Longo Borghini motivated for 2016 after stellar 2015 season

Wiggle-Honda have been the dominant force in world cycling in 2015, winning more races than any other team in the peloton and doing it with an enviable number of riders. One of the riders that has been heavily responsible for their many successes this season is Elisa Longo Borghini. The Italian claimed five victories this year, including dominating performances at the Tour of Flanders and, more recently, the Giro dell’Emilia.

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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.