Elisa Longo Borghini
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Sep 29, 2026
Abby MickeyHOST
Is Elisa still going to do it? Is there still a chance?
Grace BrownGUEST
I was very excited for the prospect of an Elisa Longo Borghini world champion that, um, Yeah, I do think that like Demi was the outright favourite and she deserves it so much.
Grace BrownGUEST
But I think any of the top four, like none of them have won the world's road race.
Grace BrownGUEST
And it was pretty exciting coming into the finish.
Dan LloydHOST
Marlon Royster of Switzerland did an incredible amount of work behind, possibly too much to be honest, because she paid for her efforts on the climbs and ended up alone for a large chunk of the finale.
Dan LloydHOST
Volle Ring's lead peaked at just over half a minute, but an acceleration behind by Longo Borghini and Nuvia Dome, with 15 Ks to go, did eventually close that gap, and we had a race on our hands again.
Dan LloydHOST
Now like I said before, it is always psychologically difficult when you're the one getting caught, having made a big effort, and that's where I thought Vollering was the most impressive on Saturday.
Dan LloydHOST
Longo Borghini made her own move with exactly one lap remaining, but Vollering soon realized she was going to have to do most of the work to ensure she didn't get too far up the road.
Dan LloydHOST
So Vollering closed the gap on the climb with Nuvio Doma on her wheel, and then immediately went on the attack again herself.
Dan LloydHOST
Longo Borghini eventually got distance, and so we were down to two.
Dan LloydHOST
Now, Nuvia Doma of Poland tried her best to drop Vollering on that steep climb with about four Ks to go, but it just wasn't going to happen at that point, and in the sprint of the line, the Dutch woman was not going to let that opportunity slip between her fingers.
Dan LloydHOST
Nuvia Doma kicked with 150 meters to go, but Vollering responded immediately, and there was really no contest in the end.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Marva Squibon, who we know won two stages of the Tour de France last year, attacked for the French puck.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Peter Say, she got to work and... for the dutch and started closing that down demi attacked with 38 kilometers to go catching marlon rusa off guard there's a little bit of group two syndrome only rusa was working hard when the french had the numbers uh the chase was at 20 seconds uh when lamborghini launched and celia jury went with her Kasia just made it across one of the most thrilling finishes we were in for in the Women's World Champ history.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Demi, Kasia, Geri, Lamborghini all together with 14k to go.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Lamborghini attacked into the bell lap.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Demi closed it down to Lamborghini and stuck her teeth out.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Dropped Lamborghini and only Kasia.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
could go with demi 3.9 k to go cashier launched but she could not unseat volleying and why was cashier doing any of the work uh but volleying at the front 500 meters to go cassia on her wheel longo lamborghini was coming from behind and rusa was coming behind On her, all of them in the same shot.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Just as Lamborghini is about to get to the wheel, Demi opened up her sprint.
Lizzy BanksHOST
There were just seven riders chasing behind.
Lizzy BanksHOST
Those riders were Marlon Reuser, Elisa Longo Borghini, Cassian Iviadoma Fini, Célia Jury, Juliette Bertet, Dominika Vlodacek, and...
Lizzy BanksHOST
Demi Vollering's teammate, Puck Pieterse.
Lizzy BanksHOST
Now, Demi Vollering looked like she might have wrapped the race up, but with 20 kilometres to go, Longo Borghini attacked once again.
Lizzy BanksHOST
Massive hesitation from all the others behind.
Lizzy BanksHOST
It looked like this might be the winning move, but Vollering dragged her back on that Chameleon Eau de Climbe and Vollering went over the top with Niviadoma Fini.
Lizzy BanksHOST
Juliette Berthe was distanced, so was Elisa Longo Borghini, and that was really the story of the rest of the day.
Lizzy BanksHOST
It was Demi Vollering and Kasia Niviadoma-Finney two up ahead, Longo Borghini just agonisingly close behind, but never able to bridge that gap.
Benji NaesenHOST
I think the way I looked at Italy before this race even began, if we looked at them two years ago, Italy was a team that was the rolling attack team.
Benji NaesenHOST
I think we said on the preview, looking at this team, they look like they're going to ride all night for a long Lamborghini.
Benji NaesenHOST
And I think that was a strategy to begin with.
Benji NaesenHOST
And at the end of the day, can't really blame them with the outcome they went for.
Frank OvertonHOST
She's a n- not quite of as good of climber as Kasia.
Frank OvertonHOST
Elisa Longo Borghini is the, the complete picture here.
Frank OvertonHOST
So I think, uh, go with Bo- Borghini as one of the, one of the favorites.
Frank OvertonHOST
I'll be rooting for Kasia, and my dark horse, Ricky, is Kate Courtney.
Frank OvertonHOST
Yeah.
RickyGUEST
Yeah.
RickyGUEST
Elisa Longo Borghini, she was fourth in the time trial, and then they won the team time trial, so clearly going well.
RickyGUEST
Niewiadoma is obviously, I think, one of the big favorites here.
Denny GrayHOST
So the riders that are used to working for her, she's clearly in great form.
Denny GrayHOST
What I love about Elisa Longo Borghini is she's willing to... risk a lot in a race.
Denny GrayHOST
She's willing to risk losing in order to win.
Denny GrayHOST
And actually, we've seen that from Damie Vollering this year as well.
Dan LloydHOST
Again, not a time trial specialist, so to come sixth is a real indication that he's on top form.
Dan LloydHOST
Koong, Askren, Ola, and Thornley rounded out the top 10 in the men's, whilst in the women's it was Longo Borghini, Cabal, Niedermeyer, Vollering, Vlodicic, and Guazzini.
Dan LloydHOST
So what were the other key takeaways from yesterday? Well, it was a bit concerning for Valerie, I'd say, given her ambitions in the road race later this week.
Dan LloydHOST
She'd already lost over half a minute by the first checkpoint, and although she was amongst the quickest over the last quarter of the race, she was so far down by that point that it really didn't make that much difference to her results.
Emma FinucaneHOST
Mm.
Manon LloydHOST
But who else have we got? I mean, Elisa Longo Borghini, Paula Paticio.
Manon LloydHOST
Kasia is gonna be another big one.
Manon LloydHOST
Um-
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
You've got, you know, this would, um, really suit Pete Cepeci.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
But if you go off the Tour de France form, Elisa Longo Borghini, definitely, um, four stars.
Matilda ReynoldsHOST
Kasia Niewiadoma-
Mark O'BrienHOST
Mm
Mark O'BrienHOST
I think sometimes Demi doesn't fully, fully back herself to go from bottom to top, which I think she needs to do on this kind of climb to really blow it to pieces.
Mark O'BrienHOST
And if, if she leaves it too late, then, uh, someone like Kim could certainly go with her.
Mark O'BrienHOST
Um, yeah, I think, uh, Longo Borghini, the old Lamborghini should be good on this course as well.
Mark O'BrienHOST
Kasia will be there or thereabouts, but then probably not have the, uh, um, the punch, I think, to actually ride away and win it.
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