Five talking points from Strade Bianche 2018

It was a memorable and brutal edition of the Italian Classic

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Tiesj Benoot opens his account spectacularly

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.