Lotte Kopecky

Lotte Kopecky (born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam , 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 on the World Championships.
Personal life
Kopecky is of distant Czech descent.
Career achievements
Major results
Road
Source:
2010
1st 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 classificaton
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 classificaton
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
General classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championship results timeline
Track
2010
National Novice Championships
1st 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)
Cyclo-cross
2020–2021
2nd National Championships
Honours and awards
Belgian Promising Talent of the Year: 2017
Flandrienne of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022
Crystal Bicycle: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Trophy Patrick Sercu: 2022
Eddy Merckx Trophy: 2023
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
Belgian female cyclists
People from Rumst
Belgian people of Czech descent
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists from Antwerp Province
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Belgian track cyclists
21st-century Belgian sportswomen
UCI Road World Champions (women)