Following the season opener in the UAE, the World Tour and Women's World Tour will be held over the weekend at Strade Bianche and Strade Bianche Women. Although this race does not have the history and tradition of the Monument Classic, it has quickly emerged as one of the most prestigious awards of the spring.

This year's race will be held on Saturday, March 4, and will start and finish in Siena, Tuscany. Top stars of the peloton, including Annemiek van Fruten (Movistar) and Mathieu van der Pol (Alpecin Deceuninck), will compete.

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In the women's race, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) will be on the start line with Van Vleuten, while Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal - Quick! Step) battle it out with Van der Pol.

The women's race will be contested over 136 km of the famous white gravel roads and eight stellate sections, while the men's race will be 184 km over 11 sections. Of course, there are many hills.

Check below for the route and start list for Strade Bianche.

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