https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x2M2dGeGuY
Elisa Balsamo of Lidle Trek is happy after her second place in Drenthe

https://voxwomen.com/2024-ronde-van-drenthe-race-report/
How the race finished. Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) claimed a legendary fourth win at the 2024 Ronde van Drenthe, with Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) rounding out the podium. Full results are available below.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ronde-van-drenthe-women-2024/elite-women/results/
2024 Ronde van Drenthe final podium (l-r); second place Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), winner Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) and third place Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) (Image credit: Getty Images)

https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/balsamo-sprints-to-second-in-ronde-van-drenthe
Elisa Balsamo continued her run of strong early-season results with second place in the showdown on the VAMberg. The 2024 edition of the Ronde van Drenthe was an attritional race with six ascents of the cobbled man-made climb in the Netherlands. The punchy climb and technical circuit meant that the bunch was frequently stretched out, and it

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/lorena-wiebes-elisa-balsamo-to-face-off-at-ronde-van-drenthe/
Analyzing Elisa Balsamo's year in the rainbow jersey; Annemiek van Vleuten 'proud' to be a part of women's cycling development; The Ronde van Drenthe has been on the women's calendar since 2007 but its roots go back a little further through the Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe, which started back in 1998.

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/the-raw-emotion-behind-elisa-balsamos-spectacular-victory-salute/
Elisa Balsamo poured her soul out at the finish line Sunday with an emphatic victory salute at Trofeo Alfredo Binda. ... Balsamo wants to race a women's Milan-San Remo; Bobby & Jens: A chat with the new world champion ... After finishing second at Miron Ronde van Drenthe earlier this month, Balsamo kicked to victory in dramatic fashion Sunday

https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek-women/ronde-van-drenthe-cohesive-effort-makes-2nd-super-satisfying
Ronde van Drenthe: Cohesive effort makes 2nd super satisfying 'This second place means a lot' says Elisa Balsamo after her teammates unselfish work. ... Elisa Balsamo was in good hands all race. It came down to the most significant obstacle, the man-made VAM-Berg climb on the final lap, and with Ellen's help, she crested the cobbled uphill in

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/dont-make-her-angry-she-can-become-a-tiger-inside-elisa-balsamos-rise-to-stardom
The first time many people became aware of Elisa Balsamo was when she emerged from her Italian team-mate's wheel to win the World Championships in Belgium in September 2021. But Chiara Consonni

https://procyclinguk.com/lorena-wiebes-takes-4th-ronde-van-drenthe-in-a-row/
Elisa Balsamo secured second place, while Puck Pieterse took the third spot. The men's race of the Ronde van Drenthe did not take place this year due to various issues, including rising costs and safety concerns. However, the women's race proceeded as planned, albeit with alterations to the route due to logistical challenges.

https://elisabalsamo.com/en/2019/03/18/ronde-van-drenthe/
The race has been really fast in the first 70km and I kept the best wheels and could stay in the first group of 25 riders! ... ELISA BALSAMO. My blog, my life. Menu. Home; About me; Contacts; MY NEW BIKE KIT; Posted on March 18, 2019 March 18, 2019 Ronde Van Drenthe. by elisabalsamo. In ... Post navigation. Previous Previous post: A new

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_Balsamo_(cyclist)
Elisa Balsamo (born 27 February 1998) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Lidl-Trek, and represents Italy at international competitions.. After competing at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the women's junior road race she became junior world champion at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in the junior's road race.

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/preview-ronde-van-drenthe-2024-wiebes-balsamo-and-kool-face-off-on-vam-berg-sprint
The Ronde van Drenthe is one of the most important classics in the female peloton and will take place on the 10th of March, right before the epicenter of the cobbled classics season. We preview the race.. The race is 137 kilometers long, relatively long for a one-day race, and it will see five laps of a circuit in Drenthe. Most of the circuit is pan-flat, except for the VAM-berg.

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a43276037/how-to-watch-ronde-van-drenthe/
How to watch Ronde van Drenthe. Thankfully, since the race is being broadcast on GCN+ in the U.S. we know we'll get good coverage. The racing starts at 9:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 11 and

https://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/elisa-balsamo/elisa-balsamo-blog-mission-accomplished-as-classics-hunter/
Elisa Balsamo surprised the cycling world - and herself - when she outsprinted Marianne Vos to win the 2021 World Championship road race in Leuven.

https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek-women/winning-is-never-boring-elisa-balsamo-makes-it-two
It was a fight for the last corner of the race in Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia. Only 150 meters remained after the turn and if you were not in the right position coming into curve, game over. Using her track experience, Balsamo maintained position. And focus. And found pole position. She came into the critical corner first and launched her

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/we-will-fight-to-get-revenge-balsamos-gent-wevelgem-near-miss-stokes-tour-of-flanders-fire/
The runner-up spot may have meant Balsamo missed the hat trick but she maintains her podium run, with the 26 year old having started the month with a second at Ronde van Drenthe before delivering

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lorena-wiebes-elisa-balsamo-face-091929432.html
The top sprinters in the women's peloton will descend on the Netherlands this weekend for the Ronde van Drenthe, the sixth round of the WorldTour. For the first time this season, Lorena Wiebes and

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/dream-gent-wevelgem-victory-lifts-elisa-balsamo-to-tour-of-flanders-favourite-status
Elisa Balsamo will head to next week's Tour of Flanders as one of the favourites for the first women's Monument of the 2022 season. The world champion has been on stellar form this season

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/gent-wevelgem-women-5-things-we-learned-from-the-one-day-race/
Elisa Balsamo was reluctant to discuss the Tour of Flanders in her post-victory press conference at Gent-Wevelgem, but her recent run of form certainly puts her forward as a serious contender for this Sunday. ... Nokere Koerse, and the Ronde van Drenthe. It was Balsamo that broke her run of wins at Brugge-De Panne, though Wiebes had sprinted to

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/balsamo-it-has-been-the-best-start-of-the-season-in-my-career/
Balsamo, who said that winning her first WWT race in Italy was "a special emotion", praised her team for their work during the race. Elisa Longo Borghini was out front covering attacks on the

https://escapecollective.com/its-balsamos-race-to-lose-at-gent-wevelgem/
Then-World Champion Elisa Balsamo wins Gent-Wevelgem in 2022. SD Worx-Protime will be back in the peloton after sitting out Classic Brugge-De Panne due to illness and injuries within the team. But honestly, even with Kopecky's wins at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche, it doesn't seem like the Dutch team has quite the stranglehold on

https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/elisa-balsamo-paris-roubaix-femmes-sprint-race-recap
Emotion overwhelmed Elisa Balsamo almost immediately after sprinting to second place in the Roubaix Velodrome. She had to fight back to the lead group of riders just to have a shot at winning cycling's most famous one-day race. She put her wheel in the lead as the sprint opened up. But Lotte Kopecky, the reigning world champion, simply had

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/a-tightrope-of-growth-balancing-womens-cycling-individuality-with-imported-mens-races/
Elisa Balsamo caused a bit of a stir last week when she said she would like a Milan-San Remo back on the women's calendar. The behemoth one-day race, the longest single day on the men's calendar, once had a female edition but it fell by the wayside in 2005.