Lotte Kopecky finishes 22nd in men's junior race: "She attacked several times"
CyclingTuesday, 20 June 2023 at 10:56
Team SD Worx's Lotte Kopecky continued to prepare for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes with an appearance at a men's junior race in Wetteren, Belgium, finishing 22nd from a field of 71 riders.
“We have never had so many spectators on our course before,” a delighted race organizer Dirk Fack said post-race to Het Nieuwsblad. “Everyone was very happy, including the juniors. They thought it was an honor to race against Lotte and Lotte also made the race hard. She attacked several times and even rode in the leading group for a while. Very nice to see.”
After 86 kilometres of racing and being in the saddle for just under two hours, 16-year-old Kiany De Paepe took victory at the race with one of the stars of the women's World Tour peloton, Lotte Kopecky, finishing 50 seconds behind as part of the peloton.
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maria2024202408-01-2026 - Young Del Toro seem to have dealt with pressure exceptionally well last year. The Maglia Rosa lose last year was due to tactics, not pressure. It was a former young team mate of his (whose name rhymes with Caruso) who time and again didn't cope well. It's very reasonable to use Isaac as a super domestic for Tadej in TDF and avoid yet another leadership friction in the Giro. UAE team could have been honest about it, when the main reason is seemingly clear. Nothing wrong about it.BM08-01-2026
- „We’re not asking anything of him, except that he’s there.“ … what was the problem with Ayuso then?Ketterechts08-01-2026
- What an overtly bias story!whit2pet08-01-2026
- The result at the TDF is independent of whether he rides Giro or not. 2nd at the TDFabstractengineer08-01-2026
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- Everyone begins and ends life the same way. It's what we do in the middle that counts.paule08-01-2026
- Fact check false: I've crashed indoors before.acem8207-01-2026
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Kiany De Paepe won de juniorenkoers in Wetteren ten Ede. In de spurt van een kopgroep van 6. Voor de Argentijn Lorenzo Heredia. Een exotisch deelnemersveld met renners uit Mexico, Argentinië, Uruguay en Rusland. Straf. Lotte Kopecky zat niet in de goeie vlucht en werd 22ste.
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