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Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) continued her flying begin to the 2024 season as she powered away from Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) on the penultimate climb to win De Brabantse Pijl Girls.
It seemed like a repeat of the dash a deux from final 12 months’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège was on the playing cards till the Italian made a closing burst 8km from the road up the Holstheide and left Vollering behind, unable to reply.
It’s been a protracted highway again to prime type for Longo Borghini after a torrid 2023 season the place she struggled with sickness and damage, however her form appears to be at its absolute peak heading into the Ardennes Classics.
She provides a primary triumph at Brabantse Pijl to victories this season from the Tour of Flanders and Trofeo Oro. Vollering stayed away from the peloton to take second with Alexandra Manly (Liv AlUla Jayco) rounding out the rostrum from the group dash behind.
