Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) continued her remarkable start to the 2024 season with a solo victory at Nokere Koerse. The world champion produced an all-action display to claim her second successive triumph at the race.
A faller early in the day, Kopecky later engaged in a surprising solo effort midway through the race. She relented with 60km or so remaining, but she still proved the strongest rider in the peloton on the final lap of the finishing circuit around Nokere.
Kopecky sparked the winning move by attacking on the cobbled climb at Lange Ast with 14km to go, bringing teammate Lorena Wiebes, Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) with her.
The fifth edition of the women's Nokere Koerse features 127 kilometres of racing between Deinze and Nokere riddled with cobbled roads and climbs and a finish on the Nokereberg.
As it has in the past years, the race begins in at Petegem aan de Leie and hits the Lange Ast climb for the first time at kilometre 14.7. The race heads toward Oudenaarde and takes on the Hellestraat, Holstraat, and Petegemberg before traveling to the finishing circuits.
The final 64.4km cover two local laps in Nokere, which includes a series of cobblestoned sectors that lead to the Nokereberg which the women will cimb twice before the finish.
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2024 Nokere Koerse women route
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Profile of the 2024 Nokere Koerse women(Image credit: Nokere Koerse)
Map of the 2024 Nokere Koerse women(Image credit: Nokere Koerse)
