World champion Balsamo ready for 'different scenarios' at Tour de France

Elisa Balsamo and teammate Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Balsamo and teammate Elisa Longo Borghini (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)

Elisa Balsamo will be one of the key favourites on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift's sprint stages, but the Italian is open to other opportunities as Trek-Segafredo chase stage wins and a high overall placing.

Balsamo's compatriot Elisa Longo Borghini will be the team's leader for the general classification, and the world champion will combine her own goals with her helper duties.

Matilda Price is a freelance cycling journalist and digital producer based in the UK. She is a graduate of modern languages, and recently completed an MA in sports journalism, during which she wrote her dissertation on the lives of young cyclists. Matilda began covering cycling in 2016 whilst still at university, working mainly in the British domestic scene at first. Since then, she has covered everything from the Tour Series to the Tour de France. These days, Matilda focuses most of her attention on the women’s sport, writing for Cyclingnews and working on women’s cycling show The Bunnyhop. As well as the Women’s WorldTour, Matilda loves following cyclo-cross and is a recent convert to downhill mountain biking.