Elisa signs for two more years

The reigning Italian champion extended her contract ahead of Strade Bianche

Elisa Longo Borghini has signed a contract renewal that will keep her with Trek-Segafredo through 2024. Longo Borghini is in her fourth season with the team. In that time span, she has helped bring womenโ€™s cycling into the spotlight, and racked up 15 victories including the Trofeo Binda, four national titles, GP de Plouay and a stage at Giro dโ€™Italia. This past summer, she also took her second Olympic bronze.

PLOUAY, FRANCE – AUGUST 30: Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek – Segafredo celebrates winning during the 20th GP de Plouay – Lorient- Agglomรฉration Trophรฉe Ceratizit 2021 a 150,4km one day race from Plouay to Plouay / @GrandPrixPlouay / @OuestFrance / on August 30, 2021 in Plouay, France. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

I’m very happy and proud of this contract renewal. I have a unique relationship with Trek-Segafredo, which has allowed me to make a leap as a cyclist and, above all, gave me the ideal conditions to express myself as a rider and as a person Only here could I find such a stimulating environment, where athletes are considered as people, first, and not evaluated exclusively on athletic performance – Elisa Longo Borghini

Elisa is a backbone of our Team. I consider her an essential rider from a sporting point of view and, in equal measure, in human terms. We are very happy to continue our collaboration for another two seasons. She’s been a key element of our sporting project since its inception, an athlete with proven reliability. Thanks to her consistency of results and a character with few equals in the peloton, she embodies all the values that we believe in: dedication, sacrifice and passion – Luca Guercilena, Trek-Segafredo General Manager

Few athletes can match Longo Borghiniโ€™s consistency, which has made her one of the key figures in Trek-Segafredo history.

โ€œFor me, there was no doubt about my desire to stay with Trek-Segafredo,โ€ Longo Borghini said. โ€œIn over three years we have built a lot. We have been the vanguard in womenโ€™s cycling, a point of reference for the entire movement. Weโ€™re a solid and tight-knit group like few I see. The more the years pass, the more our strength as a group grows. A great future is waiting for us.โ€

โ€œElisa is an integral part of the growth of womenโ€™s cycling and of that cultural change, still in place, which sees sport as a means of emancipation,โ€ Trek-Segafredo sports director Ina Teutenberg said. โ€œHaving her on the team can only make us proud. I believe, without exaggeration, that she has already earned a place in the history of this sport, but Iโ€™m equally convinced that she still has room for growth. Excelling to her full potential is what weโ€™ll be aiming for together.โ€

Among Longo Borghiniโ€™s lofty goals with Trek-Segafredo, one is particularly special to her, and sums up her personality and bond with her team.

โ€œThe news of my renewal comes after the even happier news of Lizzieโ€™s second pregnancy,โ€ Longo Borghini said. โ€œLizzie is a friend and teammate for whom I have great respect. Her announcement gave me a lot of joy, and gave me one more reason โ€“ if ever I needed one โ€“ to stay: I canโ€™t wait to get together with her and prepare for her comeback!โ€

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