Lotto Belgium Tour 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

June 25, 2021

Lotto Belgium Tour 2021 – Stage 3 – Geraardsbergen – Geraardsbergen : 101,1 km

Beginning in 2012, the Lotto Belgium Tour returns to the calendar after a year’s forced absence due to the pandemic. Formerly known as the Lotto-Decca Tour, the Women’s Elite elite stage race is a 2.1 ranked event that takes place over four days in Belgium. Taking place over the course of four days, the race begins with an opening prologue, preceding the three road stages that will decide the overall winner. This year’s race was originally scheduled to be completed on June 27. Instead, this year’s Lotto Belgium Tour will begin with an opening prologue on June 22, eventually finishing three days later. As such, it is possible that many riders will ride the Belgium stage race in preparation for a big crack at La Course. The women’s race takes in a variety of tough climbs and cobbled sectors, providing an enthralling few days of racing. The final stage has finished in Geraardsbergen in every single edition of the race, taking in the iconic Muur van Geraardsbergen. The final showdown promises to offer a delightful taste of the Flemish climbs, with the Bosberg also included on the route.

Lotte Kopecky (Belgium National Team) won stage 3 atop the Muur in Gerrardsbergen and took the overall crown of the Lotto Belgium Tour on Friday. Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Pura) fought alongside Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) and won the battle for second, with Van Dijk secured third.

Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) was caught in a crash on one of the lower corners of the Muur with less than 2.5km to go, and would not be able to catch the small group of attackers to retain the red leader’s jersey. She would finish with the best young rider jersey, while Van Dijk took the mountain classification title and Queen of Stones award jersey.

“It’s my first GC win so it’s a really nice feeling. Also the feeling compared to last week is much better, so I’m really happy for that,” Kopecky said after the race. “The results were perfect, with Jolien [D’Hoore] in the [early] break. We had to close the gap with SRAM Racing, so for us it was a perfect scenario. And it was nice that Jolien rode for me that way.”

There were two long laps of 29.8 kilometres around Geraardsbergen, followed by two short laps of 17.1 kilometres that included passes up the Bosberg and Muur. With 3km to go the final three riders – Kopecky, Van Dijk and Janneke Ensing (Team BikeExchange) – in breakaway were caught by the reduced peloton.

The paces picked up on the Muur with race leader Wiebes now in the group, who had had been trailing the leaders by 27 seconds. However, Wiebes was caught behind a small group that crashed on the cobbles in a corner, and it was go-time for Kopecky and Van Dijk.

“Ellen [van Dijk] was seven seconds behind me, so she had to drop me, not the other way around. So I just stayed calm,” Kopecky said about the final 200 metres of the climb where she surged to the win. “The Muur is a hill that really suits me, so you have to wait for the right moment.

“It’s really nice to race again with people on the side so the roads. It gives the race a different atmosphere. I am really happy that it was possible today.”

Results :
1 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team 2:30:21
2 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:00:07
3 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
4 Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:00:14
5 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing
6 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:00:18
7 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing
8 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
9 Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team 0:00:21
10 Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:00:23
11 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:00:28
12 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM
13 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange
14 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura
15 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
16 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM 0:00:34
17 Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura
18 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team
19 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team
20 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team
21 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:00:39
22 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
23 Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team
24 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:00:42
25 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing 0:00:47
26 Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:00:48
27 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:00:56
28 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:00:58
29 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:07
30 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing 0:01:10
31 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:02:27
32 India Grangier (Fra) French National Team 0:02:33
33 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:02:49
34 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:23
35 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:26
36 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:28
37 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:36
38 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:05:26
39 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:28
40 Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team
41 Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team
42 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:05:32
43 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:05:37
44 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:40
45 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM 0:05:43
46 Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel
47 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team
48 Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
49 Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:05:45
50 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:05:46
51 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing
52 Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
53 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM
54 Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:05:49
55 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
56 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:50
57 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM 0:05:52
58 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
59 Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:05:54
60 Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:05:56
61 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:05:59
62 Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
63 Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:06:01
64 Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:06:07
65 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:06:09
66 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing
67 Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
68 Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:06:13
69 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
70 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange 0:06:18
71 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:06:21
72 Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
73 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
74 Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:06:24
75 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team 0:06:33
76 Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:06:36
77 Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:06:41
78 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:26
79 Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team 0:10:57
80 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing 0:11:01
81 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:11:02
82 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:11:04
83 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team
84 Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team 0:11:20
85 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team 0:11:21
86 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team
87 Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel
88 Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:11:29
89 Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:11:31
90 Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:11:33
91 Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:11:39
DNF Lente Boskamp (Ned) WV Schijndel
DNF Valentine Fortin (Fra) French National Team
DNF Caren Commissaris (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
DNF Laura Molenaar (Ned) WV Schijndel
DNF Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) French National Team
DNF Britt Knaven (Bel) NXTG Racing
DNF Elynor Backstedt (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Daphne Kreulen (Ned) WV Schijndel
DNF Tiril Jørgensen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
DNF Viktoriia Bondar (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team
DNF Jessica Allen (Aus) Team BikeExchange
DNF Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
DNF Demi van Dijke (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini
DNF Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants
DNF Julia Soek (Ned) Team DSM
DNF Ingrit Verhoeff (Ned) Watersley R&D Cycling Team
DNF Lensy Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant Cycling Team
DNF Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen
DNF Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
DNS Abby-Mae Parkinson (GBr) Lotto Soudal Ladies

