Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the Women’s Tour title by one second following a thrilling sprint finish in Oxford
as the leader by three seconds, but Italian Trek-Segafredo rider Longo Borghini’s sprint for the line saw her cross in third and earn a four-second time bonus over her Australian rival.“We decided to go for the intermediate sprint and I was fourth so I was like: ‘OK, that’s the second place and that’s it,’” Borghini said. “But then all my teammates kept my morale up, and said: ‘We try at the finish and we’ll do the lead-out for you.
“I was really doubting, but when you see such a team that is motivated and they are really believing in you, you just want to give them back everything.” She added: “It’s nice to win an overall classification, this has not happened to me many times in my life. It’s only the third tour I have won – this one is up there as one that ranks high.”
Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished third overall, just five seconds behind Longo Borghini. The top British rider was CAMS-Baso’s Becky Storrie, who finished 15th overall.
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