‘I was not at my best diploma nevertheless I fought onerous’ – Longo Borghini nonetheless glad after La Vuelta Femenina third
Elisa Longo Borghini might have dropped from second to third on the final in the middle of the final stage of the La Vuelta Femenina, nevertheless continues to be strolling away from the first part of the season glad and with the lead throughout the Girls’s WorldTour.
The Italian champion entered the Spanish tour as co-leader with Gaia Realini, after having delivered a run of podiums by means of the spring which included victory on the Tour of Flanders. Nonetheless, it turned out to not be a easy path by means of La Vuelta Femenina for the Lidl-Trek group, which misplaced Ellen van Dijk and Realini to crashes. That meant Longo Borghini, who already a tiring sturdy block of racing behind her, was left to aim to defend second with a depleted squad and with out her key climbing ally.
Third whole at La Vuelta Femenina and two stage podiums, nonetheless, weren’t the one points Longo Borghini swept up in Spain in order so as to add to her early season tally, which even sooner than the Grand Tour had already included seven podiums and three wins.
That’s extra prone to embrace two additional Grand Excursions for Longo Borghini, and two additional chances to work her method once more up the final podium.