Elisa Balsamo was notably absent from the Tour of Flanders last Sunday, which raised a few eyebrows. But just three days later, the Italian rider from Lidl-Trek showed exactly why: she won the ...

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) finished runner-up, also for the second time in a row, while Charlotte Kool (Picnic-PostNL) rounded out the podium. In her post-race interview, Balsamo admitted that ...

Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes won the women's Gent-Wevelgem one-day classic for the second year running on Sunday, beating Italian rider Elisa Balsamo and her compatriot Charlotte Kool in a sprint ...