Plumes of white dust will fill the scented air around Tuscanys roads this weekend as the men's and women's pelotons take on Strade Bianche. But while it looks so much like a gravel race, why don’t the riders use gravel bikes?
Some 80km of the race is run on sections of road made of limestone gravel and chalky white clay. These rough farm roads that give the event its name look remarkably similar to the courses used in modern UCI Gravel race events.
