2015 Strade Bianche Women

The 2015 Strade Bianche was the first running of the Strade Bianche Donne, a one-day women's cycling race in Italy that was held on 7 March 2015. The race started in San Gimignano and finished on Siena's Piazza del Campo 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][2]

2015 Strade Bianche
Route of the inaugural event
Route of the inaugural event
Race details
Dates7 March 2015
Distance103 km (64.00 mi)
Winning time2h 59' 17"
Results
  Winner  Megan Guarnier (USA) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Third  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Wiggle–Honda)

The event was won by American Megan Guarnier after distancing her teammate Lizzie Armitstead and Italian Elisa Longo Borghini during the final stretches of the race.[3][4] Like the men's race, the women's race featured five gravel sectors, totalling 17 kilometres (11 miles).[5]

Teams

16 teams competed in the race.[6]

Results

American Megan Guarnier, pictured in 2018, won the inaugural edition of the race.
Result[7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans 2h 59' 17"
2  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 37"
3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle–Honda + 37"
4  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 39"
5  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Rabo–Liv + 46"
6  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Rabo–Liv + 52"
7  Alena Amialiusik (BLR) Velocio–SRAM + 54"
8  Hanna Solovey (UKR) Astana–Acca Due O + 1' 04"
9  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling Team + 1' 10"
10  Elena Cecchini (ITA) Lotto–Soudal Ladies + 4' 01"

See also

References

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