Elisa Longo Borghini (Team UAE ADQ) was emotional after the end of Milan-San Remo Women. She was proud to have ridden the ladies’s race on its return however was dissatisfied her late assault was caught in sight of the Via Roma end line.
“I ought to say that it’s solely a motorbike race, however it’s an necessary bike race. It hurts to be caught at 100 metres to go, however I performed my playing cards. I used to be targeted this morning. I needed to race properly and I needed to win,” Longo Borghini stated.
“Next time they’re not going to catch me,” she added with conviction.
Longo Borghini promised to return in 2026 to attempt to win once more and sooner or later as a roadside fan. “This is greater than a race for me,” the Italian nationwide champion defined.
“I’ve introduced my household to look at the lads’s race previously and someday, when I’m retired, I hope to look at the ladies’s race on the Poggio.”
Longo Borghini is just not a sprinter and knew that the Poggio wouldn’t cut up the strongest riders. She risked the whole lot on a late assault after the descent of the Poggio and on Aurelia street into San Remo.
“The Poggio was actually quick, with the tailwind. I knew I could not get away there, so I performed my playing cards the easiest way I might. This is biking, that is San Remo,” Longo Borghini stated.
“I’ve watched Jasper Stuyven’s 2021 late assault 500 instances. I knew they may take a look at one another however sadly for me, there have been too many riders within the group from SD Worx and particularly the world champion [Lotte] Kopecky, who by no means makes a mistake after which Lorena was there, who’s the quickest sprinter on the earth in the mean time.
“I hoped to make it, like I hoped on the World Championships however I’ll be paid again for my efforts someday,” she stated.
“You by no means assault except you suppose you may make it, and I did imagine I might make it, till simply earlier than the road, when everybody handed me. Then it was like, sorry to say it, however it was like ‘f**ok’!”
