Cycling World Championships 2023: Lotte Kopecky takes brilliant win for Belgium in women’s road race

Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) claimed an emotional victory in the women’s road race at the UCI Cycling World Championships, in the same week she won two titles in the velodrome.

Kopecky proved the strongest rider in a bruising finish in Glasgow, finally snapping the elastic to Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark) with 5.5km remaining as she went solo.

Recent Tour de France champion Demi Vollering (Netherlands) gave pursuit and managed to overhaul Uttrup Ludwig on the bike throw for silver, but the day was about Kopecky who wrote another victorious chapter in an incredible season.