For the seventh year in a row, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) won the elite women's individual time trial at the Belgian Road National Championships, setting a time of 24:37 on the 20.1 kilometre course in Brasschaat.
Kopecky stormed to the title by nearly a minute over second-placed Marthe Goossens (AG Insurance-Soudal). Lotte Claes (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) was a distant third at 1:48.
“I had a good feeling, as far as that is possible in a time trial,” Kopecky said in the post-race interview. “I was immediately on a good pace and was able to continue it well to the finish.
“It feels good when you can almost catch up with number two. So I can confidently go into Sunday's road race. That will be a very difficult race to win. I will have to make the right choices and dare to lose at times. I expect more opposition on Sunday.”
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