La Vuelta Femenina 2026: Lotte Kopecky strikes for stage 4 victory (Image credit: Getty Images) After narrowly missing out on the previous three stages, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) finally celebrated a stage victory on stage 4 of the Vuelta Femenina . In a uphill sprint, she finished ahead of her teammate Anna van der Breggen, with Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco) taking third place. Lauretta Hanson (Lidl-Trek) and Marta Jaskulska (Human Powered Health) held off the chasing peloton for a long time in a breakaway but were caught 2.5km from the finish. “We had to be patient. Two times second, one time not so great – we really believed as a team that we were able to win, but we had to wait for it,” said Kopecky, happy to finally cross the line first. “It was the easiest stage of the ones we had already. Some longer climbs, but steady, but this final was really hard. At one moment, I really thought we were not going to catch the break anymore.…