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Lotte Kopecky returns to road racing at Tour l'Ardèche despite opting out of World Championships

SAINT-FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime competes during the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 8 a 111.9km stage from Chambery to Saint-Francois Longchamp - Col de la Madeleine 1986m / #UCIWWT / on August 02, 2025 in Saint-Francois Longchamp, France. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).

Outgoing world champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) returns to racing at this week's Tour Féminin de l'Ardèche, pinning on a number on the road for the first time since a challenging Tour de France Femmes.

The Tour de l'Ardèche was set to be a pre-World Championships tune-up for the Belgian, but she has since decided not to go to Rwanda to defend her rainbow jersey, but will still be in action in France, with the first stage on Tuesday.

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