Elisa Longo Borghini
.jpg) Longo Borgini riding in the 2012 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 10, 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 | |
|
UCI Womens World Cup One day races
Stage races | |
Medal record
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Elisa Longo Borghini (born December 10, 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 September 30, 2014, it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.[3]
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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 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
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 2014
- 1st
National Time Trial Champion - 1st
Italian rider classification Giro d'Italia Femminile - 1st
Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 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
- 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio[4]
- 2016
- 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st
Mountains classification Giro d'Italia Femminile - 1st Giro dell'Emilia[5]
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria[6]
- 2nd The Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 3rd
Road Race, Olympic Games - 3rd Overall The Women's Tour
References
- ↑ "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- 1 2 Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- ↑ http://wigglehonda.com/elisa-longo-borghini-joins-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-in-2015/
- ↑ Connolly, Sarah (1 April 2015). "Armitstead wins Trofeo Alfredo Binda World Cup". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "Longo Borghini wins Giro dell'Emilia Donne". cyclingnews.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "Guarnier wins Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria". cyclingnews.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
External links
- Elisa Longo Borghini profile at Cycling Archives
- LONGO BORGHINI Elisa profile at Cycling Quotient
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