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Gaia Realini’s “incredible day” at the Women’s UAE Tour

Gaia Realini’s “incredible day” at the Women’s UAE Tour


In her first race for Trek-Segafredo, Gaia Realini showed the climbing prowess that netted her a three-year contract with the women’s WorldTour squad and set-up overall victory in the UAE Tour Women race.  

The minuscule 21-year-old Italian climber rode the peloton off her wheel on the Jebel Hafeet climb and then continued to set the pace for her teammate Elisa Longo Borghini, who went on to win the stage with Realini beside her. Longo Borghini took the leader’s jersey, with Realini now second overall at just seven seconds. 

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