Events/Gran Fondo Strade Bianche

Gran Fondo Strade Bianche

Road

Date

Sun, 7 Mar 2027

Venue

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Countdown

March

Distance

138km

Total climb

2,000m

Nine sectors of white Tuscan gravel, the strade bianche, from Siena to a finish under the arch into the Piazza del Campo. This gran fondo runs the day before the pros race the same roads.

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The course

The route

Around 138km from Siena with 2,000m of rolling climbing, no alpine cols. White gravel makes up roughly a third of the long route. About 7,000 riders line up in early March.

Weather

Early-March, Siena

13°CTypical high

3°CTypical low

-9°CColdest in 20 years

37%Days with rain

Highs around 13°C and lows around 3°C, but it has dropped to -9°C. Rain on 37% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Gran Fondo Strade Bianche

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

Intervals.icu

Surface, not summits

Typical sessions

Long stretches of loose, buzzing white gravel that demand constant concentration and traction.

Repeated short sharp climbs on the sectors, ridden again and again on tiring legs.

Four to eight hours in the saddle depending on your fitness and the conditions.

March Tuscan weather that swings from near-freezing dust to clinging mud.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Punch repeats: 8 to 12 times 2 to 4min at 100 to 110% FTP for the gravel climbs.

Threshold: 3 by 12 to 15min at 95 to 100% FTP to build the sustained-sector engine.

Gravel skills rides: 2 to 3h off-road on loose climbs and technical descents.

A 4 to 5h simulation ride with repeated hard sectors, plus tyre and pressure testing.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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