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 SD Worx, and the 2023 UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion.[7] 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.
She participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing 4th in the individual road race.[8] In 2022, she won the Strade Bianche[9] and Tour of Flanders[10] 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 on the World Championships.
Kopecky is of distant Czech descent.[11]
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Major Tour results timeline | |||||||||||||||
Stage race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||
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La Vuelta Femenina[note 1] | — | — | 18 | 21 | — | ||||||||||
Giro d'Italia Femminile | 86 | DNF | — | 42 | — | ||||||||||
Tour de France Femmes | Race did not exist | 38 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Stage race results timeline | |||||||||||||||
Stage race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||
Thüringen Ladies Tour | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | ||||||||||
Lotto Belgium Tour | 2 | — | 1 | — | NH | ||||||||||
Holland Ladies Tour | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||||||||
Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
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Tour of Flanders | — | 33 | 5 | — | 32 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Paris–Roubaix | Did not exist | NH | 15 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
Classics results timeline | ||||||||||||||||
Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | 4 | 27 | 1 | |||||||
Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Ronde van Drenthe | — | 23 | 25 | — | 5 | NH | — | 3 | — | |||||||
Nokere Koerse | Did not exist | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Classic Brugge–De Panne | Did not exist | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | — | |||||||||
Gent–Wevelgem | 21 | 35 | 16 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | |||||||
Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | 2 | |||||||
GP de Plouay | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — |
Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Olympic Games | Time trial | Not held | 21 | Not held | — | NH | |||||
Road race | 45 | 4 | |||||||||
World Championships | Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — |
Road race | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
Mixed team relay | Did not exist | — | NH | 7 | — | — | |||||
European Championships | Time trial | Did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
Road race | — | — | — | 11 | 7 | 14 | — | 3 | |||
Mixed team relay | Did not exist | 4 | — | — | NH | — | |||||
National Championships | Time trial | — | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Road race | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |