World champion Lotte Kopecky made no secret of her ambitions for the spring, targeting both the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. She delivered on the first, making history with a third Tour of Flanders victory three weeks ago, but at La Doyenne the Côte de Roche-aux-Faucons proved too much and she had to settle for fifth.
Kopecky arrived for her second start at the Walloon Monument after finishing 34th at Amstel Gold Race and crashing en route to 12th at La Flèche Wallonne. Lining up alongside her was teammate Anna van der Breggen, the 2017 and 2018 winner, making her return after illness forced her to miss Flèche midweek.
