Lotto Belgium Tour: Kopecky takes final stage and GC title
Van Dijk secures second overall
Lotte Kopecky (Belgium National Team) won stage 3 atop the Muur in Gerrardsbergen and took the overall crown of the Lotto Belgium Tour on Friday. Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Pura) fought alongside Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) and won the battle for second, with Van Dijk secured third.
Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) was caught in a crash on one of the lower corners of the Muur with less than 2.5km to go, and would not be able to catch the small group of attackers to retain the red leader's jersey. She would finish with the best young rider jersey, while Van Dijk took the mountain classification title and Queen of Stones award jersey.
“It’s my first GC win so it’s a really nice feeling. Also the feeling compared to last week is much better, so I’m really happy for that," Kopecky said after the race. "The results were perfect, with Jolien [D’Hoore] in the [early] break. We had to close the gap with SRAM Racing, so for us it was a perfect scenario. And it was nice that Jolien rode for me that way."
There were two long laps of 29.8 kilometres around Geraardsbergen, followed by two short laps of 17.1 kilometres that included passes up the Bosberg and Muur. With 3km to go the final three riders - Kopecky, Van Dijk and Janneke Ensing (Team BikeExchange) - in breakaway were caught by the reduced peloton.
The paces picked up on the Muur with race leader Wiebes now in the group, who had had been trailing the leaders by 27 seconds. However, Wiebes was caught behind a small group that crashed on the cobbles in a corner, and it was go-time for Kopecky and Van Dijk.
“Ellen [van Dijk] was seven seconds behind me, so she had to drop me, not the other way around. So I just stayed calm," Kopecky said about the final 200 metres of the climb where she surged to the win. "The Muur is a hill that really suits me, so you have to wait for the right moment.
"It’s really nice to race again with people on the side so the roads. It gives the race a different atmosphere. I am really happy that it was possible today.”
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team | 2:30:21 |
2 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:00:07 |
3 | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
4 | Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:00:14 |
5 | Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing | |
6 | Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:00:18 |
7 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
8 | Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
9 | Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team | 0:00:21 |
10 | Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:00:23 |
11 | Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:28 |
12 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM | |
13 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | |
14 | Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
15 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
16 | Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM | 0:00:34 |
17 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
18 | Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
19 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
20 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team | |
21 | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:00:39 |
22 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
23 | Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team | |
24 | Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:00:42 |
25 | Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing | 0:00:47 |
26 | Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:00:48 |
27 | Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:56 |
28 | Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:00:58 |
29 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:01:07 |
30 | Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing | 0:01:10 |
31 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | 0:02:27 |
32 | India Grangier (Fra) French National Team | 0:02:33 |
33 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:02:49 |
34 | Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:03:23 |
35 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:03:26 |
36 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:03:28 |
37 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:03:36 |
38 | Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:05:26 |
39 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:05:28 |
40 | Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | |
41 | Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | |
42 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:05:32 |
43 | Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange | 0:05:37 |
44 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:05:40 |
45 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM | 0:05:43 |
46 | Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel | |
47 | Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team | |
48 | Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | |
49 | Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:05:45 |
50 | Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:05:46 |
51 | Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
52 | Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | |
53 | Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM | |
54 | Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team | 0:05:49 |
55 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
56 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:05:50 |
57 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM | 0:05:52 |
58 | Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
59 | Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:05:54 |
60 | Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen | 0:05:56 |
61 | Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:05:59 |
62 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | |
63 | Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen | 0:06:01 |
64 | Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team | 0:06:07 |
65 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:06:09 |
66 | Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing | |
67 | Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | |
68 | Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:06:13 |
69 | Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
70 | Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange | 0:06:18 |
71 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:06:21 |
72 | Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | |
73 | Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | |
74 | Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:06:24 |
75 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team | 0:06:33 |
76 | Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:06:36 |
77 | Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel | 0:06:41 |
78 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:26 |
79 | Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team | 0:10:57 |
80 | Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing | 0:11:01 |
81 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:11:02 |
82 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange | 0:11:04 |
83 | Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team | |
84 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:11:20 |
85 | Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team | 0:11:21 |
86 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team | |
87 | Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel | |
