After his sensational season start last week, I guess, everybody was wondering, what performance Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) will deliver at this year’s Strade Bianche on the afternoon of 4th the March. He is, after all, the defending champion. And his sensational solo ride last year was really one of the finest moments of the entire season.
Unfortunately, at least from the point of view of the fans of the famous one-day race in Tuscany, Pogacar decided to skip the event in order to be able to start Paris-Nice on the next day. As some experts pointed out, the two-time Tour de France winner is prepearing rather in a traditional way for the big event (this year’s Tour de France). He is going to meet his archrival, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) at the famous early spring multiple-stage race in France.
Although, he is one of the protagonists at almost every race he starts, I’m pretty sure, Strade Bianche will be still fantastic without one of the great entertainers of the peloton.
Let’s take a look at the program of the race:
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The 184 km long race around the most iconic landscape of Tuscany, Italy, will be held on 4 March 2023. Among the participants (according to the infos on 22 February): Greg Van Avermaet, Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Quin Simmons, Zdenek Stybar, Matej Mohoric, Gianni Moscon, Alberto Bettiol, Thomas Pidcock and Julian Alaphilippe.
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(Leadpicture:Tadej Pogacar at Strade Bianche 2022
source: Strade Bianche @ twitter)