Elisa Longo Borghini dominates at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Some impressive racing in Belgium with a strong showing by the Italian
Elisa Longo Borghini won an impressive Dwars door Vlaanderen with a solo effort in Waregem, finishing 30 seconds ahead of Lotte Kopecky and Elisa Balsamo.
The 128.5 km-race saw few major attacks early on, with a break led by Marlen Reusser forming after 70 km.
👏Elisa Longo Borghini wint indrukwekkend in Waregem ! 🚴♀️🇮🇹
De Italiaanse renster zet een geweldige prestatie neer in Dwars door Vlaanderen, Lotte Kopecky eindigde als tweede 🏆#Cycling_ProximusPresents #DwarsdoorVlanderen #ElisaLongoBorghini pic.twitter.com/gxswnMdgfm
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Longo Borghini attacked late, holding off a fast-closing Puck Pieterse on the Nokereberg to secure victory. Kopecky, initially struggling, rebounded to take second in a sprint.
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There were several Canadians in the race, with Mara Roldan (Team Picnic PostNL) in 25th. Simone Boilard (Uno-X Mobility) was 45th, Adèle Normand (St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 WE) was 75th, and Florence Normand (Winspace Orange Seal) DNFed.
The next big race for the women is Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday.
You can watch it on FloBikes.com