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Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Longo Borghini wins her second Women's Giro d'Italia
Elisa Longo Borghini topped the general classification by 18 seconds to win her second straight Women's Giro d'Italia [Getty Images] Home favourite Elisa Longo Borghini said she was "lost for words" after winning the Women's Giro d'Italia for the second year running. The Italian, riding for UAE Team ADQ, finished fourth on the final stage to secure the pink jersey. Advertisement Having only taken the race lead on the penultimate stage, Longo Borghini was 18 seconds clear of nearest challenger Marlen Reusser of Movistar in the general classification. Australian Sarah Gigante of AG Insurance-Soudal Team completed the podium. "I'm lost for words. This Giro was intense, packed with emotions, unforgettable," said Longo Borghini. "I knew I was going to have to give everything and that's what I did. Cycling is full of highs and lows, and moments like this make the sacrifice worthwhile." Liane Lippert, also of Movistar, won the extremely hilly 134km eighth and final stage from Forli to Imola. Advertisement The German beat SD Worx-Protime's Anna van der Breggen in a two-up sprint finish. Although Reusser got ahead of Longo Borghini for third, the four-second time bonus was not enough for the Swiss rider. General classification after final stage Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) 24hrs 37mins 3secs Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +18secs Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +1min 11secs Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +2min 55secs Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +3mins 7secs Anna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +3min 32secs Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 54secs Barbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) 4min 44secs Urska Zigart (Svn/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +4mins 56secs Katrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +5mins 19secs Stage eight results
BBC News
13-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Longo Borghini wins her second Women's Giro d'Italia
Home favourite Elisa Longo Borghini said she was "lost for words" after winning the Women's Giro d'Italia for the second year Italian, riding for UAE Team ADQ, finished fourth on the final stage to secure the pink only taken the race lead on the penultimate stage, Longo Borghini was 18 seconds clear of nearest challenger Marlen Reusser of Movistar in the general Sarah Gigante of AG Insurance-Soudal Team completed the podium."I'm lost for words. This Giro was intense, packed with emotions, unforgettable," said Longo Borghini."I knew I was going to have to give everything and that's what I did. Cycling is full of highs and lows, and moments like this make the sacrifice worthwhile."Liane Lippert, also of Movistar, won the extremely hilly 134km eighth and final stage from Forli to German beat SD Worx-Protime's Anna van der Breggen in a two-up sprint Reusser got ahead of Longo Borghini for third, the four-second time bonus was not enough for the Swiss rider. General classification after final stage Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) 24hrs 37mins 3secsMarlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +18secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +1min 11secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +2min 55secsAntonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto) +3mins 7secsAnna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) +3min 32secsIsabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 54secsBarbara Malcotti (Ita/Human Powered Health) 4min 44secsUrska Zigart (Svn/AG Insurance-Soudal Team) +4mins 56secsKatrine Aalerud (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +5mins 19secs Stage eight results Liane Lippert (Ger/Movistar Team) 3hrs 40mins 7secsAnna van der Breggen (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) same timeMarlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar Team) +8secsElisa Longo Borghini (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) same timeEvita Muzic (Fra/FDJ–Suez)Isabella Holmgren (Can/Lidl-Trek)Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck)Silke Smulders (Ned/Liv AlUla Jayco)Antonia Niedermaier (Ger/Canyon/SRAM Zondacrypto)Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal Team)
The Guardian
13-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Elisa Longo Borghini retains Giro d'Italia Women title as Lippert wins final stage
