23/06/2024

New road race national champions | Lotte Kopecky; Georgi Pfeiffer; Chantal van den Broek-Blaak; Blanka Kata Vas; Anna Kiesenhofer and Urska Zigart

The national championships are in full steam today in several countries. The women's races have, in general, taken place before the men's events. Among the winners are Lotte Kopecky for Belgium, Georgi Pfeiffer for the United Kingdom and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak for the Netherlands.

In the Belgian race we've got Lotte Kopecky taking the victory once again, revalidating her title ahead of Sanne Cant and Justine Ghekiere.

2024 National Championships Race Center - All winners of 27 different countries

Belgium national championships women's road race:

01	KOPECKY Lotte	Team SD Worx-Protime
02	CANT Sanne	Fenix-Deceuninck
03	GHEKIERE Justine	AG Insurance-Soudal Team

In the British race we've had another title revalidation, as a late attack saw Georgi Pfeiffer of Team DSM - Firmenich PostNL bring in yet another title for the Dutch team. Anna Henderson and Lizzie Deignan completed the podium.

Great Britain national championships women's road race:

01	GEORGI Pfeiffer	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
02	HENDERSON Anna	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
03	DEIGNAN Lizzie	Lidl-Trek
04	PERKINS Flora	Fenix-Deceuninck
05	COUZENS Millie	Fenix-Deceuninck
06	TOWERS Alice	CANYON//SRAM Racing
07	NELSON Josie	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
08	STEELS Claire	Movistar Team
09	BARKER Elinor	Uno-X Mobility

In the Netherlands we've had Chantal van den Broek-Blaak take the victory with a solo attack. The veteran took her first pro win in almost three years, and this was also her third national title. A dominant win for SD Worx, as teammate Mischa Bredewold sprinted to second place; Nina Kessler was third.

The Netherlands national championships women's road race (Top20):

01	VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal	Team SD Worx-Protime	03:50:29
02	BREDEWOLD Mischa	Team SD Worx-Protime	+ 08
03	KESSLER Nina	EF Education-Cannondale	+ 08
04	ADEGEEST Loes	FDJ-SUEZ	+ 08
05	ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena	Fenix-Deceuninck	+ 08
06	DE VRIES Femke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 08
07	VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	Lidl-Trek	+ 08
08	KASTELIJN Yara	Fenix-Deceuninck	+ 11
09	VINKE Nienke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 11
10	TON Quinty	Liv AlUla Jayco	+ 27
11	STULTIENS Sabrina	VolkerWessels Pro Cycling Team	+ 27
12	GERRITSE Femke	Team SD Worx-Protime	+ 29
13	BENTVELD Leonie	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	+ 29
14	VON BERSWORDT Sophie	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 38
15	WIEBES Lorena	Team SD Worx-Protime	+ 03:10
16	KOOL Charlotte	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 03:10
17	JANSEN Eline	VolkerWessels Pro Cycling Team	+ 03:10
18	DE JONG Thalita	Lotto Dstny Ladies	+ 03:10
19	KOREVAAR Jeanne	Liv AlUla Jayco	+ 03:10
20	DE ZOETE Mylene	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	+ 03:10

In Slovenia, the country's most notable rider took a comfortable victory. Just like her partner Tadej Pogacar did at the Giro d'Italia, Urska Zigart won with a ten-minute lead over her closest competitor. Ursa Pintar and Spela Kern were second and third.

Slovenia national championships women's road race:

01	ZIGART Urska	Liv AlUla Jayco	03:01:14
02	PINTAR Ursa	BTC City Ljubljana Zhiraf Ambedo	+ 10:47
03	KERN Spela	Cofidis Women Team	+ 11:03
04	BOBNAR Nika	WCC Team
05	SUSNIK Tjasa	-
06	COLNAR Spela	BTC City Ljubljana Zhiraf Ambedo

In Hungary SD Worx brought in another title, with Blanka Kata Vas taking a strong triumph over Petra Zsanko. Szonja Greman was third on the day.

Hungary national championships women's road race:

01	VAS Blanka	Team SD Worx-Protime	02:19:48
02	ZSANKO Petra	-	+ 58
03	GREMAN Szonja	-	+ 08:07

Olympic Champion Anna Kiesenhofer was declared double national champion in Austria. After winning the time-trial, the Roland rider won the road race as well, beating Valentina Cavallar and Christina Schweinberger.

Austria national championships women's road race:

01	KIESENHOFER Anna	Roland	02:30:36
02	CAVALLAR Valentina	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 53
03	SCHWEINBERGER Christina	Fenix-Deceuninck	+ 05:02
04	SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling	+ 05:02