Strade Bianche

American Megan Guarnier attacks a lead group and stays away to win the inaugural edition of the women's Strade Bianche

Canada's only grand tour winner picks up his season at Saturday's race on Tuscany's gravel roads

Several former winners will start Saturday's Strade Bianche, a 200km race in Tuscany that includes 45km on hilly, gravel roads

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Saturday's first-ever Strade Bianche women's race offers a course of moderate length, with punishing hills

A crash while mountain biking in December led to Simon Gerrans' longest time away from the bike, but he's back and ready to race Saturday

The new women's event will tackle 17 kilometers of dirt roads in hilly Tuscany

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After a two-year revival, Roma Maxima will be put on hold for 2015, but RCS Sport announced teams invited to race Strade Bianche

Photos from the 2014 Strade Bianche

Results from the 2014 Strade Bianche

After the two escape a strong group of contenders Kwiatkowski rockets away from Sagan on the final climb to take the victory in Siena

The annual race on the dirt roads of Italy is scheduled for Saturday

With pro cycling deeply affected by the struggling European economy, Strade Bianche and Roma Maxima will provide a lift this weekend

Italian dirt-road semi-classic will roll out on a new course, with the traditional finish in Siena

Giro owner RCS Sports announces the teams for its early-March semi-classics

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

Weekly news program looks at our coverage of Shimano's road line updates and suggests Cunego isn't one for race advice

Moreno Moser and Peter Sagan one-two the field on the white roads of Siena, Italy

Results from the 2013 Strade Bianche

Graham Watson shoots the 2013 Strade Bianche

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara can only manage fourth as Cannondale goes one-two

The peloton takes to the white roads of Tuscany on Saturday and riders like Cancellara and Sagan are looking for first classics blood

Fabian Cancellara, Sep Vanmarcke, Taylor Phinney among the starters for the dirt roads Italian semi-classic

RCS Sport announces a new one-day race, the Roma Maxima, to be held March 3

Spartacus wins Strade Bianche for the second time, in grand style

Philippe Gilbert admits he’s not at the same level as last year

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Rewind to one of the most epic Giro stages ever when the 2010 edition tackled the grime and mud of the white roads of Tuscany, and heralded a new generation of GC kings.

There are a lot of big names expected for the 101st edition of Milan-San Remo next month, but Riccardo Riccò isn’t among them.