Elisa Balsamo: “I really wanted to win today, the last day of this incredible season in the rainbow jersey”
Cycling
Elisa Balsamo once again proved to be the best as she sprinted to secure the final stage of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta.
“I really wanted to win today, the last day of this incredible season in the rainbow jersey,” said Balsamo. She got a bit emotional after the victory, “I won the first race, in February, at the Setmana Valenciana, and with today's win, it's like I'm closing a circle. Today is a special day, full of emotions. Madrid was a crazy setting.”
Read also
Women's WorldTour is scheduled to end in October, but for Balsamo, it was her last race for the season, so victory in the last race makes it a bit special for her.“I am extremely happy. This is my last race with the jersey, and there is no better way to end such a wonderful season for me. Today we really were the strongest team, and I have to say a big thanks you to my team,” Balsamo said.
After some rest, she will travel to Australia to participate in World Championships.“Now I can see the World Championship on the horizon. The road race is still two weeks away. There is still time to work on the last details. I'm going to Australia with the goal of trying to regain the rainbow jersey, which I've grown fond of,” concluded Balsamo.
claps 0visitors 0
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- A mindset that reminds me of Tim Declerq. I loved watching that guy just pound away the kilometers, hours at the front, holding an entire breakaway in check on his own. Bjerg seems like a similar guy. Curling, the team sport.RidesHills04-11-2026
- He will be lol, but he can still win on the climbs hahaawp04-11-2026
- I would love to have his inconsistency. How many wins this year? 2 TdF stages, a WC, a Euro championship, San Sebastian, multiple wins early year. Monument podiums. I'd take it. I don't think he has a chance in the TdF, but he is still amazing.mij04-11-2026
- He's not going to win the TdF. Maybe if they make every single stage a TT he could win. But I still believe Tadej would just sharpen his TT skills and win.mij04-11-2026
- You beat me to it. Should he make a full recovery (likely) and go light early in the year. One, two, three. Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Should he be on a Feel-Like-He's-Fixin'-to-Die High.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- The deciding factor may be the (TBD) number of (any type of) kilometers without Pogacar.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- Unexplained chronic fatigue is an all too common bitch. The hard to find definitive answer may lie buried in gut mechanisms. A mystery of the deep.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- It's weird to say Evenepoel would be making a "serious mistake by adding the 2027 Giro d'Italia to his calendar, warning that such a decision could even be interpreted as a lack of confidence in his ability to win the Tour de France." It may well be a mistake but with so many commentators (of all sorts) continuously claiming almost everything Remco does as being a mistake, almost nobody should care what the pundits and the disparagers should say. His team may not want him to do the Giro, and that matters. But it's possibly or probably up to Remco to decide and it may not have to be decided on until a month or so ahead of the race. Yes , Remco is inconsistent much like the majority of the best riders but he's enjoying a period of not having been recently injured (or sick). Whatever he does he need not be concerned with critics who will second guess any perceived failure no matter what. I suspect he will have enough other races on his schedule so he won't be considering it. But the worst reason to not race it is because of what some will say - humorous that be.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- I'll say clean sweep all grand tourZamorano04-11-2026
- And the place he calls home is in Slovenia with his parents.RidesHills04-11-2026
Loading
A perfect final day in 🌈 #PoweredByPirelli #CERATIZITChallenge22
Write a comment