Elisa Longo Borghini

Queen stage win puts Dutch rider in red jersey

GC favorites already spread out after opening stage

Elisa Longo Borghini takes first red jersey of race.

A move back to the traditional Saturday slot has allowed the organizers in Plouay to design a new course.

The Italian loses almost seven minutes to Annemiek van Vleuten after spending most of stage 7 chasing alone.

The Frenchwoman's teammate Elisa Longo Borghini is proud to be riding on her friend's wheel

The Italian finished the stage on the bike of teammate and world champion Elisa Balsamo.

A breakaway of top riders spoiled any opportunity for a bunch sprint on the race's second day.

'It's a little bit like saving a little bit of money,' Longo Borghini said after gaining 40 seconds on GC favorites. 'Then I have something to spare'

The peloton will be packed with star talent at the Tour de France Femmes, including Annemiek van Vleuten, Marianne Vos, and Elisa Balsamo.

Trek-Segafredo rider shrinks gap but still 49 seconds behind García with one stage remaining.

Some big names are skipping the race to focus on the Tour de France Femmes, but there's still a star-studded line up with Annemiek van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini set to headline.

The Italian champion is targeting stages at this year's Giro d'Italia Donne as she builds up to a GC bid at the Tour de France Femmes.

The Italian champion wrapped up the overall win and a stage victory at the six-day race ahead of a big summer of racing.

'I wasn’t just sitting up and rolling to the finish. Elisa made the most of it though,' Australian says.

Longo Borghini sprints to third to score bonus seconds needed to top Grace Brown and Katarzyna Niewiadoma.

Brown keeps her race lead but Longo Borghini is tied on the same time with one stage to go.

Demi Vollering won't defend her title but there's a star-studded field expected, including Elisa Longo Borghini and Lorena Wiebes.

After just three stage races in the opening months of the season, the women's peloton faces 10 in the next month, including two new events.

A world champion was thrown out of the race, the five-star favorite fell from grace, wheels were smashed, and a hyped tire technology was a no-show.

From Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky to Elisa Longo Borghini and Dylan van Baarle. VeloNews rates the cobbled classics contenders.

Elisa Longo Borghini steals the show, Trek Segafredo's masterclass, and SD Worx unravels.

Brand on the podium and van Dijk in the top-10 rounds out dominant day for Trek-Segafredo after Longo Borghini's solo escape.

Italian star channels frustration of a lost spring to go all-in with solo raid over cobblestones of Roubaix, hails ‘perfect’ new Trek Domane.

Italian wins via long-range attack as Kopecky and Brand complete podium.

'Lots of teams want to get rid of Balsamo, but I know how strong she is so I say good luck with that,' van Dijk says.

Trek-Segafredo also goes on the offence in an aggressive day of racing but comes out with no reward.

Will this year's Trofeo Alfredo Binda end in a breakaway or a bunch sprint? From climbers to sprinters, here are some of the riders to watch in the third Women's WorldTour race of the year.

Vos could make history this year, but she has plenty of competition in her way, including home favorite and defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini.

'Elisa is an integral part of the growth of women’s cycling and of that cultural change,' says DS Ina-Yoko Teutenberg.

There is a stacked start list for the opening women's UCI stage race of the 2022 season with 13 WorldTour teams set to start.

The double Italian champion says she would like to see a Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia for women in the future.

Elisa Longo Borghini, Coryn Labecki, and Amanda Spratt all comment on the proposed combined U23 and elite women's worlds road race.

No rider has won the Women's WorldTour two years in a row, not even Annemiek van Vleuten. Who are the riders vying for her place at the top of the standings?

The Italian time trial and road race champion says she wants to feel like she's 'given everything' in her racing this season.

There were plenty of talking points from the 2021 women's season, including the first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix, the dramatic Olympic road race, and the thrilling world championships.

The recently crowned world champion on bouncing back from Olympic disappointment and stepping up to WorldTour with Trek-Segafredo.

