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Dani Ostanek

'I don't think the gap is that wide' – Elisa Longo Borghini already thinking about battling Vollering and Niewiadoma-Phinney at 2027 Tour de France Femmes

NICE, FRANCE - AUGUST 9: Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney of Poland and CANYON//SRAM (left), Demi Vollering of Netherlands and FDJ UNITED - SUEZ, and Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and UAE TEAM ADQ (right) celebrate at the podium of the 5th Tour de France Femmes 2026, Stage 9 a 99.2km stage from Nice to Nice / #UCIWWT / August 9, 2026 in Nice, France. (Photo by Silvina Brodersohn - CameraSport via Getty Images).

Following her third place at the Tour de France Femmes, Elisa Longo Borghini has said that she'll be back to win it all next year, claiming, "I don't think the gap is that wide" to the two riders who finished ahead of her, Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney.

The Italian improved as the Tour went on, going from seventh place in Poligny to fourth before the final weekend, and then third overall after Marlen Reusser was dropped and crashed on the final stage in Nice.

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