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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 and 2024 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.
Early life
[edit]Kopecky started cycling at the age of nine. Like her brother, she focused on cyclo-cross. She then joined the Topsport School which combines sports practice with studies. But since cyclo-cross is not an Olympic discipline, a necessary condition to be part of the curriculum, she switched to road and track cycling.[8]
Career
[edit]Youth years
[edit]Aged 16, Kopecky became Belgian junior time trial champion in 2012, and second in the road race. In Valkenburg, Netherlands, she finished 11th in the woman junior's time trial during the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. A year later, she finished seventh and ninth in the time trial and road race at the European Championships in Olomouc, Czech Republic and she won silver at the Belgian Junior Women's Time Trial Championship.[9]
In track cycling, Kopecky achieved good results from her youth. She won several Belgian titles as a novice and junior. In 2012, she rode her first international championship. At the 2013 UEC European Junior Championships, Kopecky won the points race and the individual pursuit, and became third in the team pursuit.[10]
2014-2018
[edit]In both 2014 and 2015, she won the golden medal in the national track championships individual pursuit and the silver medal at the national championships for the elite road race.[11]
Kopecky signed for Lotto–Soudal Ladies in November 2015.[12] In May 2016, she won her first professional road race, the Trofee Maarten Wynants.[13] After competing in the time trial and road race at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won the youth classification of the Lotto Belgium Tour in September.
Kopecky in 2016 at the Track Cycling World Cup
That year, she also won the national Under-23 road race and time trial championships, which she also managed to do in 2017. Kopecky also grabbed silver in the 2017 national elite road race.
Lotte Kopecky and Jolien D'Hoore managed to win the golden medal in the Madison discipline at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after they won the European title in 2016.[14]
Kopecky dominated the 2017 national track championships, winning the Omnium, Scratch and Points race.[15]
In 2018, in addition to some places of honor, she won the points classification in the Belgium Tour.[16]
2019–2022
[edit]In February 2019, Kopecky managed to win the inaugural Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas.[17] She became the national elite time trial champion later that year.[18] In 2020, she managed to win both the national elite time trial and road race championship. She finished second in Gent–Wevelgem, after Jolien D'Hoore, and third in the Tour of Flanders.[19] Lotte Kopecky participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing 4th in the individual road race.[20]
Lotte Kopecky at the 2021 Road World Championships
Kopecky signed with the prestigious SD Worx team in June 2021, believing that she would be surrounded by stronger cyclists.[21] After winning the final stage, she won the general classification of the Belgium Tour, as well as the points classification.[22] She also won the final stage of the Challenge by La Vuelta, and the points classification. And like the year before, Kopecky managed to win both the national time trial and road race championship.[23]
During the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, she won the golden medal in the Points race, and the silver medal in the Elimination and Omnium disciplines.[24]
In 2022, she won the classics Strade Bianche[25] and Tour of Flanders,[26] and ended as second in Paris–Roubaix Femmes.
Kopecky at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes
Kopecky won the points classification of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas and finished as first in one stage. At the world championships road race in Wollongong, Australia, she seemed to be on her way to her first world title, but due to an unexpected attack by Annemiek Van Vleuten she had to settle for a silver medal.[27]
2022 proved to be a successful year in track cycling, with a world title in the Elimination and Madison (with Shari Bossuyt) and a European title in the Elimination and Points race.[28]
In November 2022, after being a couple for more than three years, Kopecky ended her relationship with Kieran De Fauw.[29] As he was also her coach, she decided to continue without a coach and to coach herself.[30]
2023–present
[edit]Kopecky won the classic 2023 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Nokere Koerse, and after an early escape she won the Tour of Flanders for the second time in a row.[31]
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 in Balloch, Great Britain.[32] As the big favorite for the final victory, she was able to arrive solo after a nervous race.[33]
Kopecky became World and European champion Elimination and also won the Points race during the 2023 World Track Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[34] On national level, in the Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx, she became Belgian champion in the Individual pursuit, Points race, Omnium, Elimination and Madison (with Shari Bossuyt).[35] After receiving several national and international cycling awards in late 2023, she was also voted Belgian of the Year.[36]
In February 2024, Kopecky extended her contract with SD Worx-Protime until 2028.[37] By then, she already had won the general and sprints classification of the UAE Tour Women. In March, Kopecky won the classic Strade Bianche for a second time, and succeeded herself in Nokere Koerse.[38] She also managed to win Paris–Roubaix Femmes, after a powerful sprint.[39]
