Desires flip into targets from a really younger age, and Lotte Kopecky’s scenario is similar. Since she was simply a youngster she used to go loopy after her two heroes from the sports activities world, Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara. Though they have been rivals, they have been celebrities within the eyes of the world and have been a driving drive for Kopecky.

Years later, Lotte Kopecky has turn out to be a celeb herself as she now rides for UCI Ladies’s WorldTeam SD Worx. Her largest debut might be within the Tour of Flanders and we won’t have to attend lengthy for that. The black, yellow and purple jersey of SD Worx actually fits her.

In an interview, Kopecky stated:

Belgium was already loopy, however they went nuts after my victory in Strade Bianche. Nevertheless it’s very nice. I really feel the assist from all of the individuals rather more. Even at the moment, individuals supported me on the recon, which was good.

Flanders is her residence, she is disciplined sufficient for the tour and is even displaying a number of promise. She even shared the truth that she typically will get stopped by followers for an autograph and generally misses the anonymity provided by the face masks throughout the raging pandemic.

 

Kopecky stated:

I used to be blissful to put on the mouth masks. With out it, [fans] begin to recognise me. I’m nonetheless undecided if I like that as a result of generally I wish to go for a espresso or one thing with out individuals saying ‘hello’ each time or asking for images. Belgium is loopy about their cyclists.

Sure, I get requested for autographs. I used to be on a motorcycle bathtub final yr, and a automobile handed, they usually wound down the window and stated, ‘hey, can now we have a photograph?’ I used to be like, ‘proper now … as a result of I’m using’, however they needed to cease up the highway for a photograph.

Kopecky has been watching the Tour of Flanders since she was only a baby, since then she thought of Cancellara and Boonen as her heroes. There weren’t a number of feminine riders again then, even when they have been they weren’t broadcasted like the boys, you needed to go to the venues to see them in motion. This lack of protection made her really feel unhappy but in addition motivated her to make a change.

Ladies’s races weren’t on tv, so it was laborious to observe.

I by no means went to the Tour of Flanders, however this race and Paris-Roubaix, we’re truly on the races that I noticed on tv for the primary time. It was the boys as a result of the ladies weren’t on the tv. Should you see how this race is whereas residing in Belgium, it’s cool.

It’s tremendous essential. If I noticed it myself once I was youthful, there was nothing on tv. It was not that as a younger rider I used to be merely impressed by one feminine rider and stated, ‘once I’m older, I wish to be like her.’ And I feel at this second, this may very well be the factor that modifications that, so now youthful riders are watching our races and suppose like, yeah, I wish to be the subsequent huge rider.

Lotte Kopecky is a star now and extra importantly, she is a logo of hope and inspiration to many younger girls around the globe. She has proven the world that something could be completed if you happen to can put your coronary heart into it. Now girls will aspire to turn out to be the subsequent Lotte Kopecky as she flaunts her wings!

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