Cycling News — Lotte Kopecky

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Lotte Kopecky took the win on the fourth an final stage of Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta in an exciting sprint finish. Heading into the final stage of La Vuelta, Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Lotte Kopecky knew the steep climb into the finish in Santiago de Compostela suited her strengths. She started the day with confidence in herself and her teammates to get her to a seemingly inevitable bunch sprint. However, the competition had other plans. A four-rider breakaway just 50 kilometers into the 107-kilometer stage held off the bunch for longer than expected, and with one rider making a...

21 June 2021 Liv Racing WorldTeam athletes wrapped up a week of national championship races in their respective home countries. Lotte Kopecky once again came out on top, earning the privilege of wearing her the Belgian national colors on the road for another year. Lotte Kopecky backed up her Belgian time trial victory Wednesday by adding another national road title to her name Sunday in Waregem. The Liv Racing WorldTeam rider attacked 8km from the finish and raced to the finish line solo for the win. Kopecky credited teammate Valerie Demey for doing much of the work during the first two hours of the race,...

16 June 2021 Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Lotte Kopecky scored her third straight Belgian national championship title in the individual time trial discipline. The 25km Belgian championship time trial course through Ingelmunster consisted of two technical laps with plenty of corners. Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Lotte Kopecky set out to defend her ITT national title Wednesday, which she won in both 2020 and 2019. At the end of the first lap, Kopecky was still behind race leader Julie Van de Velde. In lap two, she kept a strong pace and crossed the finish line 14 seconds ahead for the win. Kopecky will defend her...

29 March 2021 Lotte Kopecky of the Liv Racing WorldTeam sprinted to a second-place finish at Sunday’s Women’s WorldTour race in Belgium. The 2021 Gent-Wevelgem UCI Women’s WorldTour race featured a 142km route with seven climbs, three gravel sections and a long flat run-in to the finish. The race was made more difficult by strong crosswinds and punctuated by several breakaway attempts early on. With 20km to go, Liv Racing’s Soraya Paladin followed a break by Elisa Longo Borghini. The long, straight roads kept the duo within the peloton’s sight, still they managed to stay away until just 500 meters from the finish....

02 March 2021 Lotte Kopecky scores the first win for the Liv Racing WorldTeam at Le Samyn des Dames in Belgium. The success comes just three days after narrowly missing out on the podium at the road racing season opener Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday. “Now I’ve shown that the fast legs are there,” said Kopecky after Tuesday’s victory. Le Samyn des Dames took place on Tuesday and was Liv Racing WorldTeam’s second race together. Coming off a delayed start to the road season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but bolstered by a recent training camp, the team started with a...