How to watch the 2019 edition of Strade Bianche live in Canada
L'Eroica Pro produced some of the finest racing of 2018 and is set to do so again on the iconic white roads of Tuscany on Saturday, March 9
The most wonderful time of the cycling season, the Spring Classics, continue this weekend with the 13th edition of Strade Bianche. Despite being one of the youngest one-day races on the WorldTour calendar, it has quickly established itself as a fan and rider favourite. The race across the white roads of Tuscany is an afternoon of racing you absolutely don’t want to miss. For a Canadian cycling fan, FloBikes and FuboTV are your two options to watch the racing live on Saturday, March 9.
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Tiej Benoot, covered head to toe in mud, took a memorable win last year going solo on a cold and wet day. Anna van der Breggen did the same in the women’s race. After such a vintage edition of the L’Eroica Pro, there’s no doubt you don’t want to miss the race on Saturday.
The women’s race broadcast gets underway at 6:25 a.m. EST with the scheduled finish at 7:25 a.m. The men follow with coverage getting underway at 7:50 a.m. and concluding around 9:50 a.m. in the Piazza del Campo after the steep cobbled climb into Siena’s historic centre.
Both FloBikes and FuboTV can be streamed live on your mobile device, laptop and through Apple TV or Roku onto your big screen.
The startlist is packed with defending champion Benoot seeing stiff competition from the likes of Greg Van Avermaet, Deceuninck-Quick Step who bring Omloop and former Strade winner Zdenek Stybar and Julian Alaphilippe, and third place finisher last year Wout van Aert.
Antoine Duchesne, Leah Kirchmann, Karol-Ann Canuel and Alison Jackson are currently the Canadians set to start the race. Kirchmann started her season strong with the third place finish at Sunday’s Spar – Omloop van het Hageland.
The opening classics weekend was swept by Deceuninck-Quick Step with Stybar winning in Omloop and Bob Jungels soloing to the win at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Boels-Dolmans dominated the women’s racing with Chantal Blaak taking the win at Omloop Het Niewsblad.
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FloBikes coverage continues next week with Tirreno-Adriatico before heading back into the spring classics with the season’s first Monument, Milan-Sanremo.
Cycling fans in the U.S. can also keep up the racing with FloBikes and FuboTV while those in Europe can tune in to Eurosport for Strade Bianche.
