World Champion Elisa Balsamo was disqualified from Paris-Roubaiꦉx Femmes for taking an illegal tow from her Trek-Segafredo team car as she chased back on after a puncture.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The Italian punctured as the race hit Mons-en-Pévèle with 48k༒m to go, and television footage later showed her accepting a stic💃ky bottle from her team car as she sought to close the gap on the leaders after the cobbled sector.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo confirmed Balsamo’s disqualification in a post on social media. “Unfortunately, Elisa Balsamo 𒆙has been disqualifi🐟ed for chasing back to the bunch illegally (sticky bottle),” read the statement. “She has been pulled from the race.”

Balsamo had entered Paris-Roubaix 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:among the favourites for victory after a remarkable sequence of wins this spring at the Trofe🥀o Alf♐redo Binda, Brugge-De Panne and Gent-Wevelgem.

Trek-Segafredo lined up with one of the strongest selections, and Balsamo’s teammate Elisa Longo Borghini went on to win in a solo breakaway, and Lucinda Brand on t♓he podium in third place.

At the end of the race Longo Borghini made mention of all he🎃r teammates.

“🎃Honestly, I wish I could bring all of my teammates to the podium today because it was a great team performance today, and I need to thank them all. Lucinda was perfect, and eveꦍryone was there where they needed to be in every sector. We were a determined squad and ready for everything today. It was a huge team performance, and without them, I would not win any single race.

“And also, this is a little bit for Elisa Balsamo, who was disqualified, but sometimes in th💧e race, you gra🐻b a sticky bottle,” she said about her teammate being cited by the UCI officials for an illegal move when trying to rejoin the peloton after a puncture. “The rule is the rule, but you still feel a little bit sorry.”