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Elisa Longo Borghini, double blow in the Emirates
Tappa and jersey for Elisa Longo Borghini
The UAE Women’s Tour speaks Italian: in the third and penultimate stage, in fact, Elisa Longo Borghini routed the competition, going on to win the 152-kilometer stage that started from Al Ain Qasr Al Muwaiji to arrive in Jebel Hafeet. It’s a victory, by the way, “home” for the Italian champion, who as of this year is racing just for an Emirati team, the UAE Team ADQ.
Longo Borghini completed the stage in 3h 56′ 31″, ahead of teammate and compatriot Silvia Persico, who was second at the finish line, and Kim Le Court Pienaar of the AG Insurance-Soudal team, who was beaten in a sprint for the place of honor by Persico herself. The stage winner è also jumped into the overall lead, with 2’09” over Silvia Persico and 2’11” over Le Court Pienaar.
“Silvia Persico è was the key to our tactics today – explained, at the end of the stage, Elisa Longo Borghini -, but the whole team did a great job, especially in the initial stage, with the fans. Three kilometers from the finish I felt it was time to go for it, then finding the right rhythm. I am really excited, è an incredible achievement. This è my first race with my new team, We have a whole country behind us and we feel very proud”.
Saturday’s è was the first seasonal success for Elisa Longo Borghini, who in 2024 won the Giro Donne, the Italian Championships road race, the Arrow of Brabant and the Tour of Flanders, among other races. The 2025 season è her first in the UAE team ADQ jersey, after six years in the team called first Trek-Segafredo and then Lidl-Trek.
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Series B, results and standings
There are five, all significant for the standings, the matches of the twenty-fifth day of Serie B staged on Saturday. A day that will be remembered for the elongation in the standings of the leading Sassuolo, thanks to the 3-0 obtained by the neroverdi in Mantova, (Laurienté’s double, at 19′ and 54′, Pierini’s goal at 95′), while at the same time Pisa was defeated at the Arena Garibaldi 1-0 by Cittadella with the goal at the 83’83’ of Pandolfi.
Also important Saturday for Sampdoria, which beat Modena 1-0 and put its nose out of the playout zone: è by Niang the decisive goal, at 16′ of the first half. In the lower zone of the standings important success of Cosenza, which beats Carrarese 1-0 with a goal by Hristov at 69′. Silani still last, but closer to the fourth-last place.
The only draw of the day today è the 1-1 draw between Frosinone and Catanzaro: ciociari ahead with Mateus Lusuardi at 32′, Giallorossi equalizer with Quagliata at 59′. Frosinone remains in penultimate place, Catanzaro, on the other hand, misses the opportunity to climb to fourth position.
This is the updated standings, with an asterisk the teams with one game less: Sassuolo 58; Pisa 53; Spezia* 48; Cremonese* 37; Catanzaro 36; Bari* and Juve Stabia* 33; Palermo*, Modena, Cesena* and Cittadella 30; Brescia 29; Reggiana*, Sampdoria and Mantova 28; Carrarese 27; Salernitana, Sudtirol* 25; Frosinone 22; Cosenza 21.
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Sunday afternoon the challenge between Reggio Emilia and Treviso, at the PalaVerde
The PalaVerde of Villorba will host, on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., the challenge between the hosts of Nutribullet Treviso and Unahotels Reggio Emilia, two realities that are currently divided by six points in the standings, with the Emilians in the playoff zone and the Biancoblù that, at the moment, are just outside the top eight positions.
The white-and-red coach, Dimitris Priftis, certainly does not want to underestimate the opponents, although they are behind them in the standings: “The peculiarityà of Treviso è is the great offensive aggressiveness with which they take the court, attacking the iron and going very strong in offensive rebounding – he said -. They have a lot of talented players who are able to score in disparate ways and also when they play at home they have the boost of their crowd that makes it really difficult to play in such an’atmosphere”.
“We are coming off of weeks in which we faced a really tough schedule, if nothing else playing on a Sunday this time we have an extra day; to prepare for the challenge, but I think by now it is clear to everyone that every challenge in this league, all the more so on the road, is always very complex and challenging” added the coach of Pallacanestro Reggiana.
“To win will need a great mental effort, as well as recover as much as possible from the point of view of energy” he then concluded. Reggio Emilia comes from two consecutive successes, achieved against Cremona in the league and Petkim Spor in the Champions League. Treviso, on the other hand, interrupted against Pistoia a series of three consecutive knockouts that had distanced it from the important positions.
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Double bronze for Italy in Barcelona in epee
It ends with two Azzurre on the lowest step of the podium at the Fencing World Cup stage in Barcelona, as far as the women’s epee tournament is concerned: Rossella Fiamingo and Lucrezia Paulis in fact pushed themselves to the semifinals, giving way respectively to Korea’s Song (15-9) and Hungary’s Muhari (15-7), the latter winning in the final 15-9.
For Rossella Fiamingo, in particular, the one achieved on Saturday è in important goal: it is in fact the tenth podium in the World Cup: “I am overjoyed for this bronze – she said at the conclusion of the tournament -, it gives me great confidence for the work I am doing and makes me feel I am still up to aim high. It’s tiring to repeat myself over time but I like this sport, it entertains me and stimulates me to try again to do something great”.
Lucrezia Paulis also has no regrets, and è indeed more than satisfied with reaching the semifinals: “I am extraordinarily happy – she said -becauseé I would not have expected to be able to achieve this result twice in a row and I am very happy that I was able to express good fencing even in front of opponents much much much more experienced than me”.
Before reaching the semifinals, Fiamingo defeated, in order, Hungary’s Dekany 15-9, France's Von Kessernbrock 14-13, China's Shi, who was punished with a black card, and the other Frenchwoman Vanryssel 13-10. Paulis, on the other hand, beat between the first round and the quarters the other Italian Alice Clerici 15-9, Estonian Embrish 10-9, Hong Kong athlete Hsieh 12-10 and the other Estonian Lehis 14-12.
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