Lotte Kopecky

So Pukpitsche, using her mountain biking prowess, attacks really hard for the Dutch.

So much so, Lotte Kopecky goes off the back, can't hang anymore.

And, uh, Damie is on her wheel.

Damie uses it as a springboard and launches her own attack.

Yeah, that is wild.

49 riders finished.

And also shout out to Kristen Faulkner of Team USA, who finished in 21st place behind Lotte Kopecky.

Yeah, she was

It is not always the successful move that riders need.

Do you think Cedric Cabal will get her time to shine or are they going to play Anna von der Breche, Lotte Kopecky and all the usual names?

That's a tough one.

Yeah, I'm not sure what her place will be in that team.

And, you know, sometimes they don't get along.

We've seen that before for the Dutch team, especially.

But I just want to mention a few more names because, for example, Belgium is going to have Lotte Kopecky, who could also win if it comes to a sprint.

But also we haven't seen Lotte Kopecky really be in top shape or like really focused in racing since she got, because she did get married earlier this year.

She could still race in the U23s, if she would like to, but decided to do the elite race, and at least up to a point, must have been making Royce a question whether she could win on the day.

With Royce now in her mid-30s, Baxter is increasingly looking like the heir to be in women's time trialing, isn't she? In contrast to Vollering, I think Lotte Kopecky will take confidence from her ride on Sunday.

It wasn't a big goal of hers, as far as I'm aware at least, and she's not a time trial specialist.

It was just one place below her previous best performance in the ITT at the Worlds.