Kopecky in rainbow jersey during the 2024 Paris–Roubaix Femmes
At the Tour of Britain in June 2024, Kopecky won two stages and finished first in the general and points classification.[40] The same month, she won the Belgian road race and time trial championship once more.[41] Kopecky was a big favorite to win the gold medal in the Olympic road race in Paris, but had to settle for a bronze medal. Despite the French doping agency acknowledging that the use of letrozole metabolite was not intentional, her partner Shari Bossuyt was suspended for 2 years. This forced Kopecky to adjust her ambitions for the Madison event at the Olympics and championships to follow.[42]
After winning the general and mountains classifications in the Tour de Romandie, Kopecky won the Time trial at the UEC European Championships. She extended her road race world championship title at the UCI World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.[43] In the final lap she experienced several difficult moments uphill, but she could handle her race tactically and win the sprint finish.[44] At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kopecky ended as second in both the Elimination and Points race, finishing her season with nine medals at a major championship.[45]
In 2025, after a winter beset by knee problems, she chose to skip the opening weekend.[46] Kopecky helped her teammate Lorena Wiebes to victory in Milan–San Remo. She herself eventually finished ninth.[47] After previously failing to escape for a solo finish, she also acted as pacemaker for winner Lorena Wiebes in the final of a chaotic Gent–Wevelgem.[48] In Dwars door Vlaanderen, Kopecky ended second after an outstanding Elisa Longo Borgini.[49] Kopecky then won the Tour of Flanders for a record third time, winning in a sprint finish.[50] The rest of the season was "dramatic" as she put it herself: she left the Giro, rode a disappointing Tour de France, skipped the 2025 UCI Road World Championships and a vertebra fracture prevented her from competing at the Track World Championships.[51]
Having skipped the 2025 UEC European Track Championships and missed the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships through injury, Kopecky returned to the track in 2026 and in February won three European titles: Elimination, Points Race and the Madison, which she won together with Shari Bossuyt.[52]
Personal life
[edit]Kopecky's great-grandfather was Czech.[53] Off the bike, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and is known for her down-to-earth personality. Her brother struggled with depression and died by suicide in 2023. Kopecky and her family went through a difficult period. She later admitted that she would never have started cycling without him.
"To be honest, I didn't even like cycling. But Seppe did it, I looked up to him, and so I just joined. It was only later that I realized how crazy that choice actually was, because there were many sports that I was good at and I could have chosen another one for the same reason." Kopecky mentioned in a 2023 interview.[54]
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]Source:[55]
Time trial, National Novice Championships
1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships
2011
1st Time trial, National Novice Championships
1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships
2012
National Junior Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
UEC European Junior Championships
3rd 
Time trial
5th Road race
2013
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
2nd Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Junior Championships
3rd Road race, Flanders Regional Junior Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
7th Time trial
9th Road race
8th Overall Junior Energiewacht Tour
1st 
Sprints classification
2014
National Championships
1st Under-23 road race
1st Under-23 time trial
2nd Road race
1st 's Gravenwezel
3rd Kieldrecht–Prosperpolder
10th Diamond Tour
2015
National Championships
1st Under-23 road race
2nd Road race
Antwerp Provincial Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
1st Herselt Koerse – Zuidkempense Ladies Classic
2nd Trofee Maarten Wynants
3rd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers
5th Grand Prix de Dottignies
6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2016
National Under-23 Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Trofee Maarten Wynants
National Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
4th Overall Belgium Tour
1st 
Young rider classification
6th Diamond Tour
8th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
9th La Course by Le Tour de France
10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2017
National Under-23 Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2nd Road race, National Championships
2nd Acht van Westerveld
5th Omloop van het Hageland
5th Tour of Flanders
5th Dwars door de Westhoek
6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
8th Overall Belgium Tour
9th Trofee Maarten Wynants
2018
2nd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Belgium Tour
1st 
Points classification
1st 
Belgian rider classification
1st Stage 1
4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
5th Diamond Tour
7th Dwars door de Westhoek
2019
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st MerXem Classic
2nd Overall Belgium Tour
3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
3rd Nokere Koerse
3rd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
3rd Diamond Tour
4th RideLondon Classique
5th Ronde van Drenthe
6th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Le Samyn
2020
National Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Stage 7 Giro Rosa
