Women’s Strade Bianche 2022 Race Preview
https://procyclinguk.com/womens-strade-bianche-2022-race-preview/ Mathew Mitchell March 2, 2022 - Women's Cycling Women's Strade Bianche 2022 Race History Strade Bianche will once again be the first Women’s WorldTour race of the season. Last year’s race saw SD Worx take control of an élite group. With Chantal van den Broek-Blaak matching an attack by Elisa Longo Borghini , she was able to just sit on until the ascent into Siena. Naturally, that tired out Longo Borghini and Van den Broek-Blaak was able to put more power down and take the victory. After 2020’s rescheduled race was held in the scorching heat, the 2021 race was a return to normal March conditions . This year, there is rain forecast for the day before but the race itself should be dry. We have had a wet Strade Bianche not too long ago, back in 2018 where Anna van der Breggen was the victor . If the gravel doesn’t dry by Saturday it will be a wet crunchy sludge. That could swing the race advantage to the strongest r...