The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name Strade Bianche stems from the historic white gravel roads in the Crete Senesi, which are a defining feature of the race. One-third of the total race distance is raced on dirt roads, covering 63 km (39 mi) of strade bianche, spread over 11 sectors.
Fabian Cancellara won the 2008 Monte Paschi Eroica in a two-man sprint with Alessandro Ballan in Siena.
The peloton during the 2014 event, won by Michał Kwiatkowski.
The Piazza del Campo in Siena hosts the finish of the Strade Bianche.
One of the strade bianche in the Crete Senesi, south of Siena, pictured during the "Eroica" granfondo in 2008.
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. Siena is the 12th largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 53,062 as of 2022.
View of Piazza del Campo (Campo Square), the Mangia Tower (Torre del Mangia) and Santa Maria in Provenzano Church
Capitoline Wolf at Siena Duomo. According to a legend, Siena was founded by Senius and Aschius, two sons of Remus. When they fled Rome, they took the statue of the She-wolf to Siena, which became a symbol of the town.
Madonna and Child with saints polyptych by Duccio (1311–18)
Sassetta, Institution of the Eucharist (1430–32), Pinacoteca di Siena
