Olympics | World champion Kopecky hoping for neighborly support in women's road race

PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Reigning world champion Lotte Kopecky may be from Belgium but she hopes to get some neighborly help from the Dutch in Sunday's women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics.

Speaking to the Dutch newspaper Wielerflits, Kopecky said she wasn't certain how the 158km race would develop, however, she admitted her Belgian teammates Justine Ghekiere, Julie Van de Velde and Margot Vanpachten