Longo Borghini targets third victory at Giro dell'Emilia

Trek-Segafredo's Elisa Longo Borghini en route to fifth place at the 2020 Strade Bianche
Trek-Segafredo's Elisa Longo Borghini en route to fifth place at the 2020 Strade Bianche (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Trek-Segafredo's Elisa Longo Borghini will attempt to win the third Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite of her career – having also won in 2015 and 2016 – when she lines up in Bologna, Italy, on Tuesday. The UCI 1.Pro-ranked women's one-day race was won last year by Parkhotel Valkenburg's Demi Vollering, who edged out Longo Borghini on the line at the top of the final climb of San Luca.

The race normally takes place in October, but has found a new, mid-August slot on the revised 2020 calendar – on the same day as the men's event – which was forced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and Longo Borghini thinks that the hotter time of year may change things.

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