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Podcast: RadioCycling
Episode: Why is Lotte Kopecky skipping the Tour and has women’s racing now reaching a financial tipping point?
Description: The spring Classics are over and the Grand Tours are looming, starting with the Vuelta Femenina, which kicks off this weekend. But before we get into the Vuelta Femenina and ask if Demi Vollering can win for the first time this season, there’s another huge women’s story in town: that of world champion Lotte Kopecky deciding to bypass the Tour de France Femmes in August — something which would have been unthinkable even a year ago — in favour of the Paris Olympic Games.We examine the reasons behind the world number one's decision to miss...