Lotte Kopecky

Shari Bossuyt second and Britt Knaven third in Gavere

SD Worx will have two potentially winning cards to play with Lotte Kopecky and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak at Saturday's Paris-Roubaix Femmes. Kopecky has already secured top-tier victories at Strade Bianche and Tour of Flanders and said that winning the second edition of the Hell of the North would be a bonus.

This weekend’s Paris-Roubaix marks the 119th edition of the men’s race and the second edition of the women’s race.Labelled the “hell of the north” by fans around the world, it is one of the highlights of the cycling calendar and often provides incredible drama as the riders subject themselves to the pain of the pavé.The winners of last year’s races – Sonny Colbrelli and Lizzie Deignan – are both not competing in the French classic this time around. Colbrelli is continuing his recovery after collapsing at the end of a stage of the Volta a Catalunya last month, while Deignan...

Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) has won the women's Tour of Flanders wearing the Belgian champion's jersey. Playing their numbers well in the final, Team SD Worx had Chantal van den Broek-Blaak attack with 11 kilometres to go, forcing Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) to close the gap with Kopecky on her wheel. Van den Broek-Blaak did the lion's share of work on the run-in to the finish, and Kopecky beat Van Vleuten in the sprint.

"It makes me want to have a baby, too," laughed Lotte Kopecky when asked her thoughts on Lizzie Deignan's announcement that she was expecting her second child and taking maternity leave from professional racing with a contract extension to return in 2023 and 2024. Kopecky spoke on the subject of...

It is probably too early to say what the best transfer of the year was, the racing has not even started yet for the women's peloton. Yet Lotte Kopecky's move to SD Worx has the hallmark of being the best piece of business. The Belgian champion admits herself that she...

Lotte Kopecky said she is feeling good in her preparations for the Belgian Cyclo-cross Championships held in Middelkerke this coming weekend. Racing in her new kit of SD Worx, Kopecky finished fourth at the Hexia cyclocross Gullegem on Tuesday. "It is nice to achieve a 4th place despite the absence...

After her outstanding solo win on stage three, Annemiek van Vleuten sealed the overall title at the Challenge by La Vuelta on Sunday as Lotte Kopecky took the final day's honours. Now fully recovered after her Olympic track crashes, Kopecky outsprinted Elisa Longo Borghini who was second. Brit Anna Henderson...