Meet Elisa Longo Borghini: she can climb, she can time trial, has a knack for getting in the right breakaway, and has an extensive palmarès of podiums over her eight-year career to prove it. And best of all, beginning in 2019, she will be joining the new Trek UCI women’s team.

Elisa Longo Borghini made her professional debut in 2011 at the age of 18 and like a good wine has been getting better and better ever since: 2012 culminated in a bronze medal at the World Championships road race, in 2013 she won the Trofeo Binda and finished second in the Fleche Wallonne, and in 2014 she upped the ante with five UCI wins.

But her real breakthrough season came in 2015 when she became the first Italian to win the Tour of Flanders. She also won the Giro dell’Emilia and two stages and the overall in the Route de France and finished as best Italian in the women’s only Grand Tour, Giro d’Italia Femminile, and would go on to repeat this in the following three years.

In her first Olympics in Rio (2016) she took home the bronze medal and finished top-five in the time trial, won the European Championships road race title, and took home her second National time trial title. For the second consecutive year, she was awarded Best Female Cyclist of the year in Italy.