Lotte Kopecky

Lotte Kopecky (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɔtə koːˈpɛki]; born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime, and the 2023 UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion. She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won six gold medals across four UCI Track Cycling World Championships; she won the madison in 2017 and 2022, the points race in 2021 and 2023, and the elimination race in 2022 and 2023.

Career

She participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing 4th in the individual road race. In 2022, she won the Strade Bianche and Tour of Flanders classics, the latter which she also won in 2023. She ranked second in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes and won the first stage and the points classification. On 13 August 2023 Kopecky won the Road Race at the World Championships.

Personal life

Kopecky is of distant Czech descent.

Career achievements

Major results

Road

Source:

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championship results timeline

Track

Cyclo-cross

Honours and awards

• Belgian Promising Talent of the Year: 2017
• Flandrienne of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Crystal Bicycle: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Trophy Patrick Sercu: 2022
• Eddy Merckx Trophy: 2023
• Belgian Sportswoman of the Year: 2023
• Flemish Sportsjewel: 2023
• HLN/VTM Belgian of the Year: 2023

References

External links

• Lotte Kopecky at UCI
• Lotte Kopecky at Cycling Archives
• Lotte Kopecky at ProCyclingStats
• Lotte Kopecky at Cycling Quotient
• Lotte Kopecky at CycleBase