88 | Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team | 0:11:29 |
89 | Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team | 0:11:31 |
90 | Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:11:33 |
91 | Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:11:39 |
DNF | Lente Boskamp (Ned) WV Schijndel | |
DNF | Valentine Fortin (Fra) French National Team | |
DNF | Caren Commissaris (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | |
DNF | Laura Molenaar (Ned) WV Schijndel | |
DNF | Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) French National Team | |
DNF | Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing | |
DNF | Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo | |
DNF | Daphne Kreulen (Ned) WV Schijndel | |
DNF | Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norwegian National Team | |
DNF | Viktoriia Bondar (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team | |
DNF | Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
DNF | Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team | |
DNF | Demi van Dijke (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini | |
DNF | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | |
DNF | Julia Soek (Ned) Team DSM | |
DNF | Ingrit Verhoeff (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team | |
DNF | Lensy Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team | |
DNF | Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen | |
DNF | Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
DNS | Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team | 8:54:09 |
2 | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:20 |
3 | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM | 0:00:36 |
4 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:01:13 |
5 | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:01:24 |
6 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team | 0:01:38 |
7 | Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing | 0:01:40 |
8 | Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team | 0:01:48 |
9 | Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:01:52 |
10 | Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:01:53 |
11 | Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM | 0:01:55 |
12 | Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:02:04 |
13 | Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura | |
14 | Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:02:05 |
15 | Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:02:09 |
16 | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:02:11 |
17 | Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
18 | Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:02:14 |
19 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:02:25 |
20 | Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:02:32 |
21 | Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:02:34 |
22 | Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange | 0:02:55 |
23 | Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:03:01 |
24 | Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:03:03 |
25 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura | 0:03:07 |
26 | Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing | |
27 | Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:03:21 |
28 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:05:19 |
29 | Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:05:21 |
30 | Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:07:04 |
31 | Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM | 0:07:10 |
32 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:14 |
33 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM | 0:07:40 |
34 | Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:07:54 |
35 | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:08:09 |
36 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team | 0:08:19 |
37 | Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team | 0:08:21 |
38 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:08:31 |
39 | Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:09:41 |
40 | Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:14:17 |
41 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | 0:15:25 |
42 | Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:15:27 |
43 | Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:15:28 |
44 | Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing | 0:15:46 |
45 | Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:15:58 |
46 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women | 0:17:02 |
47 | India Grangier (Fra) French National Team | 0:18:19 |
48 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:18:20 |
49 | Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:19:26 |
50 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:20:04 |
51 | Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team | 0:20:10 |
52 | Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM | 0:20:37 |
53 | Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:20:44 |
54 | Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange | 0:21:01 |
55 | Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire | 0:21:03 |
56 | Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:21:06 |
57 | Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:21:13 |
58 | Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel | 0:21:21 |
59 | Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:21:29 |
60 | Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team | 0:21:35 |
61 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:21:41 |
62 | Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura | 0:21:46 |
63 | Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:21:48 |
64 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:22:58 |
65 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange | 0:26:09 |
66 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team | 0:26:13 |
67 | Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team | |
68 | Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel | 0:26:30 |
69 | Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team | 0:26:43 |
70 | Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:26:55 |
71 | Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team | 0:27:10 |
72 | Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team | 0:28:09 |
73 | Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange | 0:28:34 |
74 | Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:28:54 |
75 | Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen | 0:29:23 |
76 | Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants | 0:29:37 |
77 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:31:01 |
78 | Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:33:28 |
79 | Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team | 0:33:31 |
80 | Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing | 0:33:44 |
81 | Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing | 0:34:08 |
82 | Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team | 0:34:09 |
83 | Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:34:33 |
84 | Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel | 0:34:57 |
85 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:36:48 |
86 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team | 0:39:39 |
87 | Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies | 0:40:02 |
88 | Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team | |
89 | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini | 0:46:41 |
90 | Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team | 0:47:02 |
91 | Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen | 0:51:31 |
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