Lotte Kopecky follows in Tadej Pogacar's footsteps and wins 2025 Tour of Flanders WE in the Rainbow Jersey!

Team SD Worx - Protime's world champion Lotte Kopecky has taken the win at the 2025 Tour of Flanders WE ahead of Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Liane Lippert and Katarzyna Niewiadome, after a dramatic finale saw a four-woman sprint for the line in Oudenaarde. In the process, the Belgian makes history as the first woman ever to win in Flanders on three separate occasions.

Seven riders got themselves into the early break of the day including British talent April Tacey and Irish youngster Aoife O'Brien. At 100km to go, the group held a sizeable advantage of more than six minutes. In an early blow to the race, Elisa Longo Borghini was forced to abandon after a crash with 96km left. Also hitting the deck early were notable names Lorena Wiebes and Noemi Ruegg. By 50km to go however, only Nicole Steigenga held the front of the race, around 1:47 clear of the peloton.

Once Steigenga was caught, the tension levels really began to rise, with Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Elise Chabbey both falling victim to this with a crash. Both though, managed to get back up and onto their bike, following the moves that split the peloton into an elite 17-woman lead group heading to the final climb of the day at the Oude Kwaremont. 

On the cobbled climb, world champion Lotte Kopecky came to the fore, but unlike her male counterpart Tadej Pogacar in the men's race, the Rainbow Jersey couldn't fully separate herself from the rest of the field, bringing Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Liane Lippert and Ferrand-Prevot clear with her. With them rolling through well together, the quartet entered the final 10km around 20 seconds clear of the chase group. By 5km to go, that gap had extended to 40 seconds, meaning victory was all but secured for one of the leading foursome. In the fight for the win, it was Niewiadoma that blinked first, but the Pole couldn't make a telling difference. Then in the sprint Kopecky led from the front and powered clear to a famous win.