 Second-place finisher Romain Bardet called the event a ""Dante-esque contest"".The 2020 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

The race starts and finishes in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Siena.The route consists of 184 kilometres over hilly terrain crossing the Crete Senesi in the central Tuscan province of Siena, including 11 sectors of gravel roads, totaling of dirt roads.