Elisa Longo Borghini wins Giro D'Italia for the second year in a row

New York Times

13-07-2025

UAE Team ADQ's Elisa Longo Borghini has won the Giro D'Italia Women for the second year in a row.
The 33-year-old Italian finished eighteen seconds ahead of Movistar's Marlen Reusser after taking the race lead from the Swiss rider in the penultimate stage.
Longo Borghini finished fourth in the eighth and final stage on Sunday, as Reusser's teammate Liane Lippert was the first to cross the line from Forli to Imola.
Meanwhile, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) took the overall points classification after two stage wins and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) won the overall climber classification.
After winning the first stage of the race — an individual time trial — Reusser spent four stages in the leader's maglia rosa jersey, gaining a sixteen second lead in the general classification going into the penultimate stage.
On this seventh stage Longo Borghoni attacked on a descent before the final climb with her teammate Silvia Persico and despite being passed by AG Insurance-Soudal rider Sarah Gigante, she held on to take the GC lead for the first time that week.
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The 22 second cushion above Reusser was enough to secure her second Giro win in as many years.
'It's been eight days completely full gas, we created actions, we believed every single day, and we stayed humble,' Longo Borghini said after the race. 'And I can't be much more thankful to my teammates than now, because if I wear this jersey now, it's because of them.
'They were super committed, they were never surrendering, and I'm just speechless.'
Movistar collected the most stage wins over the week with three, ahead of AG Insurance-Soudal (2), Team SD Works-Protime (2) and Lidl-Trek (1).