The challenges of the 2025 season have continued to mount for Lotte Kopecky, who may have to close the curtain on the year even earlier than expected after further tests following her race-ending stage 3 crash at the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche have shown that there were consequences beyond what the initial assessment had revealed.
"The crash in the Ardèche race has had more serious consequences than initially thought," said her SD Worx-Protime team in a statement. "She has suffered a vertebral fracture following her crash in the third stage of the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche."
