Lotte Kopecky wins Nokere Koerse four days after brother's death - ‘I really wanted to race no matter what’
Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) won the women’s Nokere Koerse just four days after the death of her brother, Seppe Kopecky. Kopecky wasn’t meant to be on the start list but was announced to ride the one-day race on Tuesday. Ad A stunning solo break from the Belgian with 6km to go proved to be the decisive moment of the race and she won by 28 seconds from SD Worx team-mate Lorena Wiebes, with UAE Team ADQ’s Marta Bastianelli in third.