Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) won the Strade Bianche Women ahead of Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), becoming the third woman to win the race twice.
Van der Breggen had attacked into the final gravel sector, Le Tolfe, and was caught by Vollering, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez) on the steep gravel climb.
Vollering then made her move over the top, but Van der Breggen jumped onto her wheel immediately. On the run-in to Siena, they worked together to increase their advantage to 1:45 minutes at the flamme rouge.
Van der Breggen led the duo onto the Via Santa Caterina climb, but with 500 metres to go, Vollering launched a fierce attack to drop her former teammate and coach and win on the Piazza del Campo.
Ferrand-Prévot was the strongest rider of the chase group, distancing the others on the final kilometre to take third place.
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