Lotte Claes

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Lotte Claes

| image = 2022_AGR_finish_Lotte_Claes2.jpg

| caption = Claes in 2022

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

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| currentteam = {{UCI team code|ARK women}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2021

| proteam1 = Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus

| proyears2 = 2022

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Chevalmeire|2022}}

| proyears3 = 2023

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|WIN|2023}}

| proyears4 = 2024–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ARK women|2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20307|title=Arkea Pro Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=16 August 2023}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2025)

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Lotte Claes (born 5 May 1993) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist and duathlete, who currently rides for UCI Women's ProTeam {{UCI team code|ARK women}}. In 2025, she won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad from the breakaway, outsprinting Aurela Nerlo.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-women-2025/elite-women/results/|title=Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women: Lotte Claes takes shock victory from early breakaway as the favourites get it all wrong|first=Lukas|last=Knöfler|publisher=CyclingNews|date=1 March 2025|access-date=1 March 2025}} She also finished second at the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships and third the following year.{{cite web|lang=fr|work=RTL info|url=https://www.rtl.be/actu/belgique/societe/lotte-claes-en-bronze-zofingen-seppe-odeyn-dans-le-top-5/2023-09-04/article/584327|title=Lotte Claes en bronze à Zofingen, Seppe Odeyn dans le top 5|date=4 September 2023}}

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