Tadej Pogačar won Strade Bianche for a record fourth time on March 7, 2026, riding alone to Piazza del Campo in Siena and finishing a minute ahead of 19-year-old Paul Seixas. The next edition is on Saturday, March 6, 2027, the date on the race’s official site; when we checked Bovada’s cycling board on November 3, it had no odds for it.
How Pogačar won the 2026 Strade Bianche
The 2026 race ran 203 km on the white gravel roads around Siena. Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates XRG controlled the early breakaway, and Jan Christen then lifted the pace until only nine favorites were left at the front. Pogačar attacked on the Monte Sante Marie sector. Seixas, Isaac del Toro and Matteo Jorgenson tried to follow and were dropped one after another.
From there it was a solo ride to the finish, in 4:45:15 at 42.699 km/h. Behind him, Seixas dropped del Toro on the final wall of Via Santa Caterina to take second.
| Finish | Rider | Team | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 4:45:15 |
| 2 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM | +1:00 |
| 3 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates XRG | +1:09 |
| 4 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | +2:04 |
| 5 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | +2:04 |
| 6 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates XRG | +2:07 |
| 7 | Tom Pidcock | Pinarello Q36.5 | +2:14 |
| 8 | Matteo Jorgenson | Visma-Lease a Bike | +2:20 |
| 9 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | +3:46 |
| 10 | Wout van Aert | Visma-Lease a Bike | +3:46 |
At 19, Seixas became the youngest rider ever on the Strade Bianche podium, per the race organizers. UAE placed three riders in the top six.
The women’s race went to Elise Chabbey of FDJ United-SUEZ, 32, in a sprint through the last 300 meters in Siena, ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma and Franziska Koch on the same time. Elisa Longo Borghini crested Via Santa Caterina first and finished fourth.
Recent Strade Bianche winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Tadej Pogačar |
| 2025 | Tadej Pogačar |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogačar |
| 2023 | Tom Pidcock |
| 2022 | Tadej Pogačar |
Pogačar has won four of the last five, and three in a row. Pidcock, the 2023 winner, was seventh in 2026.
Betting the 2027 Strade Bianche
Pogačar has won the last three editions, and in 2024 and 2026 the organizers timed his solo move at roughly 80 km from the finish. In our view the betting questions sit in the places behind him. An outright price is a chance written as a payout: -150 implies 60.0%, +600 implies 14.3% and +2000 implies 4.8%. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate a rider’s chance higher than the price does.
Top-three and head-to-head markets let you back riders such as Seixas and del Toro, second and third in 2026, without needing them to beat Pogačar. Other early-season races are on our Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-San Remo pages, the summer is on our Tour de France odds, and the rest are in our cycling section. Compare books in our sportsbook reviews, or start a free trial of the membership.