Kopecky wins women’s Gent Six Day
Lotte Kopecky put in a dominant performance over the weekend claiming victory in each round to win the women’s competition at the Gent Six Day. The 21-year-old had a winning margin of 39 points over second place Anita Stenberg. Stenberg was equal on points with Amy Cure but took the runner-up spot due to her finishing position the points race.
The women’s competition used the new omnium format, which was announced last month, and was contested over four events on Saturday evening in the 't Kuipke velodrome. Kopecky came out of the traps quickly, beating Alzbeta Pavlendova to take full points in the scratch race. She carried on her winning ways with victory in the new tempo race, the elimination race and the finale of the points race. Stenberg took second in the points race to dray level with Cure on 138 points, and move into second overall.
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Kopecky recently won bronze in the omnium at the European championships and took the first ever women’s omnium competition with her partner Jolien D’hoore. D’hoore was not racing on Saturday but was in attendance as she was honoured for her bronze medal in the omnium at the Olympic Games in Rio.
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