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Elisa Longo Borghini

Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3]

Elisa Longo Borghini
Longo Borghini in 2022
Personal information
Full nameElisa Longo Borghini
Born (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33)
Verbania, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2011Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo
2012–2014Hitec Products–Mistral Home
2015–2018Wiggle–Honda
2019–2023Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
2023–Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Major Tours
Giro Donne
General classification (2024)
3 individual stages (2020, 2023, 2024)

Stage races

La Route de France (2015)
Tour de Bretagne (2014)
Trophée d'Or Féminin (2014)
Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2019)
The Women's Tour (2022)
UAE Tour Women (2023)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2017, 2020, 2021, 2023)
National Time Trial Championships
(2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–2023)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2013, 2021)
Tour of Flanders (2015, 2024)
Paris–Roubaix (2022)
Strade Bianche (2017)
Brabantse Pijl (2024)
GP de Plouay (2021)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road race
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Imola Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Plouay Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Plumelec Road race

During her career, Longo Borghini has won the Giro d'Italia Women in 2024, as well as two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.[4][5] She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020.[6][7] She has won three cycling monuments: Tour of Flanders in 2015 and 2024, and Paris–Roubaix Femmes in 2022.[8][9]

Career

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

Longo Borghini turned professional in 2011, joining the Top Girls Fassa Bortolo team. In 2012, she rode in the road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg, where she won the bronze medal.[10][11]

In 2013, she won her first major title at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio.[12] In 2014, she won her first national championship by winning the time trial.

Wiggle–Honda

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On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.[13]

In 2015, she won her first cycling monument, winning the Tour of Flanders.[8] In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the individual road race at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[4] She won the national time trial championship for the second time.

In 2017, she won Strade Bianche Women and finished 2nd at the Giro Rosa, as well as winning the Italian rider classification for the third time.[14][15] She also became national time trial champion for the third time, winning the road race as well.

Trek–Segafredo

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In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new Trek–Segafredo team for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise.[16]

In 2020, she became the Italian national champion after winning both the road race and time trial at the national championships. She finished 3rd at the Giro Rosa, winning the Italian rider classification for the sixth time.[17] She also rode in the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, where she won the bronze medal.[18]

In 2021, she won Trofeo Alfredo Binda for the second time,[19] with two 3rd places at Paris–Roubaix Femmes and Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes.[20][21] In July 2021, she competed in the 137-kilometre (85-mile)-long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal.[22] She followed an attack by Annemiek van Vleuten with 2.1 kilometres (1.3 miles) to go, with Van Vleuten securing second place and Longo Borghini securing third place.[22] She also won the road race and time trial at the national championships for the second year in a row. She also rode in the mixed team relay at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, where she won the bronze medal.

In 2022, she won her second cycling monument, winning Paris–Roubaix Femmes.[9] In July 2022, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes.[23] She ultimately finished the race in sixth place overall.[24] She then won The Women's Tour by just one second,[25] as well as winning the time trial at the national championships for the third year in a row. She rode in the mixed team relay at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, where she won the silver medal.

In 2023, Longo Borghini won the UAE Tour Women at the start of the year.[26] In the Giro Donne, she was considered a favourite prior to the race.[27] However, she crashed out of the race on stage 5 while 2nd overall.[28] The Trek–Segafredo team rebranded as Lidl–Trek prior to the Tour de France Femmes, where once again she was considered a favourite. However she withdrew from the race before stage 7 due to illness while 4th overall.[29]

In July 2024, Longo Borghini become the first home winner of the Women's Giro d'Italia since 2008. [30][31] In August, she skipped Tour de France Femmes due to the lingering effects of a training crash.[32]

Personal life

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She is the daughter of cross country skier Guidina Dal Sasso. Her older brother Paolo Longo Borghini also competed professionally as a cyclist,[11] between 2004 and 2014. In 2023 she married [33] fellow cyclist Jacopo Mosca, who rides for the men's Lidl–Trek team.[34] Elisa is known for her humorous, friendly and lively personality commenting on her favorite win, (2013 Trofeo Alfredo Binda), Elisa recalled "After such a foul day on the bike in bleak condition, I remember that we went to a restaurant and we ate two pizzas. I mean, I ate two pizzas,” she says with a laugh. "It was because I was so hungry and my parents were so happy and they were like 'okay, we just eat whatever we want'.[35]

Major results

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Source: [36]

