Lotte Kopecky to miss Tour de France Femmes with Olympics the main goal

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Lotte Kopecky
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Lotte Kopecky will skip the Tour de France Femmes this year due to the race starting straight after the Paris Olympics. 

Her SD Worx-Protime DS Danny Stam told Sporza that the timings between the end of the games and the start of the race in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will make participation impossible. The Olympics wrap up in the French capital just one day before the Rotterdam Grand Départ

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