| 2020 UCI Women's World Tour, race 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1 August 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 136 km (84.51 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 03' 54" | ||||||||||||
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| 2020 UCI Women's World Tour, race 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 136 km (84.51 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 03' 54" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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Strade Bianche (both the men's race and the women's race) was originally scheduled for 7 March 2020 but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Starting and finishing in Siena, Italy, Strade Bianche is the second event of the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The route is identical to that of the previous years, containing 30 km (19 mi) of gravel roads spread over eight sectors, for a total distance of 136 km (85 mi). [2]
| No. | Name | Distance from | Length (km) | Category | |
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| Start (km) | Finish (km) | ||||
| 1 | Vidritta | 17.6 | 118.4 | 2.1 |  |
| 2 | Bagnaia | 25 | 111.0 | 5.8 | |
| 3 | Radi | 36.9 | 99.1 | 4.4 | |
| 4 | La piana | 47.6 | 88.4 | 5.5 | |
| 5 | San Martino in Grania | 67.5 | 68.5 | 9.5 | |
| 6 | Monteaperti | 111.3 | 24.7 | 0.8 | |
| 7 | Colle Pinzuto | 116.6 | 19.4 | 2.4 | |
| 8 | Le Tolfe | 123.6 | 12.4 | 1.1 | |
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fourteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that competed in the race. Most teams entered the maximum of six riders; however, Eurotarget–Bianchi–Vittoria and Servetto–Piumate–Beltrami TSA entered five each, while Astana, Cogeas–Mettler–Look, and Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank only entered four each. [3] The day before the race, Ashleigh Moolman of CCC Liv, Ella Harris of Canyon–SRAM, and Clara Koppenburg of Équipe Paule Ka sustained various injuries in separate training ride crashes and were forced to pull out of the race. This reduced the starting peloton to 121 riders. [4] Of these riders, only 45 finished, while a further 13 riders finished over the time limit.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Mitchelton–Scott | 4h 03' 54" |
| 2 |  Mavi García (ESP) | Alé BTC Ljubljana | + 22" |
| 3 |  Leah Thomas (USA) | Équipe Paule Ka | + 1' 53" |
| 4 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Boels–Dolmans | + 2' 05" |
| 5 |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Trek–Segafredo | + 2' 11" |
| 6 | Marianne Vos (NED) | CCC Liv | + 2' 26" |
| 7 |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | + 2' 40" |
| 8 |  Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling | + 3' 26" |
| 9 |  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) | Boels–Dolmans | + 4' 20" |
| 10 | Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | Alé BTC Ljubljana | + 5' 20" |
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