2025 Strade Bianche

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2025 Strade Bianche
2025 UCI World Tour, race 5 of 36
Race details
Dates8 March 2025
Stages1
Distance213 km (132.4 mi)
Winning time5h 13' 58"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)
  SecondFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tom Pidcock  (GBR) (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
  ThirdFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Wellens  (BEL) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)
  2024
2026  

The 2025 Strade Bianche was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 8 March 2025 in Tuscany, Italy. It was the 19th edition of the Strade Bianche and the fifth event of the 2025 UCI World Tour.

Contents

The race was won by Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates XRG for the third time, despite crashing at high speed with around 50 kilometres (31 mi) of the race remaining. [1]

Route

The race started and finished in Siena, Italy. Taking place over 213 kilometres (132 mi), the course included 81.7 kilometres (50.8 mi) of 'strade bianche' gravel roads spread over thirteen sectors, with one new sector starting in Serravalle. [2] [3] Although taking place over a similar distance to previous editions of the race, the Serravalle sector added an additional 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of 'strade bianche' gravel roads compared to the 2024 edition of the race. [2] The race finished on the Piazza del Campo, after a steep climb up Via Santa Caterina with a maximum gradient of 16%. [2]

Teams

Twenty-five teams participated in the race, including all eighteen UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams. [4]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProSeries Teams

Result

Result [5]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 5h 13' 58"
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tom Pidcock  (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 24"
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Wellens  (BEL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 2' 12"
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ben Healy  (IRL) EF Education–EasyPost + 3' 23"
5Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4' 20"
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Magnus Cort  (DEN) Uno-X Mobility + 4' 26"
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gianni Vermeersch  (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 4' 29"
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Michael Valgren  (DEN) EF Education–EasyPost + 4' 37"
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto + 4' 47"
10Flag of Spain.svg  Roger Adrià  (ESP) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 06"

References

  1. "Strade Bianche: Tadej Pogacar recovers from crash to beat Tom Pidcock for back-to-back win". BBC Sport. 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  2. 1 2 3 Tyson, Jackie (2025-01-25). "Strade Bianche 2025 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. "Percorso". Strade Bianche. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. "Startlist for Strade Bianche 2025". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  5. Moultrie, James (8 March 2025). "Strade Bianche: Tadej Pogačar withstands high-speed crash to win third title". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 8 March 2025.