‘You always have to fight’ – Downhill attack sees Elisa Longo Borghini move closer to maglia rosa before penultimate queen stage

Elisa Longo Borghini showed her fighting spirit on the eve of the decisive mountain stage at the Giro d’Italia Women, going on the attack on the descent of the late climb and managing to stay away and gain time on her GC rivals.

Célia Gery (FDJ United-Suez) won the stage in Salice Terme, outsprinting Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Chantal Pegolo (Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria), with Longo Borghini fifth behind Canada’s Alison Jackson (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93).