Elisa Longo Borghini has retained her Giro d'Italia Women title, holding on to the pink jersey she claimed on Saturday's queen stage as the race concluded at Imola. Longo Borghini (Team UAE ADQ) sealed her second victory at her home Grand Tour, after losing just four bonus seconds to Switzerland's Marlen Reusser (Movistar) on the final stage, winning the title by 18 seconds overall. Germany's Liane Lippert, also from the Movistar stable, won the race's eighth and final stage with a late break alongside Anna van der Breggen (Team SD-Worx). The pair broke away in the final kilometres inside the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, with Lippert crossing the finish line first. Reusser and Longo Borghini came home in the chasing group, eight seconds behind, with the Swiss rider claiming a four-second bonus for finishing third. It was not enough to win back the maglia rosa, which Longo Borghini had taken from Reusser with a bold attack to the summit finish at Monte Nerone on Saturday. 'Right now, I'm honestly without words,' Longo Borghini said afterwards, having won the overall title without claiming a stage win. 'This Giro has been intense, emotional, unforgettable. I knew I had to dig deep and fight until the very end.' 'My teammates were phenomenal, and this maglia rosa is for them,' the 33-year-old added. 'We worked so hard, and to win like this, defending the jersey on such an iconic circuit, it's just incredible. Cycling is a rollercoaster … moments like this make all the sacrifices worth it.' For Lippert, a second stage win of the week was a good consolation after failing to deliver overall glory for Movistar teammate Reusser. 'We lost the maglia rosa but we promised each other to fight to the very end,' the 27-year-old said. 'Today, Marlen worked for me and I wanted to give her a reason to smile. I knew I had to follow [Anna] Van der Breggen and the perfect scenario played out for us.' Australia's Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), who won stage seven, finished third overall and claimed the blue jersey for the best mountain rider, having also prevailed on stage four. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceunick) and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto) finished fourth and fifth overall.
Washington Post
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
British rider Simon Yates wins elusive Giro d'Italia title
ROME — British rider Simon Yates cruised to overall victory in the Giro d'Italia on Sunday — finally winning the race that had eluded him so often. After attacking on the gravel-road climb to take the pink jersey in the penultimate stage on Saturday, Yates finished nearly four minutes ahead of runner-up Isaac Del Toro , the 21-year-old Mexican who wore pink for 10 days before Yates took control.
CNA
31-05-2025
- General
- CNA
Del Toro 'proud and happy' despite relinquishing Giro lead to Yates
Isaac del Toro said he had no regrets over losing the Giro d'Italia's pink jersey on the penultimate stage on Saturday, with the young UAE Team Emirates rider happy to have shown that he can compete with the elite in the future. Del Toro emerged as the surprise overall leader on stage nine when he took the pink jersey and kept it for 10 more stages before Simon Yates snatched it from him on the final mountain stage. Yates launched a stunning attack on the Colle delle Finestre climb to leave Del Toro and fellow GC contender Richard Carapaz far behind, taking the pink jersey to lead by nearly four minutes heading into Sunday's final flat stage in Rome. "Obviously I am super happy to finish second, I need to be mature with this and, of course, a lot of people are surprised that I can be at this level now," said Del Toro, who was back in his team's white jersey. "For my team, it's not a big surprise, it's just a question of time. I want to believe it, this is the main problem for me personally, but this week I show I can be a top rider and top contender and I cannot be more proud and happy, to be honest. "For sure it's always disappointing to lose the leader's jersey, but actually as a team we cannot be more together and more happy about the performance that we did. We cannot manage a victory, but... it's cycling and that's why we love it." Del Toro led Yates by more than a minute ahead of Saturday's stage. Yet the inexperienced Mexican did not go after Yates when the Briton launched his fourth attack that eventually gave him the overall lead. Del Toro had been glued to Carapaz's wheel but even the Ecuadorian rider showed no intent to chase down Yates. "You don't want to just start attacking because it's a one-hour climb and when Simon comes, I knew he will just wait for the best moment to start to attack," Del Toro added. "Of course, if I'm first and Simon is third, Richard needs to follow. And then he didn't want to follow, he just wanted to maybe try to drop me during the whole climb. But then of course he can't. "I tried to work with him in the last part of the climb because the gap that Simon has, it almost affects my GC (lead) and he didn't want to... We waited for the team and we managed the best that we can."
