Although she came out on top at the end, Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) had to fight for the victory on stage 4 of the UAE Tour Women that finished atop the Jebel Hafeet climb.
After a different approach to the off-season, she waited for the last four kilometres to launch her winning move on Sunday afternoon.
“I was sure it would not be the one where I would drop everybody, so I just waited and looked around. I saw Kasia [Niewiadoma-Phinney] with her face pretty fatigued and was like, ‘OK, I hit once more and then I’m pretty sure I will go solo’. I stayed away, I didn’t go easy to the finish, but I had my own pace and could enjoy the final.”
Asked about her feelings in a chaotic situation like that, the 34-year-old delivered a trademark one-liner: “Why should you panic? It’s just a bike race,” she said.
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