
Saturday was the day the world got properly acquainted with Lotte Claes. The 31-year-old Belgian has only been a bike racer for four years, with the first two of those spent as a duathlete, and as a hospital nurse. She has also found time to appear on the Belgian special forces-style challenge TV programme Kamp Waes.
And now she is the champion of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.