Women’s Flanders to Lotte Kopecky, Elisa Longo Borghini falls
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There was also a rainbow jersey victory in the women’s Tour of Flanders, which ended after the men’s one dominated by Tadej Pogacar.
In fact, to the delight of the Belgian public, success went to world champion Lotte Kopecky, who came out on top in the final sprint to which the four breakaways who came to the finish line gave birth.
In second place came France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, third Germany’s Liane Lippert, and fourth Poland’s Katarzyna Anna Niewiadoma. Best of the Italians Letizia Borghesi, who placed sixth.
Champion d’Italia Elisa Longo Borghini, one of the favorites on the eve of the race, was forced to retire after being involved in a crash when there were 95 kilometers to go.
