Cycling, Longo Borghini's conditions: concussion and no Paris-Roubaix

Rome, 7 April 2025 - From the success of the 2024 to the fall of this year: the Giro delle Fiandre 2025 it's very bitter for Elisa Longo Borghini, who exits the scene about 100 km from the finish line, thus unable to try to counter the overwhelming power of Lotte Kopeky, that brings down the hat trick Oudenaarde. Adding insult to injury, the initial disappointment for the lack of sporting results has been digested, thus not giving continuity to Wednesday's success at Dwars doors Vlanderen 2025, the focus was entirely on the physical condition of the Piedmontese, who appeared to be in a lot of pain on her right side.  

Longo Borghini's Conditions

In reality, the clinical tests of the case, after which the patient was promptly discharged from the hospital, excluded various fractures but highlighted a strong concussion which will require complete rest. 7 days which therefore does away with the Paris-Roubaix 2025. If this is the bad news, the good news is that the Italian champion should be able to meet the other commitments in her calendar. Classics before the season starts Grand Tours: to be precise theAmstel Gold Race, the Vallone Arrow and especially the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the real great goal of Longo Borghini, whose absence will also change the plans of theUAE Team ADQ and those of the rivals, who will see a very dangerous contender leave the scene. In the first area, they are raring to go Lara Gillespie e Sofia Bertizzolo, while in the second as usual the big voice should do the Team SD Worx-Protime and his many arrows, a common speech to the Visma-Lease to Bike Women, which with the old guard signed Pauline Ferrand-Prevot e Marianne Vos it's always scary.

Magnier renews with Soudal Quick-Step

Moving on to the masculine, the Soudal Quick Step shield the rising star Paul Magnier up to 2027, thus immediately closing a potential small but significant cycling transfer case for a rider who is drawing illustrious comparisons (above all the one with Tom Boonen). The Frenchman will therefore remain in the Belgian team for another 2 years, perhaps 'surviving' the possible farewell of Remco Evenepoel, which expires at the end of 2026 and according to many voices in very strong orbit of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, which in one fell swoop would strengthen the department dedicated to Classics, very disappointing so far this season, and that for the Grand Tours who might have to think about the future in the meantime Primois Roglic. Then there is the case Ilan Van Wilder, already one of the prized pieces of the next transfer market. The Belgian, a sort of 'clone' of evenepoel on a physical level to the point of using a bike of practically the same size, up to now he has shown himself more as a gregarious, but he has the 12esimo place al Giro d'Italia 2023 and 13esimo place al Tour of Lombardy 2022 demonstrate that there is much more, which is no coincidence that it has attracted the attention of the Ineos Grenadiers and Decathlon AG2R The World Team: then there is the same one Soudal Quick Step, who is still confident in a last minute renewal for the 2000-born player.

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