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3 days ago
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Italy's Longo Borghini wins women's Giro d'Italia
Italian cyclist Longo Borghini Elisa of UAE Team AD, celebrates on the podium after winning the 8th stage of the Giro D'Italia Women's cycling race, 134 KM from Forli to Imola. Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini won the women's Giro d'Italia on Sunday as she held on to the pink jersey in the final stage won by German Liane Lippert on the famous Imola Formula One track. Longo Borghini had snatched the overall lead in the seventh and penultimate stage on Saturday from Swiss rider Marlen Reusser and finished 18 seconds ahead in the final classification. Advertisement Lippert got her second stage win in a sprint finish against Belgian twice world champion Anna van der Breggen after 134 kilometres from Forli to Imola where the action concluded on the F1 track. Reusser was third and Longo Borghini fourth with the same time. 'It's been an incredible Giro — for me and for the team. The last eight days were full gas: we had a common goal, and we achieved it," Longo Borghini said. "Yesterday was a great day, but the job wasn't finished — we had to stay focused on today's stage, and that's exactly what we did. I'm speechless ... this feeling is just amazing'. Urska Zigart of Slovenia, the partner of triple Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, was ninth overall.
BBC News
5 days ago
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- BBC News
'Super happy' Lippert wins sixth stage of Women's Giro
Germany's Liane Lippert won stage six of the Women's Giro d'Italia with her Movistar team-mate Marlen Reusser holding on to the overall 27-year-old was part of a two-rider breakaway inside the last 10km of the 145km stage to Terre Roveresche and got the better of Fenix-Deceuninck's Pauliena Rooijakkers in a sprint to the clinched a first stage victory for Lippert since stage six of last year's Giro."Super happy! I had a super good day today. The team was on fire and everyone really believed in me," Lippert said."It's a long process and I'm super happy to finally have a win, the first one of the season."Lidl-Trek's Shirin van Anrooij finished third, 46 seconds behind Reusser, of Switzerland, finished in the peloton to keep the pink jersey and maintain a 16-second lead over defending champion Italian Elisa Longo rider Rooijakkers is up to fourth after her second-place finish. Stage six results 1. Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) 12hrs 17mins 14secs2. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +16secs3. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +1min 53secs4. Katrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +2mins 7secs5. Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +2mins 16secs6. Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +2mins 45secs7. Silvia Persico (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) +3mins 21secs8. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +3mins 30secs9. Yara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +3mins 36secs10. Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 39secs
