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

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.