Finnish cyclist
Henttala in the 2015 World Championship time trial
Lotta Pauliina Henttala (née Lepistö ; born 28 June 1989) is a Finnish racing cyclist , who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF Education–Oatly .[ 7] She has won the Finnish National Road Race Championships seven times, consecutively between 2012 and 2018.
Career
She competed in swimming and triathlon alongside cycling in her youth, before focusing on cycling after becoming Finnish Under-16 road racing champion.[ 1] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence .[ 8] She qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics ,[ 9] but did not compete due to pregnancy.[ 10] After not competing professionally during the 2022 season, Henttala will return to the professional peloton in 2023 with UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step .[ 11]
At the 2023 Tour de France Femmes , Henttala was disqualified after holding onto her team car; the directeur sportif of the team was also asked to leave the race.[ 12] Henttala and AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step later refuted the claims of the commissaires , stating that she "held onto a water bottle for a few seconds but did not hang onto the team car".[ 13]
Personal life
In October 2019, she married fellow professional cyclist Joonas Henttala ,[ 14] and their first child – a son – was born in January 2022.[ 15]
Major results
Source:[ 16]
References
^ a b "Lotta Lepistö" . Bigla Pro Cycling Team . Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
^ "Lotta Lepistö" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 17 March 2015 .
^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women" . Trek Bicycle Corporation . Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019 .
^ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team" . UCI.org . Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021 .
^ "14 riders, 11 re-signings, 9 nationalities, and 3 new riders complete the roster for CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling for 2021" . Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling . Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
^ "AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM" . UCI.org . Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023 .
^ "EF Education - Cannondale" . UCI.org . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 1 April 2024 .
^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF) . Sport Result . Tissot Timing . 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013 .
^ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat" . mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021 .
^ Porvari, Riku; Kössö, Tuulia (7 July 2021). "Ammattipyöräilijä Lotta Henttala odottaa esikoistaan, eikä lähde Tokion olympialaisiin – "Voin sitten mennä seuraaviin, jos siltä tuntuu" " [Professional cyclist Lotta Henttala is expecting her firstborn and won't go to the Tokyo Olympics – "Then I can go to the next ones if it feels like it"]. Yle (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ Ronald, Issy (12 September 2022). "Lotta Henttala returns to racing with AG Insurance-NXTG after maternity leave" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 24 December 2022 .
^ Frattini, Kirsten (28 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala disqualified from Tour de France Femmes" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 29 July 2023 . The race jury has disqualified Lotta Henttala for reportedly holding onto the team car during stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift into Blagnac. AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep's director sportif Servais Knaven, who was driving the team vehicle at the time, has also reportedly been excluded from the race.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala: I did not hold on to the car" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 30 July 2023 .
^ Valli, Jussi (26 October 2019). "Häähumua! Pyöräilijä Lotta Lepistön häistä julkaistiin upea ajokuva – koirillakin rusetti kaulassa" [Wedding festivities! Cyclist Lotta Lepistö's wedding featured a great movie – even dogs with a bow on the neck]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media . Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
^ Taipale, Juuso (13 January 2022). "Poika tuli! Lotta ja Joonas Henttala saivat perheenlisäystä" [The boy came! Lotta and Joonas Henttala received family support]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ "Lotta Henttala" . FirstCycling.com . FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 24 December 2022 .
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