Longo Borghini: “It’s hard to acknowledge but we made history”

October 2 ^nd 2021 - 17:39

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo): “Lizzie [Deignan] rode an incredible Paris-Roubaix and nobody deserves more than her to be on the top spot of the podium. She made history, we made history. It’s hard to acknowledge but it’s an amazing feeling. She attacked on instinct, because that’s how she is. The whole team were chasing behind after a crash, and all of a sudden we just heard she was at the front. It was a relieve. Today, she had the sparkle in her eye. Audrey Cordon-Ragot also did a great race. And I tried to follow [Marianne] Vos when she attacked but I couldn’t, she was just too strong in the corners. The cobbles were very slippery today. I don’t know, I think I crashed three or four times and I always managed to get back in contention. We were told to never give up because Paris-Roubaix is like that. Paris-Roubaix is chaos and you just have to embrace it. Sure, I’ll be back! I would do that right now again! It’s been a nice race.”