Elisa Longo Borghini

Elisa Longo Borghini
Longo Borghini in 2022
Personal information
Full nameElisa Longo Borghini
Born (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 32)
Verbania, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2011Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo
2012–2014Hitec Products–Mistral Home
2015–2018Wiggle–Honda
2019–2023Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
2023–Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Major Tours
Giro Donne
General classification (2024)
3 individual stages (2020, 2023, 2024)

Stage races

La Route de France (2015)
Tour de Bretagne (2014)
Trophée d'Or Féminin (2014)
Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2019)
The Women's Tour (2022)
UAE Tour Women (2023)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2017, 2020, 2021, 2023)
National Time Trial Championships
(2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–2023)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2013, 2021)
Tour of Flanders (2015, 2024)
Paris–Roubaix (2022)
Strade Bianche (2017)
Brabantse Pijl (2024)
GP de Plouay (2021)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road race
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Imola Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Plouay Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Plumelec Road race

Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3]

During her career, Longo Borghini has won the Giro d'Italia Women in 2024, as well as two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.[4][5] She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020.[6][7] She has won three cycling monuments: Tour of Flanders in 2015 and 2024, and Paris–Roubaix Femmes in 2022.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Chi è Elisa Longo Borghini, medaglia di bronzo nel ciclismo a Tokyo". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. ^ "Cycling Road - LONGO BORGHINI Elisa". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  6. ^ Ryan, Barry (22 September 2012). "Vos solos to second road world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Van der Breggen claims historic double in Imola". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (2015-04-05). "Women's Tour of Flanders 2015: Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  9. ^ Knöfler, Lukas (2022-04-16). "Longo Borghini secures solo victory at Paris-Roubaix Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.