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The 2015 Strade Bianche was the first running of the
Strade Bianche Donne
The Strade Bianche Donne ''(Strade Bianche Women)'', also named Strade Bianche Rosa by Italian media, is an annual professional list of women's road bicycle races, women's road bicycle racing event in Tuscany, Italy. Roughly a quarter of the rou ...
, a one-day women's cycling race in Italy that was held on 7 March 2015. The race started in San Gimignano
San Gimignano () is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of ...
and finished on Siena's Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo is the main public space of the historic center of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is regarded as one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. It is renowned worldwide for its beauty and architectural integrity. The Palazzo Pubblico and i ...
and was run entirely in the province of Siena, in the Chianti region of Tuscany. The inaugural edition was spun off the men's event, which started in 2007, and had a UCI rating of 1.1 1.1 may refer to:
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The event was won by American Megan Guarnier after distancing her teammate Lizzie Armitstead
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
and Italian Elisa Longo Borghini during the final stretches of the race. Like the men's race, the women's race featured five gravel sectors, totalling .
Teams
16 teams competed in the race. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Results
See also
*2015 in women's road cycling
2015 in women's road cycling is about the 2015 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2015 UCI Women's Teams.
UCI Road World Rankings
Final ranking 2015.
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Richmon ...
References
External links
* {{Strade Bianche 2015 in women's road cycling Strade Bianche 2015 in Italian sport