Elisa Longo Borghini's (Wiggle-High5) spring campaign started so well with victory at Strade Bianche, but it ended with her confined to her bed. Longo Borghini had been forced to skip Fleche Wallonne due to illness but chose to push herself to do the inaugural women's Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
She managed a top 10 finish, a feat that she has managed all but one time in the Women's WorldTour this season. The efforts took their toll and she ended up spending three days in bed. With that, the Italian has called an end to the first part of her season, opting to take a short break to recoup before she begins phase two.
"Sometimes you should just listen to your body and rest," she wrote in her latest blog on the Wiggle-High5 website. "The Ardennes permanently closed the first half of the season, I can consider it good overall although the last three races have a little disappointed.
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Amstel, Arrow and Liege were three events that I really wanted and I've worked for a while. Unfortunately before the "Amstel Gold race I got sick and I had to jump the arrow. Thinking that he had recovered for Liege, I went to Belgium unambitious but with the desire to honour the race."
The illness also forced her to miss the Tour de Yorkshire last weekend. Nevertheless, the Italian is keeping her head up and looking to the next part of her season, which will begin at Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik on May 28 after some high altitude training.
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