“Racing Strade Bianche is special. During the recon today, the fans were out, the cameras were out. It’s cool, for sure. With this longer parcours that we’ve had for the past couple of years, it’s just an absolute slog. You’ve got to try and follow Tadej when he goes on Santa Maria, and from there, just hold on. It is such a battle of attrition. You have to race quite conservatively and save enough to hit them in the finale. Strade is just becoming more and more iconic with more fans, more noise. It is a super cool thing to be a part of. Coming onto the piazza at the end, I don’t think you’re really feeling anything over the pain. It’s just been an absolute slogfest and you’re chewing the handlebars. Maybe once you cross the finish line and you’ve caught your breath, you can really take in the spectacle that is the piazza with the fans and everything else. It had go to be one of my favorite races of the year.”
-Ben Healy
“Strade Bianche is a special race. It is one of the craziest and hardest and most classic races. To race it with the rainbow jersey is going to make it really, really special this year. I think we have a very strong team. For sure we want to win. That’s is always the goal. Racing over the white gravel is really fun. It makes the race super different from all of the others. It is more technical and positioning is super important.”
-Magdeleine Vallieres
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