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
3rd Le Samyn
3rd Tour of Flanders
3rd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
4th Brabantse Pijl
7th Road race, UEC European Championships
2021
National Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st 
Overall Belgium Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Le Samyn
Challenge by La Vuelta
1st 
Points classification
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
1st 
Sprints classification
1st Stage 4
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
4th Road race, Summer Olympics
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Nokere Koerse
4th Classic Brugge–De Panne
4th Dwars door het Hageland
7th La Classique Morbihan
2022
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Strade Bianche
Vuelta a Burgos
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
UCI World Championships
2nd 
Road race
9th Time trial
2nd Paris–Roubaix
2nd Nokere Koerse
3rd Ronde van Drenthe
4th Overall RideLondon Classique
4th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
2023
1st 
Road race, UCI World Championships
National Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st 
Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
1st Overall Simac Ladies Tour
1st Stage 2 & 4
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
1st Nokere Koerse
1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
1st Dwars door het Hageland
2nd Overall Tour de France
1st 
Points classification
1st Stage 1
Held after Stages 1–6
Held 
after Stage 1
2nd Strade Bianche
2nd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Road race, UEC European Championships
7th Paris–Roubaix
2024
UCI Road World Championships
1st Road race
5th Time trial
1st 
Time trial, UEC European Championships
National Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall UCI World Tour
1st Overall Tour of Britain
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall UAE Tour
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Simac Ladies Tour
1st Stage 6
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Strade Bianche
1st Nokere Koerse
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Points classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
Olympic Games
3rd 
Road race
6th Time trial
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Tour of Flanders
2025
National Championships
1st Time trial
1st Tour of Flanders
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
9th Milan–San Remo
General classification results timeline
[edit]| Major Tour results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vuelta Femenina[note 1] | — | — | 18 | 21 | — | — | |||||||||
| Giro d'Italia | 86 | DNF | — | 42 | — | 2 | |||||||||
| Tour de France | Race did not exist | 38 | 2 | — | |||||||||||
| Stage race results timeline | |||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||
| Thüringen Ladies Tour | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Lotto Belgium Tour | 2 | — | 1 | — | NH | — | |||||||||
| Holland Ladies Tour | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| UAE Tour | Race did not exist | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||
| Tour of Britain | — | NH | — | — | NH | 1 | |||||||||
| Tour de Romandie | NH | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||
- ^ Known as the Challenge by La Vuelta from 2020 to 2022
Classics results timeline
[edit]| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan-San Remo | Not held | 9 | |||||||||
| Tour of Flanders | — | 33 | 5 | — | 32 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not exist | NH | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 5 | |
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Ronde van Drenthe | — | 23 | 25 | — | 5 | NH | — | 3 | — | — | NH |
| Nokere Koerse | Did not exist | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Classic Brugge–De Panne | Did not exist | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | ||
| Gent–Wevelgem | 21 | 35 | 16 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 19 | 55 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 6 | 8 | 6 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | 2 | 77 | 34 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 12 |
| GP de Plouay | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | |
Major championships results timeline
[edit]| Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games
|
Time trial | Not held | 21 | Not held | — | Not held | 6 | Not held | ||||||
| Road race | 45 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| World Championships
|
Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 5 | ||
| Road race | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Team relay | Did not exist | — | NH | 7 | — | — | — | |||||||
| European Championships
|
Time trial | Did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Road race | — | — | — | 11 | 7 | 14 | — | 3 | — | |||||
| Team relay | Did not exist | 4 | — | — | NH | — | — | |||||||
| National Championships
|
Time trial | — | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Road race | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1 | |||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
Track
[edit] Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Omnium
3rd Scratch
2011
National Novice Championships
2nd Team sprint
3rd Team pursuit
3rd Keirin
3rd Individual pursuit
2012
National Junior Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Points race
3rd Keirin
2013
UEC European Junior Championships
1st 
Points race
1st Individual pursuit
3rd Team pursuit
National Junior Championships
2nd Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Points race
2014
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
