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'I hope it gives me some freedom in the next races' – Lotte Kopecky shows threatening signs for Milan-San Remo with win in Belgium

DEINZE, BELGIUM - MARCH 18: Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime prior to the 7th Danilith Nokere Koerse 2026 - Women's Elite a 133.3km one day race from Deinze to Nokere / #UCIWWT / on March 18, 2026 in Deinze, Belgium. (Photo by Rhode Van Elsen/Getty Images).

Despite racing Trofeo Alfredo Binda last weekend and Milan-San Remo this Saturday, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) has made a hop back from Italy to Belgium for Wednesday's Nokere Koerse, winning the tune-up race and laying out her stall for La Classicissima.

Kopecky, who is returning from a back injury that derailed much of her 2025 season, hadn't won before Wednesday, with seventh at Binda last weekend her best result in her first three races.

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