Sickness sidelines Elisa Longo Borghini from Strade Bianche

JEBEL HAFEET UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FEBRUARY 11 LR Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Gaia Realini of Italy and Team Trek Segafredo compete in the breakaway during the 1st UAE Tour Women 2023 Stage 3 a 107km stage from Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Al Ain to Jebel Hafeet 1030m UAETourWomen UCIWWT on February 11 2023 in Jebel Hafeet United Arab Emirates Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) competing at UAE Tour Women 2023 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Elisa Longo Borghini has been sidelined from racing her favourite home event Strade Bianche due to a recent illness. Trek-Segafredo will announce the full roster on Friday but confirmed that Amanda Spratt and Elisa Balsamo will lead the team at the 136km race in Siena on Saturday.

"No Strade Bianche for me this year, as I fell sick this morning… Aawww, my favourite race… I’ll be cheering for my Trek-Segafredo teammates from the sofa!" Longo Borghini wrote in a post on social media on Thursday.

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Kirsten Frattini
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Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.

Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

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