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Italy Tuscany gravel this could be the greatest cycling cocktail known to man and it’s being served up again this Saturday in Sienna can anyone stop taty pachar from winning Strat bian again in the famous Piaza among the thousands of cheering fans we’ll get to tat pachar

And all the favorites I think you should be keeping an eye on this Saturday March 2nd but first let’s talk about the race because it’s taken a major step forward in 2024 and added even more reasons why we think it can be considered one of the newest monuments in cycling Strate bian

Gave us gravel before gravel was considered cool long before the trend of gravel bikes or the rise of the gravel World Championships we had Strat bian the organizer embraced the early charm of the Jalia when it went over those gravel roads here and there or what the

J would do in later years adding in a few gravel stages remember 2010 cadel Evans in the rainbow world championship Jersey winning the stage in Tuscany in 2007 a star was born using the charm of the aroa grand Fondo in the same area and adding in top level Pros the Stars

Turned up they won and they loved it they would often try to find a way to fit into their busy schedules of the opening weekend Amo pet news block beforehand and the races to come like the perin trano adriatico stage races and the classics ahead like Milano Sano

And the tour of Flanders in the process with the wins like those from Fabian kelara and Philipe jilber strata bian became a classic some would even consider it Monument worthy but we’ll get to that later for 2024 strata Bianca is giving us more of what we love gravel

The race will Now cover over 200 km for the first time time and that means more of a classic feel and more gravel the races makeover sees a final circuit repeated twice 15 sectors in total or 71 km of gravel that stretches 215 km the race begins at Sienna’s Fort and head

South of town through some of Italy’s most picturesque Landscapes think Rolling Hills cypress trees olive trees Vineyards and Riders racing on small farm roads some of them gravel some going through towns as old as the Renaissance this is Strate bian and oh did I mention Pat Del compo the finish

Of the bike race where they hold the horse race twice a year it’s a natural stadium and one of the coolest most picturesque finishes in all of cycling let’s get down to the nitty gritty the meat of the race the 15 sectors or 71 kilometers of gravel they come early in

The race they come late in the race and they come in the middle too the big one 11 1 12 km arguably the hardest is Monte Sant Maria with gravel up a steep climb and a gravel descent it’s in the second half of the race and it’s definitely

Going to shape the outcome then we have this new finish that’s going to change the race these backto back gravel sectors kle penut and trop which are in the cir that is repeated twice the final one leaving around 12 km to race this means that gravel comes much later in a

Race that is longer all of this without mentioning the finish in Sienna to get to the famous Piaza everyone has to race up the nasty Santa Katrina Road this is where wal van art cramped got back on his bike and went on to finished third in 2018 and what was a breakout

Performance Belgian walan art would return 2 years later in 2020 and win the race joining a rich and prestigious list of winners over the past 17 editions that includes Philip jilber Mikel kakowski zenx stear TSH bote Julian alep Matthew Vanderpool taty pachar and a 2023 20 kilm solo Tom pitock Fabian

Kelara won three times 2008 2012 2016 enough that they named one of the sectors after him that’s one of the longest most grueling sectors 11.5 km Monte Sant Maria when the Riders begin that sector if they look right over there to the right before they start

They’ll see a plaque a little stone with kellar’s name on it on the women’s side Demi valerine won last year and it head-to-head with her teammate lot keki those two again are the favorites in the 2024 Strate bian women’s race they both race for team SD Works in a race that’s

137 km and just as power packed last time tat pachar raced was in 2022 he won attacking 50 kilm out and winning Solo in Sienna that year he just come from the UAE tour where he made his debut and won the race overall in a sponsor’s home country this year the

Race will mark his 20 24 season debut pachar last raced in il lombardia to close out his 2023 season where he went on a 31 km Ripper to win Solo in a season that included victories in the tour of Landers flesh wellone amdale gold race and finishing second in the

Tur of France his team includes Tim wellin who just finished second in Brussels and New Mexican Star Isaac Doro British writer Tom pockock will offer the biggest competition to pachar last year’s winner is one of the most adapt to this sort of terrain his inos team includes two-time winner Mikel

Kakowski garrant Thomas Egan Bernal and American Magnus shefield another Us Rider sep cus is leading the visma super team wal fan art is not racing he just helped teammate Yan tratnik win amlu pet news blot and then the day later Sunday he won Brussels for himself he’s

Taking a break his next race will be E3 get wgam and the big ones Flanders and Peru Bay American neelson Palace leads the EF education easy post team along with Ben Healey Simon Yates of J KO alula should ride well over the climbs but perhaps is not suited to the gravel

As much as pachar and pitcock also keep an eye out on sudal quickstep they’ll want to make up for disastrous amlu pet news blot last weekend they’ll be leading with their Stars Julian alip 2019 winner and the Danish Rider Casper asran former turff Landers winner Matthew Vanderpool the 2021 winner will

Not be racing he’s yet to make his season debut after winning the cycle cross World Championships he’s taking a break his debut will come in Milano San rmo later on in March the weather while it’s been raining all week in Tuscany this Saturday expect mostly cloudy skies

With light rain and a potential for a Mudfest like 2018 when te bote won temperatures will hover around 8° C to 12° or 47° F to 54° F given its Rich history its star studded list of winners is this cycling’s newest Monument the sixth one adding to a list of five Bano

S Remo the tur Flanders Peru Bay Li Bastone Li and IL lombardia you can decide that consider it this Saturday when we’re all glued to the screens watching the 2024 Strat beond