Giro d’Italia Women: Elisa Longo Borghini confirms overall victory as Le Court wins stage 8 from breakaway

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In her 13th participation, Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) won the 2024 Giro d’Italia Women, leading the race overall from start to finish. Going into the final stage with a one-second lead over Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), Longo Borghini followed Kopecky’s wheel on the Acquasanta climb with 4km to go.

A break of three riders took the bonus seconds, with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) winning the sprint for the stage win ahead of Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health) and Franzi Koch (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and on the finishing straight, Longo Borghini sprinted away from Kopecky to finish fourth on the day and secure the maglia rosa.