2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana

The 2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana was the third edition of the Strade Bianche road bicycle race, held on 7 March 2009 in Tuscany, Italy.

Compared to the previous edition of the Strade Bianche, the race was 10 km longer and featured one more sector of sterrato.

[2] Swedish rider Thomas Lövkvist won the race ahead of German Fabian Wegmann and Swiss Martin Elmiger.

[3] Linus Gerdemann attacked five kilometres from the finish, but faded on the steep climb to the centre of Siena and was caught and passed by a chase group.

Thomas Lövkvist powered up the cobbled street and was the first to enter the Piazza del Campo and crossed the line 4 seconds ahead of Wegmann and Elmiger.

Thomas Lövkvist (pictured in 2006) won the third edition of the Strade Bianche .