thumb|right|2016 route: 176 km with nine sectors of strade bianche. The race started and finished in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Siena,Siena start for Strade Bianche in 2016 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siena-start-for-strade-bianche-in-2016/ Cycling News Immediate Media Company 19 February 2016 marking a shift from previous editions, which started in San Gimignano. Because of its new start location, the distance is scaled back to 176 kilometres, run entirely within the southern Tuscan province of Siena. The Strade Bianche is particularly renowned for its sectors of white gravel roads (strade bianche or sterrati), which comprise large sections of the route. The course ran over the hilly terrain of the Chianti region and included nine sectors and a total of 52.8 km (32.8 mi) of dirt road. The first sector was addressed just 11 km after the start; the longest and most arduous sectors were the ones in Lucignano d’Asso (11.9 km) and Monte Sante Marie (11.5 km).Strade Bianche, da Siena a Siena lo spettacolo è triplo http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/10-11-2015/strade-bianche-2016-percorso-altimetria-uomini-professionisti-granfondo-siena-130871780470.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS Media Group 19 February 2016 Italian The last stretch of gravel road came at 12 km 0 on from the finish in Siena.Farrand Stephen Strade Bianche Preview: Cancellara faces Sagan, Nibali, Stybar and Valverde http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-2015-1-1/preview/ CyclingNews 23 November 2015 The race finished on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo, after a narrow ascent on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina in the heart of the medieval city, with steep stretches of up to 16 % gradient. right|thumb|One of the strade bianche, pictured during the "Eroica" granfondo. + Sectors of it strade biancheStrade Bianche con vista sull'arcobaleno http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/04-03-2016/strade-bianche-vista-arcobaleno-sagan-armitstead-percorso-iscritti-uomini-donne-world-tour-140890311159.shtml gazzetta.it RCS Media Group 5 March 2016 Italian Sector Name Kilometre marker Length (km) Category1 Vidritta11.1 to 13.12.112px|*2 Comune di Murlo39.8 to 45.85.512px|*3 Lucignano d'Asso67.8 to 79.711.912px|*12px|*12px|*4 Radi Bianche80.6 to 90.28[...]5 San Martino in Grania103.6 to 1139.5[...]6 Monte Sante Marie122 to 133.411.512px|*12px|*12px|*12px|*12px|*7 Monteaperti151.7 to 152.50.812px|*8 Colle Pinzuto156.6 to 1592.412px|*12px|*12px|*12px|*9 Le Tolfe162.7 to 1641.112px|*12px|*12px|* Pre-race favourites Previous year's laureate, Czech Zdeněk Štybar, lined up for the 2016 event. World champion Peter Sagan, runner-up in 2013 and 2014, and twofold winner Fabian Cancellara expressed they targeted a victory in the Strade Bianche.Cancellara targets a third victory at Strade Bianche http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-targets-a-third-victory-at-strade-bianche/ Cycling News Immediate Media Company 19 February 2016 Other riders among the favorites were Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde, Michał Kwiatkowski and Greg Van Avermaet.Sagan, Cancellara, Phinney and Nibali headline Strade Bianche http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagan-cancellara-phinney-and-nibali-headline-strade-bianche/ Cyclingnews.com 2 March 2016 Participating teams 18 teams took part in the race: twelve UCI WorldTeams and six UCI Professional Continental teams – totaling 144 riders.18 teams announced for 2016 Strade Bianche http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/18-teams-announced-for-2016-strade-bianche/ Cycling News 19 February 2016 Each team had a maximum of eight riders:https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=54&y=2016&k=start 2016 Strade Bianche - Startlist FirstCycling 8 March 2019 2016 UCI WorldTeams ALM QST LTS SKY AST LAM MOV TNK BMC TLJ ORS 2016a TFS 2016 UCI Professional Continental teams AND NIP BRD TNN CCC WIL 2016a Results Race result10th Strade Bianche (1.HC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164282 Pro Cycling Stats 8 March 2016 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI TFR 2016 4h 39' 35" 2 Zdeněk Štybar CZE EQS 2016 s.t. 3 Gianluca Brambilla ITA EQS 2016 + 4" 4 Peter Sagan SVK TNK 2016 + 13" 5 Petr Vakoč CZE EQS 2016 + 34" 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 37" 7 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2016 + 41" 8 Tiesj Benoot BEL LTS 2016 s.t. 9 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2016 s.t. 10 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2016 + 50" See also 2016 in men's road cycling References 30em External links www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/StradeBianche/it/ Strade Bianche Strade Bianche Category:Strade Bianche Category:March 2016 sports events in Italy