Final General Classification :
1 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgian National Team 8:54:09
2 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:20
3 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:00:36
4 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:01:13
5 Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:24
6 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:01:38
7 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) NXTG Racing 0:01:40
8 Marie Le Net (Fra) French National Team 0:01:48
9 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:52
10 Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:53
11 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM 0:01:55
12 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:02:04
13 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura
14 Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:02:05
15 Annemarie Worst (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:02:09
16 Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:02:11
17 Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team Women
18 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:02:14
19 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:02:25
20 Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:02:32
21 Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:02:34
22 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Team BikeExchange 0:02:55
23 Anna Kay (GBr) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:03:01
24 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:03:03
25 Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura 0:03:07
26 Julia Borgström (Swe) NXTG Racing
27 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:21
28 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:05:19
29 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:05:21
30 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:07:04
31 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM 0:07:10
32 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:14
33 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM 0:07:40
34 Natalie van Gogh (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:07:54
35 Emilie Moberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:08:09
36 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) French National Team 0:08:19
37 Birgitte Andersen Nilssen (Nor) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:08:21
38 Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:08:31
39 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:09:41
40 Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:14:17
41 Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:15:25
42 Justine Ghekiere (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:15:27
43 Danique Braam (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:15:28
44 Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chi) NXTG Racing 0:15:46
45 Svenja Betz (Ger) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:15:58
46 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:17:02
47 India Grangier (Fra) French National Team 0:18:19
48 Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:18:20
49 Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies 0:19:26
50 Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:20:04
51 Victoire Berteau (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team 0:20:10
52 Wilma Olausson (Swe) Team DSM 0:20:37
53 Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:20:44
54 Teniel Campbell (TTo) Team BikeExchange 0:21:01
55 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire 0:21:03
56 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:21:06
57 Bronwyn Macgregor (NZl) LVIV Cycling Team 0:21:13
58 Anne van Rooijen (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:21:21
59 Marijke De Smedt (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:21:29
60 Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Keukens Redant Cycling Team 0:21:35
61 Fien Delbaere (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:21:41
62 Manon Bakker (Ned) Plantur-Pura 0:21:46
63 Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:21:48
64 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:58
65 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:26:09
66 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) German National Team 0:26:13
67 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Isorex Cycling Team
68 Marit Cent (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:26:30
69 Kim de Baat (Bel) Belgian National Team 0:26:43
70 Laura Vainionpää (Fin) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:26:55
71 Trine Holmsgaard (Den) Isorex Cycling Team 0:27:10
72 Josie Nelson (GBr) Isorex Cycling Team 0:28:09
73 Urska Zigart (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:28:34
74 Eleanor Wiseman (GBr) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:28:54
75 Suzanne Verhoeven (Bel) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:29:23
76 Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants 0:29:37
77 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:31:01
78 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team 0:33:28
79 Elise Marie Olsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 0:33:31
80 Emily Wadsworth (GBr) NXTG Racing 0:33:44
81 Amelia Sharpe (GBr) NXTG Racing 0:34:08
82 Céline van Houtum (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:34:09
83 Fiona Mertens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:34:33
84 Lisa van Helvoirt (Ned) WV Schijndel 0:34:57
85 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:36:48
86 Ganna Solovei (Ukr) LVIV Cycling Team 0:39:39
87 Lien Lanssens (Bel) Bingoal WB Ladies 0:40:02
88 Jinse Peeters (Bel) Belgian National Team
89 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) S-Bikes Doltcini 0:46:41
90 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) German National Team 0:47:02
91 Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Bert Containers-Pauwels Sauzen 0:51:31