Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3]
 Longo Borghini in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Elisa Longo Borghini |
| Born | 10 December 1991 Verbania, Italy |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek–Segafredo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011 | Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo |
| 2012–2014 | Hitec Products–Mistral Home |
| 2015–2018 | Wiggle–Honda |
| 2019– | Trek–Segafredo[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
One day races
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Medal record | |
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During her career, Longo Borghini has won 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]
Career
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Longo Borghini after winning bronze in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics
She won the bronze medal at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's road race event.[8][9]
On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.[10] In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new Trek–Segafredo for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise.[11]
In July 2021, she competed in the 137-kilometre (85-mile)-long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal.[12] 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.[12]
Personal life
She is the daughter of cross country skier Guidina Dal Sasso. Her older brother Paolo Longo Borghini also competed professionally as a cyclist,[9] between 2004 and 2014. She is in a relationship with fellow cyclist Jacopo Mosca, who rides for the men's Trek–Segafredo team.[13]
Major results
- 2011
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 6th Road race
- 8th Time trial
- 10th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2012
- 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 – Bretagne
- 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Le Samyn des Dames
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2013
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
- 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 4th Le Samyn des Dames
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 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 Féminin
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
- 3rd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 7th Ronde van Gelderland
- 7th GP de Plouay
- 7th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
- 8th Le Samyn des Dames
- 10th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2015
- 1st
Overall La Route de France
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st Tour of Flanders for Women
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 5th Marianne Vos Classic
- 5th Holland Hills Classic
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 1st
- 9th GP de Plouay
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 1st
Mountains classification Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- Olympic Games
- 3rd
Road race - 5th Time trial
- 3rd
- UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 7th Time trial
- 3rd
- 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 for Women
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 9th Overall Belgium Tour
- 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 1st
- 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-Comune di Cittiglio
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Overall The Women's Tour
- 10th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 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
- 1st
- 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 7th Tour of Guangxi
- 9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 10th Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Italian rider classification
- 1st
- 10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 2019
- 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 3rd Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Women's 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
- 1st
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 6th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 8th Tour of Flanders for Women
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2021
- 1st
Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 1st GP de Plouay
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- Olympic Games
- 3rd
Road race - 10th Time trial
- 3rd
- 3rd Mixed 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 for Women
- 7th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2022
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 8th Strade Bianche
Classics results timeline
| Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||||
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | 52 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | — | 17 | 8 | 4 | 33 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Race did not exist | 9 | DNF | 9 | 25 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Paris–Roubaix | Race did not exist | NH | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Classics results timeline | ||||||||||||
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 37 | — | 10 | 43 |
| Strade Bianche Donne | Race did not exist | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Ronde van Drenthe | 24 | 20 | — | 16 | 25 | 69 | 4 | — | — | NH | — | — |
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio | 25 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 9 | 10 | 33 | NH | 1 | 12 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | DNE | — | — | — | — | 15 | 42 | 72 | 77 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| Amstel Gold Race | Race did not exist | 5 | 12 | 14 | NH | 8 | — | |||||
| La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | 14 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | 38 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | DNF | Not held | ||
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | 19 | 3 | DNF | 7 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 1 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNE | Did not exist |
| NH | Not held |
References
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- "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "Chi è Elisa Longo Borghini, medaglia di bronzo nel ciclismo a Tokyo". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- "Cycling Road LONGO BORGHINI Elisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- Ryan, Barry (22 September 2012). "Vos solos to second road world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "Van der Breggen claims historic double in Imola". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Longo Borghini signs with new Trek women's team in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- Benson, Daniel (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women's road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Becket, Adam (16 April 2022). "'If you don't believe in your attack you never win' — Elisa Longo Borghini post Paris-Roubaix". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
The commitment of her boyfriend, fellow Trek-Segafredo rider Jacopo Mosca, helped give Longo Borghini the energy to perform, she said.
External links
- Elisa Longo Borghini at UCI
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Archives
- Elisa Longo Borghini at ProCyclingStats
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Quotient
- Elisa Longo Borghini at CycleBase
- Elisa Longo Borghini at Olympedia
- Elisa Longo Borghini at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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