Elisa Longo Borghini

Elisa Longo Borgini
Longo Borgini wearing the Italian national champion's jersey in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991
Ornavasso
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Team information
Current team Wiggle High5
Discipline Road
Professional team(s)
2011 Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo
2012–2014 Hitec Products–Mistral Home
2015– Wiggle–Honda
Major wins

Stage races

La Route de France (2015)
Tour de Bretagne Féminin (2014)
Trophée d'Or Féminin (2014)

One day races

Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio (2013)
Tour of Flanders for Women (2015)
Strade Bianche Donne (2017)
National Road Race Champion (2017)
National Time Trial Champion (2014, 2016, 2017)

Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist.

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships in the Women's road race event.[1][2]

She is the daughter of cross country skier Guidina Dal Sasso. Her older brother Paolo Longo Borghini is also a racing cyclist.[2]

On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.[3] In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new Trek Factory Racing women's team for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise.[4]

Longo Borghini after winning bronze in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Palmarès

2012
1st Stage 5, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Young rider classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Mountains classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Young rider classification Giro Donne
2nd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Road race, 2012 UCI Road World Championships
3rd Grand Prix de Plouay
3rd European U23 Time Trial championships
2013
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
1st National Time Trial Champion
2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st Stage 4
1st Mountains classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2014
3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
3rd Gent-Wevelgem
1st Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Prologue and Stage 3
1st Mountains classification
1st Italian rider classification Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification Holland Ladies Tour
2015
1st Overall La Route de France
1st Stages 3 & 5
1st Italian rider classification Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Tour of Flanders for Women
1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd The Philadelphia Cycling Classic
3rd Strade Bianche
2016
1st National Time Trial Champion
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Mountains classification Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2nd The Philadelphia Cycling Classic
3rd Road Race, Olympic Games
3rd Overall The Women's Tour
2017
1st National Time Trial Champion
1st National Road Race Champion
1st Strade Bianche Donne
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Italian rider classification
3rd 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France
2018
1st Road Race, Mediterranean Games
1st Italian rider classification Giro Rosa
1st Mountains classification The Women's Tour
3rd Strade Bianche
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

Career statistics

Classics results timeline
Monument 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 5 7 12 27 17 16 5 11
Strade Bianche DNE 3 4 1 3
Ronde van Drenthe 24 20 16 25 69 4
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 25 25 1 6 4 9 10
Gent-Wevelgem DNE 3 15 42 72
Tour of Flanders for Women 52 23 2 16 1 5 10
Amstel Gold Race DNE 5 12
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 14 76 2 3 18 5 11
Liège-Bastogne-Liège DNE 9 DNF
Open de Suède Vårgårda 38 17
GP de Plouay 19 3 DNF 7 9 9 34

DNF = Did not finish
DNE = Race did not exist
— = Did not compete

References

  1. "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25.
  3. http://wigglehonda.com/elisa-longo-borghini-joins-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-in-2015/
  4. "Longo Borghini signs with new Trek women's team in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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