Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2022 – preview

CITTIGLIO ITALY MARCH 21 Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek Segafredo during the 45th Trofeo Alfredo BindaComune di Cittiglio 2021 Womens Elite a 1418km stage from Cocquio Trevisago to Cittiglio 257m Breakaway TrBinda UCIWWT on March 21 2021 in Cittiglio Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Elisa Longo Borghini attacks in the 2021 Trofeo Binda (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The 2022 Women’s WorldTour heads into its third round this weekend with the Trofeo Binda Comune di Cittiglio in Northern Italy. Named after Italian cycling legend Alfredo Binda, the race first ran in 1974 and has become a staple of the women’s calendar and one of the most prestigious spring classics.

Set on the tough terrain of Lombardy, the route is hilly but not mountainous and incorporates laps of a challenging circuit before a flat run into the finish in Cittiglio. Unlike many of its fellow Classics, Trofeo Binda doesn’t feature any cobbles or gravel, but the unrelenting climbs make this one of the hardest races on the spring calendar.

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