3rd 500m time trial
3rd Keirin
3rd Points race
3 Jours d'Aigle
1st Individual pursuit
1st Scratch
2nd Points race
Belgian Xmas Meetings
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
3rd Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
3rd Scratch, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
3rd Individual pursuit, International Belgian Open
2015
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Scratch
2nd Omnium
2nd Points race
3 Jours d'Aigle
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Scratch
2nd Scratch, UCI World Cup, Cali
2016
UEC European Championships
1st Madison (with Jolien D'Hoore)
3rd Omnium
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Points race
1st Omnium
National Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Scratch
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
1st Omnium, Six Days of Ghent
Grand Prix of Poland
1st Points race
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Glasgow
Revolution Series, Glasgow
2nd Scratch
3rd Points race
2017
1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Jolien D'Hoore)
2016–17 UCI World Cup
1st 
Overall, Omnium
1st Omnium, Cali
2017–18 UCI World Cup
1st Points race, Pruszków
1st Madison, Pruszków
2nd Madison, Manchester
National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
Belgian International Track Meeting
1st Madison
3rd Omnium
Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent
2nd Madison
3rd Omnium
2018
International Belgian Track Meeting
1st Madison
1st Omnium
UCI World Cup
3rd Madison, Berlin
3rd Madison, London
2019
UCI World Cup
1st Madison, Cambridge
2nd Madison, Hong Kong
2021
UCI World Championships
1st Points race
2nd Elimination
2nd Omnium
2022
UCI World Championships
1st Madison (with Shari Bossuyt)
1st Elimination
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
1st Points race
2023
UCI World Championships
1st Elimination
1st Points race
3rd 
Omnium
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
3rd Omnium
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Omnium
1st Elimination
1st Madison (with Shari Bossuyt)
2024
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
1st Points race
2nd Madison
UCI World Championships
2nd Elimination
2nd Points race
2026
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Shari Bossuyt)
Cyclo-cross
[edit]Gravel
[edit] UCI World Championships
Honours and awards
[edit]
Mural in Roeselare, Belgium
- Belgian Promising Talent of the Year: 2017[56]
- Flandrienne of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024[57][58]
- Crystal Bicycle: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025[59][60][61]
- Trophy Patrick Sercu: 2022[62]
- Eddy Merckx Trophy: 2023, 2024[63]
- Belgian Sportswoman of the Year: 2023[64]
- Flemish Sportsjewel: 2023[65]
- HLN/VTM Belgian of the Year: 2023[66]
- Belgian National Sports Merit Award: 2024[67]
- Vélo d'Or: 2024, runner-up: 2022, 2023[68]
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- ^ "Meteen raak! Lotte Kopecky is weer wereldkampioen op de afvalling: "Ik had nog iets in de benen"" [Right on target! Lotte Kopecky is once again world champion in the elimination: "I still had something in my legs"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 6 August 2023.
- ^ "BEKIJK: Lotte Kopecky opent met nationale titels én Belgisch record, ongewone ontknoping bij mannen" [WATCH: Lotte Kopecky opens with national titles and Belgian record, unusual denouement for men]. Sporza (in Dutch). 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Michel Wuyts brengt ode aan Lotte Kopecky, uw Belg van het Jaar: "Haar grootste overwinning? Hoe ze de onzekerheid van zich afschudde en flamboyant werd"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky verlengt contract bij SD Worx-Protime tot 2028: "Komende 5 jaar van dat gezaag vanaf"" [Lotte Kopecky extends contract at SD Worx-Protime until 2028: "Next 5 years of that nagging from now on"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Strade Bianche 2024: Lotte Kopecky rips to victory as Elisa Longo Borghini denied, Demi Vollering third". eurosport.com. 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Paris-Roubaix: Lotte Kopecky wins as GB's Pfeiffer Georgi finishes third". BBC. 6 April 2024.
- ^ "World champion Kopecky wins Tour of Britain". BBC. 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky & Arnaud De Lie winnen BK Wielrennen" [Lotte Kopecky & Arnaud De Lie win Belgian Cycling Championship]. zottegem.be (in Dutch). 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Shari Bossuyt krijgt 2 jaar schorsing na positieve dopingtest: "Geen enkele vorm van menselijkheid"" [Shari Bossuyt gets 2-year suspension after positive doping test: 'No humanity whatsoever']. Sporza (in Dutch). 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Kopecky defends road race world title in thrilling sprint finish". BBC (in Dutch). 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Dan toch! Pientere Lotte Kopecky overleeft dipje en volgt zichzelf op als wereldkampioene in Zürich na een bloedstollend W" [Finally! Smart Lotte Kopecky survives a dip and succeeds herself as world champion in Zurich after a thrilling World Championship]. Sporza (in Dutch). 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Start ze eigenlijk ergens níét als favoriete? Lotte Kopecky pakte dit jaar negen (!) medailles op grote kampioenschappen" [Does she actually not start somewhere as a favorite? Lotte Kopecky won nine medals at major championships this year]. gva.be (in Dutch). 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Dit is het programma van Lotte Kopecky in de klassiekers 2025" [This is Lotte Kopecky's program in the 2025 classics]. Sporza (in Dutch). 25 February 2025.
