Elisa Longo Borghini to skip Tour de France Femmes following training crash

Giro d’Italia Women winner Elisa Longo Borghini announced today on X (formerly Twitter) that she will not start the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift this Monday, August 12, due to the lingering effects of a training crash this past week. Although she didn’t sustain any fractures, the Italian cyclist shared that she “left a lot of skin on the road” and is currently unable to ride her bike.

She added, “I feel gutted not to be alongside my teammates to fight for a great Tour.”