LIVE | Strade Bianche 2026 - Pogacar, Van Aert, Pidcock, Seixas, Del Toro... who's going to eat dust in Tuscany?
CyclingSaturday, 07 March 2026 at 09:05
Welcome to the Strade Bianche 2026 Liveblog. The weekend is finally here, and with it comes the long-awaited race that takes place on the famous white roads of Tuscany. There are many reasons to be interested in this 202-kilometre race, so join us and keep us company as we bring you all the news from the race, live and up to the minute.
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- 6 riders actually when you exclude the 'British' Sam Watson
Rafionain-Glas07-03-2026 - Quinn Simmons is a good cyclist. His only problem is his brain. He's a far right-wing republican Trump supporter. Anyone that supports Trump is a big fool. Ad acta!!!Mou-Cro-HR07-03-2026
- Finally, the real cycling season starts today on Saturday the 7th of March. The 1st of 8 biggest races in 2026. Strade Bianche, 5 Monuments, Tour de France and World championships in Montreal. Everything else is in a lower league, false self-confidence and ego boosting. The real situation is in these 8 races that I call crème de la crème. Guess who's not hiding from these races. Yes, there are also other big races, no doubt, big one week races and Giro, Vuelta and one day classics... but Pogi chose the biggest ones.Mou-Cro-HR07-03-2026
- That’s actually an interesting trio, let’s see if they can work in harmony.Mistermaumau07-03-2026
- I’ll stop when others stop feeding the let’s not name them but everyone always complains they get a voice here. I see it this way, those guys lose nothing through comments made about them, this guy is condemned to justifying his sad existence based on one single argument, the more time he has to spend on it, the less he gets to engage with real people in real life, we are probably doing society a favour, one less sandwich board guy obstructing the sidewalks ;-)Mistermaumau07-03-2026
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- Listen, I appreciate the analysis and it’s not bad but nobody here except one is claiming anyone is guaranteed to win that theoretical race, the point is, would it be competitive/close and in my opinion MVDP in top form COULD make it a real race. Wout in top form too but we don’t really have much indication he is, as for Tadej, well, there’s a question mark there too. MVDP has done extremely well in races with 3000 or more of elevation, it is not the 15-20% more climbing that would neutralise him, it will just make the result more unpredictable/exciting. Admittedly, I haven’t checked the profile of the important climbs but sorry, even if he struggled, in reality there’d be others with who a chase would be successful post climbs so nothing is dependent on theory. Tadej has less than good days (as his many non-wins testify to) so nothing is guaranteed. I really would love to see them all at the same race, after that, you can’t expect or demand that riders follow the desire of fans, a season is long and each rider has their path to their goals, there are too many races for everyone to do all so by definition they will be spread. If what we ask is fewer races with everyone present, well, I don’t think many have considered the consequences for cycling, dirty tricks between organisers to be selected, vast reductions in top level rider jobs, far bigger challenges for non top level riders to get promotion. MVDP comes from a winter block of short regular high intensity races, I’m not sure it fits his program to switch quickly to regular long high intensity races, he is also quite loyal to racing in his backyard for his fan base (heck, he even somehow picks the Tour of Luxembourg, which doesn’t really have elite appeal), there are plenty of valid factors for him to shun this race. That said, I’m pretty sure he’ll do it again at some point, perhaps the first year he skips cyclocross?Mistermaumau07-03-2026
- 2024 TDF changed everything. He went up a level and become unbeatable even by the Generational talents like MVDP for flanders and Jonas for TDF and Remco for hilly classics. So now it makes sense to avoid so that they win some important races.abstractengineer07-03-2026
- He looked like death warmed over in the vuelta off a pretty middling group of competitors. Not sure how he’s so sure he’s stronger in the second GT of the season.mij07-03-2026
- Nuh, I have to disagree with you on this one. MvDP can't compete in the current form of Strade because he said it's a climbers route. We know MvDP is extraordinary in many aspects, but long climb isn't his forte. The 2021 route where he beat everyone had less total elevation. Van Aert is less explosive, but a much better climber than MvDP.
KerisVroom07-03-2026
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