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Laura Weislo

Tour Féminin de l'Ardeche: Lotte Kopecky sprints to opening stage win and takes first leader's jersey

LAUDUN-L’ARDOISE, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 09: Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 23rd Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche 2025, Stage 1 a 127.5km stage from Laudun-l’Ardoise to Laudun-l’Ardoise on September 09, 2025 in Laudun-l’Ardoise, France. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images).

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) claimed the victory on the opening stage of the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, out-sprinting Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic-PostNL). Kopeck's teammate Mischa Bredewold was third.

The victory was Kopecky's third of the season after the Tour of Flanders and the Belgian time trial title. The World Champion has struggled with a back injury that ruled her out of finishing the Giro d'Italia and heavily impacted her goals in the Tour de France Femmes.

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