It could not have started better for Italian cycling. 35th edition of the women’s Giro d’Italia: success of Elisa Longo Birghini (32 years old) and first race leader, after beating the Australian by a sigh of relief Grace Brown.
The cyclist of Ornavassothat can’t finish Pink Corsa last year and had just become his country’s road test champion, he was the best cyclist on the entire route, being the first taker, with the same record as Brown, and overtook his rival at the finish line.
Longo Borghini, who has not won a time trial in 380 days, the Italian CRI Championship, is back on the winning track and became the tenth runner from his country to wear the pink jersey. He already did it in 2020 and the last to wear it was Elisa Balsamo in 2022.
In this way, Borghini, whose contract with his team ended this year, added his 45th victory and the sixth of the season. The first Spanish runner in the CRI is Mavi Garcia39th, 1’20” behind the Italian.
CLASSIFICATIONS
1. Elisa Longo Borgini (Lidl-Trek) 20’37”
2. Grace Brown (AUS/FDJ-SUEZ), at 0.01
3.Brodie Chapman (AUS/Lidl-Trek) at 0.13
4.Lieke Nooijen (PB/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) at 0.23
5.Lotte Kopecky (BEL/Team SD Worx-Protime) at 0.25
This Monday, a short stage of 102 kilometers apart Sirmione and Volta Mantovana which can be decided in the sprint.
Source: La Verdad
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