Boots in Italy one of the cycling spring classics. The 18th edition of Strade Bianche It will be held next Saturday March 2, 2024. The start of both races (male and female) will enter Siennanear Stadium/Fortezza Medicea and ends with Field Squarein the city center of Siena, as is tradition in the race.
The first Italian round of the year corresponds to the fifth stop of the UCI World Tour 2024and includes new features in men’s and women’s events.
And in the race for men, for the first time in the history of Street Bianchea route greater than 200 kilometers (they will be 215 km total). It assumes a increase of 28 kilometers regarding the 2023 edition. It also has increased number of ‘sterrato‘ compared to last year. Cyclists have to do it 15 sectors of land in this edition, four more than in 2023, which was 11. This year, therefore, there will be approx. 70 kilometers What dirt cyclists have to do.
In the women’s event, the distance of the route is almost unchanged compared to last year, but the sections of the ‘sterrato‘ of 8 to 12. The corresponds to 10th edition of Street Bianche women will have a total 137 kilometers, and about 40 of them will end up on dirt roads. he’sterrato‘, as mentioned, will star in the race, along with 12 sections which is shared in the race of men.
The Street Bianche This will be its first test 2024 for Slovenian Tadej Pogacar. Pogacar will debut his season in the Italian classic with his team of squires (Tim Wellens, Marc Hirschi, Filippo Baroncini, Jan Christen, Domen Novak and Isaac Del Toro).
Regarding this test, Pogacar He stated that it was a race that he loved and of which he has fond memories. “I prepared really well and we will run for victory. You don’t know exactly how you’re going to be in the first races and have great rivals, but I think with that our team can be ready for anything” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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