 The finish is on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo, after a steep and narrow climb on the roughly-paved Via Santa Caterina leading into the center of the medieval city.The white gravel roads, characteristic of the Tuscan countryside, provide the unique character of the race.They are usually country lanes and farm tracks, called "strade bianche" or "sterrati" in Italian, twisting through the hills and vineyards of the Chianti region.