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 at the World Championships.

Personal life
Kopecky is of distant Czech descent.



Road
Source:


 * 2010
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial, National Novice Championships
 * 1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships


 * 2011
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial, National Novice Championships
 * 1st Time trial, Antwerp Provincial Novice Championships


 * 2012
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * UEC European Junior Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg 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 Jersey orange.svg Sprints classification


 * 2014
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Under-23 road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Under-23 time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 1st 's Gravenwezel
 * 3rd Kieldrecht–Prosperpolder
 * 10th Diamond Tour


 * 2015
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Trofee Maarten Wynants
 * National Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 2nd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
 * 4th Overall Belgium Tour
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Jersey black.svg Belgian rider classification
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
 * 5th Diamond Tour
 * 7th Dwars door de Westhoek


 * 2019
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Belgium Tour
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Le Samyn
 * Challenge by La Vuelta
 * 1st Jersey green 2.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 2nd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial, National Championships
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * 1st Strade Bianche
 * Vuelta a Burgos
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 1
 * UCI World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI World Championships
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classificaton
 * 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 1–6
 * Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stage 1
 * 2nd Strade Bianche
 * 2nd Amstel Gold Race
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Championships
 * 7th Paris–Roubaix


 * 2024
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour of Britain
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Points classificaton
 * 1st Stages 1 & 2
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall UAE Tour
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Paris–Roubaix
 * 1st Strade Bianche
 * 1st Nokere Koerse
 * 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Points classificaton
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda

Track

 * 2010
 * National Novice Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 UEC Champion Jersey.svg Points race
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Individual pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
 * National Junior Championships
 * 2nd Omnium
 * 2nd Team pursuit
 * 3rd Points race


 * 2014
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 Bronze medal europe.svg 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Jolien D'Hoore)
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Omnium
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Jolien D'Hoore)
 * 2016–17 UCI World Cup
 * 1st UCI Track World Cup jersey.png Overall, Omnium
 * 1st Omnium, Cali
 * 2017–18 UCI World Cup
 * 1st Points race, Pruszków
 * 1st Madison, Pruszków
 * 2nd Madison, Manchester
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Omnium
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Points race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Elimination
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Omnium


 * 2022
 * UCI World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison (with Shari Bossuyt)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Elimination
 * UEC European Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race


 * 2023
 * UCI World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Elimination
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Omnium
 * UEC European Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Omnium
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Points race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Omnium
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Elimination
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Madison (with Shari Bossuyt)


 * 2024
 * UEC European Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Madison

Cyclo-cross

 * 2020–2021
 * 2nd National Championships

Honours and awards

 * Belgian Promising Talent of the Year: 2017
 * Flandrienne of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Crystal Bicycle: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Trophy Patrick Sercu: 2022
 * Eddy Merckx Trophy: 2023
 * Belgian Sportswoman of the Year: 2023 
 * Flemish Sportsjewel: 2023
 * HLN/VTM Belgian of the Year: 2023