Lotte Kopecky and Belgian champion Annelies Dom will keep on defending the team’s colours next season, together with seven other women of the current team. The four riders who leave the team will be replaced by four newcomers.
One of those newcomers is Thi That Nguyen (21) from Vietnam, who won Dwars door de Westhoek this year. The Belgian Marie Dessart (37), world champion Gran Fondo in the category 35 – 40 years, will also ride in the shirt of Lotto Soudal next year. The team also welcomes the Dutch rider Danique Braam (23), who finished on top ten of Omloop van de IJsseldelta and 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg the previous two editions. The British rider Dani Christmas (30) will join the Lotto Soudal Ladies team too in 2019.
The four riders who leave the team are Isabelle Beckers, Valerie Demey, Anabelle Dréville and Marjolein van’t Geloof.
Lotto Soudal Ladies 2019: Danique Braam, Alana Castrique, Dani Christmas, Demi de Jong, Marie Dessart, Annelies Dom, Chantal Hoffmann, Lotte Kopecky, Puck Moonen, Thi That Nguyen, Julie Van De Velde, Kelly Van den Steen and Fenna Vanhoutte.
There will be three riders in the development team: Emke De Keyser, Julie Roelandts and Cameron Vandenbroucke.
