2024-04-23 10:36:38
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 2 minutes ago, Updated now
Lotte Kopecky sur l’Amstel Gold Race 2024. George Deswijs / Proshots / Panoramic
The Belgian world champion, Lotte Kopecky, will not be competing in the Tour de France Femmes, her team SD Worx announced this Tuesday.
Belgian cyclist Lotte Kopecky, reigning world champion, will not compete in the next Tour de France (August 12-18) to devote herself exclusively to the Paris Olympic Games, her team, SD Worx, announced on Tuesday.
Kopecky had been one of the great leaders of the 2023 Grande Boucle (1 stage victory, green jersey, 2nd place in the final after wearing the yellow jersey for 6 days). The Tour will start from Rotterdam in the Netherlands on August 12, the day after the Olympic event, the track omnium, where the Flemish runner will aim for the gold medal.
“Combining the two events would involve too much mental load”explained Danny Stam, the sports manager of the Dutch team. “If she is an Olympic champion, she will release too many nervous impulses to be competitive the next day. And it will also be impossible for him to go to Rotterdam in the evening.he continued.
This year, Kopecky won the Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix. To prepare for the Games, she will take part in the Tour of England (June 6-9) and the Giro (July 7-14).
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