Here's what the stars said after the historic and thrilling inaugural edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes.

Riders fight for grip in wet and muddy inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes that saw only 61 of the 129 starters record an official time in the velodrome.

Who will win? What will the tactics be? The favorites chime in just days ahead of the historic debut of Paris-Roubaix Femmes.

From the Dutch going for five in a row to unpredictable racing and a whole load of attacking.

Here's the news making headlines on Thursday, September 9.

Olympic time trial champion won two stages to claim the four-day race in northwest Spain.

The Spanish race expands to four stages this year and takes advantage of the mountains of Galicia. Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen headline a strong start list.

The Italian national champion got her late-season campaign off to a great start with victory at GP Plouay and is building up to rides at the road worlds and Euros.

From the Dutch disaster to Anna Kiesenhofer's sacrifice: Here's what the stars said after Sunday's road race shocker.

Van Vleuten cheered a ‘victory’ as she crossed the line, unaware that Anna Kiesenhofer had already taken gold.

The Dutch riders are the overwhelming favorites for gold in Tokyo, but they will not get it all their own way and there are plenty of riders ready to upset the form book.

The double Italian champion on racing on home roads, getting stuck in at the Olympics, and what she and her teammates are doing with the Strade Bianche prize money.

The team will focus on elevating hometown hero Elisa Longo Borghini to the top of the podium.

From the contenders to the course, everything you need to know about the biggest women's race of the year.

Here's the news making headlines for Sunday, June 20.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, June 19.

Here are the riders and teams to watch at the Spanish four-day women's race.

From Elisa Longo Borghini's town-sign sprint training to Primož Roglič's lost legs, here's what the key players said after the final classic of spring.

Dutchwoman winds back the years with second Flanders win in 10 years after brutal Paterberg attack.

Vos wins bunch sprint after late attack from Elisa Longo Borghini and Soraya Paladin.

Trek-Segafredo delivers timely reposte to SD Worx dominance ahead of prestigious northern classics.

Longo Borghini time trials away from elite chase group to win on local roads, Marianne Vos wins sprint for second-place.

Italian director and former world champion on managing past teammates and what women staffers bring to a women's team.

Elisa Longo Borghini and her Trek Segafredo teammates will spend any prize cash derived from crowdfunding campaigns on projects for women's cycling.

Mathieu van der Poel and SD Worx were dominant at Strade Bianche, but they won't always have it their way.

Julian Alaphilippe, Elisa Longo Borghini, Egan Bernal and more key players gnash teeth or secretly smile after spectacular racing Saturday.

SD Worx dominates the final phase of racing and takes a one-three on the podium with van der Breggen.

Anna van der Breggen and SD Worx looked untouchable at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but these riders will take on the super team at Strade Bianche.

'Every race matters more than ever.' Risk of rain, canceled races and high-powered SD Worx cranks pressure for women's WorldTour opener.

Annemiek van Vleuten, Julian Alaphilippe, Tom Pidcock and more key players gnash teeth or take quiet confidence after curtain-raising classic Saturday.

Geraint Thomas discusses the 2021 Tour de France route, his crash at the Giro d'Italia, and life at Ineos Grenadiers without Chris Froome.

Deignan and Longo Borghini top the Women's WorldTour rankings off the back of a uniquely selfless yet ruthless race style in the team.

GC decided by close battle between Brennauer, Wiebes and Longo Borghini for intermediate sprint points.

Brennauer takes 10-second lead over Elisa Longo Borghini on GC with just one stage remaining.

The American-based squad currently leads the Women's WorldTour rankings.

30-year-old attacked on penultimate lap of race to tempo her way to victory and double up her time trial title from earlier this week.

The Italian from Trek-Segafredo outsprinted new GC leader Anna van der Breggen to win stage.

Italian Elisa Longo Borghini will wear the pink jersey after Friday's race opener.

American rider Tayler Wiles and her Trek-Segafredo teammates have their eyes on the Giro Rosa's opening stage on Friday, a 16.8-kilometer team time trial.