Rebuilding a destroyed rider - Longo Borghini dedicates Tour of Flanders win to trainer

Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) wins the 2024 Tour of Flanders
Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) wins the 2024 Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Getty Images)

Last season women’s cycling was dominated by SD Worx-Protime, but Elisa Longo Borghini believes Lidl-Trek would have been right alongside them had not injury and illness hampered her and much of her team in 2023  - and the Italian champion's Tour of Flanders win just reinforced that feeling.

“Last year was a very unfortunate time for us. I think if we had not had so much bad luck with injuries and sicknesses all season long, you would have seen the same as in 2024,” said Longo Borghini in her winner’s press conference. 

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James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.