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.
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.
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.
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