"First and third in a race like this. That's a huge team effort" - Elisa Longo Borghini praises Lidl-Trek's after stunning Tour of Flanders success

The question pre-Tour of Flanders WE 2024 was how to stop Team SD Worx. For the answer, we must look to a very impressive performance by Lidl-Trek as the secured first and third through Elisa Longo Borghini and Shirin van Anrooij.

"'The team supported me very well after my fall due to a flat tire," reflected a very thankful, race-winning Italian in her interview afterwards. "It's great, Shirin was a star and we ended up being first and third here, in a race like this. That's a huge team effort."

"Our strength is our team," Longo Borghini emphasized, after comments about her chasing down her younger teammate in the finale. "Shirin waited, it was a move from the team. I'm not a party animal, but we're definitely going to celebrate this with the team."