2016 Strade Bianche Women

the men's race 2016 Strade Bianche 2016 Strade Bianche Donne 230px 5 March 2016 2016 UCI Women's World Tour 1 17 1 121 km 3h 30' 13" Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2016 Katarzyna Niewiadoma POL DSB 2016 Emma Johansson SWE WHT 2016 2015 2017 The second edition of the women's Strade Bianche was held on 5 March 2016, in Tuscany, Italy. British world champion Lizzie Armitstead won the race, in bad weather, ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Emma Johansson.Braverman Jessi Lizzie Armitstead wins Strade Bianche Women http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2016/results/ cyclingnews.com 5 March 2016 The women's Strade Bianche served as the first event of the inaugural UCI Women's World Tour, the highest level of professional women's cycling.Weislo Laura UCI announces 2016 Women's World Tour http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-2016-womens-world-tour/ Cycling News Immediate Media Company 19 February 2016Siena start for Strade Bianche in 2016. Women’s WorldTour to start on dirt roads. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/siena-start-for-strade-bianche-in-2016/ Cycling News Immediate Media Company 19 February 2016 The race is organized on the same day as the men's event, at a shorter distance, but on much of the same roads. Route The Strade Bianche is a one day cycling race starting in and finishing in Siena, notorious for its long sections of white gravel roads (sterrati or strade bianche in Italian). The course runs over hilly terrain in the province of Siena, for a total of 121 km, featuring seven sectors and 22.4 km of dirt roads.Strade Bianche 2016, svelato il percorso [altimetria e planimetria] http://www.cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/continental/strade-bianche-2016-svelato-il-percorso-ufficiale-altimetria-e-planimetria cyclingpro.net 21 February 2016 13 November 2015 Italian https://web.archive.org/web/20151113230738/http://www.cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/continental/strade-bianche-2016-svelato-il-percorso-ufficiale-altimetria-e-planimetria dead dmy-all Six sectors were in common with the men's route.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 Gazzetta.it RCS Media Group 19 February 2016 Italian The race finished on Siena's Piazza del Campo, after a narrow ascent on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina in the heart of the medieval city. Results 1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2016 3h 30' 13" 2 Katarzyna Niewiadoma POL DSB 2016 + 3" 3 Emma Johansson SWE WHT 2016 + 13" 4 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA WHT 2016 + 1' 04" 5 Anna van der Breggen NED DSB 2016 + 1' 07" 6 Megan Guarnier USA DLT 2016 + 1' 07" 7 Annemiek van Vleuten NED LAJ 2016 + 1' 13" 8 Claudia Lichtenberg GER LBL 2016 + 1' 17" 9 Lauren Kitchen AUS HPU 2016 + 1' 17" 10 Leah Kirchmann CAN TLP 2016 + 1' 21" See also 2016 in women's road cycling 2016 UCI Women's World Tour References 30em Strade Bianche Category:Strade Bianche Strade Bianche Category:March 2016 sports events in Italy