Giro Rosa: Elisa Longo Borghini edges past Anna Van der Breggen to win Stage 8

ByEurosport

Updated 18/09/2020 at 17:06 GMT

Elisa Longo Borghini has triumphed on Stage 8 of the Giro Rosa. The 28-year-old was victorious following a two-way battle with Anna van der Breggen on the final climb.

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) has won Stage 8 of the Giro Rosa to record her first stage win in her ninth Italian Grand Tour appearance.

In the Castelnuovo della Daunia-San Marco La Catola stretch, the 28-year-old was locked in a two-way battle with Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) on the final climb.

With the climb steepening for the final kilometre it was Borghini who came out on top to beat Van der Breggen in a close sprint. She takes the pink jersey Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM)

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