Elisa Longo Borghini’s triumph in Dwars door Vlaanderen women’s

Fiftieth career victory for Elisa Longo Borghini, who triumphed in the women’s Dwars door Vlaanderen after a solitary 30-kilometer breakaway on Belgium’s pavé walls.

30 seconds ahead of the Piedmontese from Ornavasso came two-time world champion Lotte Kopecky and another Elisa, Balsamo. Other Italians Vittoria Guazzini and Maria Giulia Confalonieri finished seventh and eighth.

“Today I wanted this victory, I wanted to show I was strong and I showed up here leaving nothing to chance, it’s a kind of revenge after Milan-Sanremo,” Longo Borghini said, words reported by tuttobiciweb.it.

“I have to admit that after the last few weeks I had some frustration on me, Paolo Slongo was good at keeping me calm and now to celebrate a success here in the tricolor jersey with UAE ADQ is really nice.”

“I was hoping the race would light up on the Knokteberg but no one seemed to want to attack then, at the top Reusser took off I thought someone would go quickly to close in but then I found myself alone and on the cobblestones I attacked.”

“I looked behind me a couple of times to see what the situation was really like and then I went all the way to the finish, I managed to win, I had come here with that goal.”

“Flanders? It’s Sunday, now I want to think about celebrating this success with my teammates. I have to thank them for the work they did today. We showed that we are strong and resilient.”