2011
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
6th Road race
8th Time trial
10th Omloop van het Hageland
2012
1st Trofeo Oro in Euro
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd   Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd   Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
3rd GP de Plouay
5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
1st   Young rider classification
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Le Samyn
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st   Young rider classification
2013
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Chrono des Nations
4th Overall Giro del Trentino
4th Le Samyn
4th Tour of Flanders
4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
6th Ronde van Gelderland
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Omloop van het Hageland
2014
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st   Trophée d'Or
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
1st   Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st   Mountains classification
1st Prologue & Stage 3
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
3rd Cholet Pays de Loire
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
4th Tour of Flanders
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st   Italian rider classification
5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st   Young rider classification
6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
7th Ronde van Gelderland
7th GP de Plouay
7th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
8th Le Samyn
10th Omloop van het Hageland
2015
1st   Overall La Route de France
1st Stages 3 & 5
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Giro dell'Emilia
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
5th Marianne Vos Classic
5th Holland Hills Classic
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st   Italian rider classification
9th GP de Plouay
2016
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st   Mountains classification, Giro d'Italia
2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
Olympic Games
3rd   Road race
5th Time trial
UEC European Road Championships
3rd   Road race
7th Time trial
3rd Overall The Women's Tour
4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
4th Strade Bianche
5th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
5th Tour of Flanders
5th La Flèche Wallonne
9th Overall Belgium Tour
9th GP de Plouay
2017
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
1st   Road race
1st Strade Bianche
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
1st   Italian rider classification
3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
4th Ronde van Drenthe
4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Amstel Gold Race
9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Overall The Women's Tour
10th Tour of Flanders
2018
1st   Road race, Mediterranean Games
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
6th Overall The Women's Tour
1st   Mountains classification
6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
7th Tour of Guangxi
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
9th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
10th Overall Giro Rosa
1st   Italian rider classification
10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2019
1st   Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st   Points classification
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
1st Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
2nd Giro dell'Emilia
3rd   Team relay, UEC European Road Championships
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th La Course by Le Tour de France
8th Overall Giro Rosa
1st   Italian rider classification
8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Overall The Women's Tour
2020
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
1st   Road race
2nd   Road race, UEC European Road Championships
2nd Overall UCI Women's World Tour
2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
2nd Clasica Femenina Navarra
3rd   Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Overall Giro Rosa
1st   Italian rider classification
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 8
Held   after Stage 1
3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
5th Strade Bianche
5th La Flèche Wallonne
6th La Course by Le Tour de France
7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
8th Tour of Flanders
10th Gent–Wevelgem
2021
1st   Team relay, UEC European Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
1st   Road race
1st GP de Plouay
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
2nd Strade Bianche
Olympic Games
3rd   Road race
10th Time trial
3rd   Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Paris–Roubaix
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
4th Tour of Flanders
7th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
8th Amstel Gold Race
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2022
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st   Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 5
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Giro dell'Emilia
UCI Road World Championships
2nd   Team relay
10th Road race
2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
4th Overall Giro Donne
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Overall Tour de France
6th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Strade Bianche
2023
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
1st   Road race
1st   Overall UAE Tour
1st Stage 3
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
3rd Tour of Flanders
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2024
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
1st   Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Brabantse Pijl
1st Trofeo Oro in Euro [fr]
1st Giro dell'Emilia
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
UCI Road World Championships
3rd   Road race
3rd   Mixed team relay
3rd Overall La Vuelta Femenina
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
5th Amstel Gold Race
Olympic Games
8th Time trial
9th Road race

Major Tour results timeline

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Event 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
La Vuelta Femenina Race did not exist — 3
Giro Donne 18 9 — 5 8 11 2 10 8 3 14 4 DNF 1
Tour de France Femmes Race did not exist 6 DNF —

Classics results timeline

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Monument 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tour of Flanders 52 23 4 4 1 5 10 — 17 8 4 33 3 1
Paris–Roubaix Race did not exist NH 3 1 21 —
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Race did not exist 9 DNF 9 25 3 5 2 2
Classic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 5 7 12 27 17 16 5 11 37 — 10 43 10 3
Strade Bianche Race did not exist 3 4 1 3 — 5 2 8 — 2
Ronde van Drenthe 24 20 — 16 25 69 4 — — NH — — — —
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 25 25 1 6 4 — 9 10 33 1 12 — —
Gent–Wevelgem DNE — — — — 15 42 72 77 10 33 43 — 33
Dwars door Vlaanderen — — — — — — — — 8 NH 30 25 11 6
Brabantse Pijl Race did not exist — — — — — — — — 1
Amstel Gold Race Race did not exist 5 12 14 NH 8 — 28 5
La Flèche Wallonne 14 76 2 3 18 5 — 11 20 5 3 6 17 3
Open de Suède Vårgårda 38 — — — 17 — — — DNF Not held — NH
GP de Plouay 19 3 DNF 7 9 9 34 12 37 29 1 59 —

Major championships results timeline

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Event 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Olympic Games Time trial NH — Not held 5 Not held 10 Not held 8
Road race — 3 3 9
  World Championships Time trial 32 15 13 15 — — 18 9 17 — — —
Road race 57 3 8 14 4 89 DNF 13 5 3 17 10 — 3
Team time trial NH 8 13 — 4 — — — Did not exist
Team relay Did not exist 4 NH 3 2
  European Championships Road race Elite races did not exist 3 20 15 17 2 32 —
Time trial 7 17 6 — — — —
Team relay Did not exist 1 — 3 NH
  National Championships Time trial — 2 2 1 — 1 1 9 3 1 1 1 1
Road race 9 13 DNF 6 2 2 1 12 11 1 1 19 1
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DNE Did not exist
NH Not held

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