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'Sometimes it is up to me to bang on the table and say that I am still here'

Latest from Cyclingnews·@JamesMoultrie·2 months ago
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The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Just over a year ago, Lotte Kopecky was talking about a shift in focus towards trying to win the Tour de France Femmes overall. It was an experiment that never really got off the ground, and a season – aside from a third Tour of Flanders win – largely to forget. A knee issue ruined her winter and continued to affect her during the Spring Classics, and back pain stymied her yellow jersey dreams and saw her ride a relatively absent race – by her high standards – at the Tour. As she reached the end of the season, Kopecky's win tally was only at three, having netted 16 and 14 in the two years prior and gone back-to-back at Worlds. Women's cycling's dominant force was suddenly a shadow of herself, doing most of her best work for the likes of Lorena Wiebes.…

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