- ^ ""Ik dacht: doe het niet!" Lotte Kopecky wou zege Wiebes eigenlijk anders vieren, maar zag veelbesproken regel dwarsliggen". Sporza (in Dutch). 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky draait knop "zonder probleem" om: "Als ik niet wegrijd, is dat mijn eigen schuld"". Sporza (in Dutch). 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Longo Borghini soleert naar zege in Dwars door Vlaanderen - Kopecky tweede in aanloop naar Ronde" [Longo Borghini solos to victory in Dwars door Vlaanderen - Kopecky second in run-up to Ronde]. eurosport.nl (in Dutch). 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Het gedroomde plaatje: Lotte Kopecky snelt in haar regenboogtrui naar recordzege in de Ronde van Vlaanderen" [The dream picture: Lotte Kopecky races to record victory in the Tour of Flanders in her rainbow jersey]. Sporza (in Dutch). 6 April 2025.
- ^ "'Take away Flanders and it's dramatic - Lotte Kopecky reflects on injury-hit 2025 season". www.domestiquecycling.com. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ "#EUROTRACK26 – WORLD RECORDS AND TOP TRACK CYCLING". Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ "Tsjechische roots en een hondje naar haar vernoemd na het BK tijdrijden: wat u moet en mag weten over Lotte Kopecky". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 December 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Kopecky openhartig over zelfmoord broer: 'Ik hoop dat de drugsverkopers zich schuldig voelen'". indeleiderstrui.nl (in Dutch). 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Kopecky bekroond als Belofte van het Jaar, Davis Cup-team is Ploeg van het Jaar" [Kopecky awarded as Promise of the Year, Davis Cup team is Team of the Year]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Jasper Philipsen en Lotte Kopecky verkozen tot Flandriens van het Jaar, Van der Poel is internationale laureaat". Sporza (in Dutch). 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Remco Evenepoel schiet opnieuw hoofdvogel af, Lotte Kopecky al voor 5e jaar op rij Flandrien(ne)" [Remco Evenepoel hits the jackpot again, Lotte Kopecky for the 5th year in a row Flandrien(ne)]. Sporza (in Dutch). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Evenepoel en Kopecky hebben er weer Kristallen Fiets bij, Zweetdruppel voor Van Hooydonck". Sporza (in Dutch). 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Evenepoel en Kopecky krijgen ook dit jaar Kristallen Fiets, Vanthourenhout is Manager van het Jaar". Sporza (in Dutch). 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky wint zesde Kristallen Fiets op rij: "Wilde ik nochtans vermijden"". wielerflits.be (in Dutch). 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Remco Evenepoel en Lotte Kopecky zijn ook de Flandrien(ne) van het Jaar" [Remco Evenepoel and Lotte Kopecky are also the Flandrien(ne) of the Year]. Sporza (in Dutch). 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Tourwinnaars in de prijzen: Vollering en Vingegaard winnen Vélo d'Or, troostprijs voor Lotte Kopecky". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Wielrennen boven op het Sportgala: Remco Evenepoel en Lotte Kopecky zijn Sportman en Sportvrouw van het Jaar" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Alweer een trofee erbij: Lotte Kopecky wint ook het Vlaams Sportjuweel" (in Dutch). 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Lotte Kopecky is uw Belg van het jaar 2023. "Geluk en ongeluk liggen dicht bij elkaar, heb ik geleerd"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Wereldkampioene Lotte Kopecky krijgt de Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste 2024" (in Dutch). 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Derde keer, goede keer: Lotte Kopecky heeft prestigieuze Vélo d'Or te pakken". Sporza (in Dutch). 6 December 2024.
External links
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- Lotte Kopecky at UCI
- Lotte Kopecky at Cycling Archives
- Lotte Kopecky at ProCyclingStats
- Lotte Kopecky at Cycling Quotient
- Lotte Kopecky at CycleBase
- Lotte Kopecky at Olympics.com
- Lotte Kopecky at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Lotte Kopecky at Olympedia
- Lotte Kopecky at InterSportStats
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