Lotta Henttala

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Lotta Henttala Road cycling
Lotta Henttala (2018)
Lotta Henttala (2018)
To person
Date of birth June 28, 1989
nation FinlandFinland Finland
discipline Road cycling
To the team
Current team Trek-Segafredo
function driver
Most important successes
UCI Road World Championships
2017 bronze - team time trial
2016 bronze - road racing
UCI Women's WorldTour
Gent – ​​Wevelgem 2017
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017
a stage of the Giro d'Italia Femminile 2017
Last updated: March 23, 2020

Lotta Henttala born Lepistö (born June 28, 1989 in Noormarkku ) is a Finnish cyclist . Since the beginning of the 2010s she has been one of the most successful cyclists in her country.

Athletic career

In 2006 Lotta Lepistö became Finnish junior champion in road racing , in the individual time trial she finished third. Two years later she became two-time national runner-up in road racing and in the individual time trial, and in 2009 she finished second again. In 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 she was Finnish road racing champion four times in a row, and national time trial champion in 2014 and 2015.

At the UCI Road World Championships 2016 in Doha , Lepistö won the bronze medal in road racing. This made her the first Finnish woman in the history of cycling to win a medal at world championships.

In 2017, the Finn won the Belgian one-day race Dwars door Vlaanderen in the sprint and triumphed four days later at Gent-Wevelgem . In her first Giro d'Italia Femminile she won the 6th stage, finished second at Prudential RideLondon and won the Open de Suède Vårgårda .

In 2018 she became Finnish double champion for the fifth time in a row and won the fifth stage of the Women's Tour . The following year, she won two stages of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana and one stage of the Healthy Aging Tour .

Private

In October 2019 Lepistö married the Finnish cyclists Joonas Henttala with which they in Spanish Girona lives (as of 2020).

successes

2006
  • MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Champion (Juniors) - Road Race
2012
  • MaillotFin.PNG Finnish champion - road race
2013
  • MaillotFin.PNG Finnish champion - road race
2014
  • MaillotFin.PNG Finnish champion - road race, individual time trial
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Teams

Web links

Commons : Lotta Lepistö  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First-ever Finnish cyclist to win individual medal at World Championships. In: yle.fi. October 15, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Corona restricts training in different countries. radsport-news.com, March 22, 2020, accessed March 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Henttala, Lotta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepistö, Lotta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Noormarkku