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World champion Lotte Kopecky won’t be racing on the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, her staff SD Worx has confirmed.
As an alternative, the Belgian celebrity will put all her focus in direction of the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games.
Ever because the schedule for 2024 was introduced, it at all times appeared that the highest cyclists had been going to have to select, with the Olympics ending only a day earlier than the Grand Depart of the Tour.
“The omnium ends on Sunday afternoon, the Tour begins on Monday morning. It’s nearly not possible to do this correctly,” defined Stam.
“Combining these two occasions would even be a really troublesome job mentally.”
It has been a stellar season for Kopecky to date, having gained Paris-Roubaix, Strade Bianche and Nokere Koerse, in addition to the GC on the UAE Tour.
Final 12 months she completed second on the Tour de France Femmes in dramatic style, main the race till the penultimate stage when team-mate Demi Vollering handed her within the GC on the Col du Tourmalet.
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Stage 1 highlights: SD Worx one-two as Kopecky soars into yellow
Between now and the Olympics, Kopecky is scheduled to race on the Tour of Britain and the Giro d’Italia.