Lore De Schepper

Belgian cyclist

Cyclo-cross
Road

RoleRiderAmateur team2023AG Insurance-NXTG U19 Professional teams2024AG Insurance–NXTG U23 Team2024–AG Insurance–Soudal

Lore De Schepper (born 12 November 2005) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. She was a member of the AG Insurance–Soudal junior team in 2023, and switched to the U23 team development team AG Insurance–NXTG U23 Team in 2024, before being promoted to the elite squad in September.^[1] She finished 5th at the 2024 senior Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships, clicnhing the title in the U23 category.^[2]

She won her first elite competition with the 2024 Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry. The same year, she won the firs stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, a 2.1 km long mountain climb time trial.^[2] The next day she finished 3rd in a mountain stage, but then had to abandon the race.^[3] In the World Tour stage race Tour de Romandie Féminin, she finished 9th in 2 stages and 8th in the overall classification.^[4]

In September 2024 she was selected for the Belgian team at the UCI Road World Championships.^[5]

Lore De Schepper lives in Bonheiden, Belgium.^[1] Previously, she lived 6 years in Australia.^[5]

Major results

Road

2023: 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors; 9th Road race, European Junior Road Championships
2024: 1st Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry; 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir; 5th Overall Gracia–Orlová; 8th Overall Tour de Romandie

Cyclo-cross

2022–2023: 1st Junior Overijse; 2nd National Junior Championships

Gravel

2024

UCI Gravel World Series

3rd 3RIDES

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Lore De Schepper". aginsurance-soudal.com. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Nieuw Belgisch klimtalent? Lore De Schepper wint klimproloog in Ronde van de Toekomst voor vrouwen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Maagproblemen maken einde aan sterke start Lore De Schepper in Ronde van de Toekomst: "Heel jammer"" (in Dutch). Sporza. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Lore De Schepper". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "18-jarig klimtalent ondersteunt Lotte Kopecky op het WK: wie is Lore De Schepper?" (in Dutch). Sporza. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.