Elisa Longo Borghini unbeatable in the UAE Tour Women: “It is the demonstration of our level and how strong we have been in these four days”
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The 2025 UAE Tour Women came to a close on Sunday, ending in a familiar fashion as Lorena Wiebes claimed victory once again. The Team SD Worx - ProTime sprinter, who also won the opening stage, dominated the final sprint after navigating the chaos to seal her second win of the race.
While Wiebes took the stage honours, it was Elisa Longo Borghini who emerged as the overall winner of the UAE Tour Women. The Italian secured the general classification title after four days of racing, delivering a strong performance for UAE Team ADQ.
“I was used to representing Italy and for the first time I found myself representing two countries: Italy and the United Arab Emirates," Longo Borghini said after the race. "I am proud of it, because the UAE Tour is our home race. At the beginning of the season, the team had clearly said that we had to be in shape for this race. But winning the general classification plus second place, the intermediate sprint classification and the team classification is incredible. It is the demonstration of our level and how strong we have been in these four days.”
Reflecting on the final stage, she explained how the team approached the race. “Today we had to sprint with Silvia Persico to get second place in the general classification," she continued. "In the end, we wanted to organize the final sprint for Lara Gillespie. Having the leader's jersey, it was better to be in front and not have problems. Starting off on the right foot is always nice. It's a great motivation for the next races.”
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At 33 years old, Longo Borghini has built an impressive palmares so far, including victories at Paris-Roubaix and Strade Bianche. Following this strong start to the season, she will be hoping to carry this momentum into the spring, targeting more big results in the coming months.
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- Funny that they shorten women’s races but have no qualms about letting U23 do the same distances.Jumpyjohn23-03-2025
- Why is that relevant when discussing speed?Mistermaumau23-03-2025
- But he wasn’t the only one ;-)Mistermaumau23-03-2025
- Obviously the questions are more important to some here than to them or the team so I suggest looking for answers instead of asking questions between ourselves. We’ll probably get them unless someone actually goes to ask the protagonists themselves. Here are some starters : They like riding together; they have their own rivalry that helps bring out the best in both; they might get more points helping each other compared to racing separate races. In any case, unless we hear MJ complaining about it, I don’t think it’s going to change, it’s the Sepp Kuss syndrome all over again, fans lobbying against the will of the rider.Mistermaumau23-03-2025
- Mine goes to MVDP for entertaining us all year round :-) Stellar race, Ganna impressive in his own way as many predicted after some oddly lacklustre times.Mistermaumau23-03-2025
- i remember when not too long ago mathieu was regarded as a real tactical knucklehead. i’m not sure that was ever quite accurate, but it’s certainly the case that over the years he has become a real master tactician. in the biggest races, van der poel rarely makes choices that don’t fully optimize every specific advantage he has.OCexile23-03-2025
- Whatever the result, I believe the strategy by UAE to launch Pogacar was absolutely the right one. Unfortunately, they just were not able to execute it the way they must have planned, being all over the place at the start of the Cipressa.Cooldude23-03-2025
- They are without doubt not just the best two classics riders of this generation, but amongst the best of all time. MvdP is more suited to MSR and PR (which Pog has yet to race), while Pog is now almost untouchable at LBL and Lombardia. RVV is the only one where both basically have an equal chance to win.Cooldude23-03-2025
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maria2024202423-03-2025 - According to Tadej's Strava upload, he went up the Cipressa at an average speed of 37.6kph. Rocket ship! He did the 5.63km verified 'Cipressa' Strava segment in 8:59 minutes, which has a 4.3% average grade and total elevation gain of 229m. Naturally, he got the Strava KOM.Pogboom23-03-2025