The 2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana was the third edition of the
Strade Bianche road bicycle race, held on 7 March 2009 in
Tuscany, Italy.[N 1][1] The race was 190 km, starting in
Gaiole in Chianti and finishing in
Siena, and included eight sectors of strade bianche, totaling 57,2 km of gravel road. Compared to the
previous edition of the Strade Bianche, the race was 10 km longer and featured one more sector of sterrato.[2]
Swedish rider
Thomas Lövkvist won the race ahead of German
Fabian Wegmann and Swiss
Martin Elmiger.[3]Linus Gerdemann attacked five kilometres from the finish, but faded on the steep climb to the centre of Siena and was caught and passed by a chase group. Thomas Lövkvist powered up the cobbled street and was the first to enter the
Piazza del Campo and crossed the line 4 seconds ahead of Wegmann and Elmiger.
Edvald Boasson Hagen was fourth at eight seconds.
^The race was called Strade Bianche for the first time and organizers added Eroica Toscana to the name as a one-time occasion because of a sponsorship deal with the region Tuscany.
The 2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana was the third edition of the
Strade Bianche road bicycle race, held on 7 March 2009 in
Tuscany, Italy.[N 1][1] The race was 190 km, starting in
Gaiole in Chianti and finishing in
Siena, and included eight sectors of strade bianche, totaling 57,2 km of gravel road. Compared to the
previous edition of the Strade Bianche, the race was 10 km longer and featured one more sector of sterrato.[2]
Swedish rider
Thomas Lövkvist won the race ahead of German
Fabian Wegmann and Swiss
Martin Elmiger.[3]Linus Gerdemann attacked five kilometres from the finish, but faded on the steep climb to the centre of Siena and was caught and passed by a chase group. Thomas Lövkvist powered up the cobbled street and was the first to enter the
Piazza del Campo and crossed the line 4 seconds ahead of Wegmann and Elmiger.
Edvald Boasson Hagen was fourth at eight seconds.
^The race was called Strade Bianche for the first time and organizers added Eroica Toscana to the name as a one-time occasion because of a sponsorship deal with the region Tuscany.