Lotte Kopecky will review her Rainbow Jersey ambitions on the track at the Glasgow World Championships and exclude Madison from her competition lineup for the time being after her event partner, Shari Bossuyt, tested positive for the banned substance Letrozole in March.

Kopecky told Cycling News at the Tour de France Femme Avec Zwift in Clermont-Ferrand before the race began that she will concentrate on the elimination races, points races, and omniums on the track and the first-ever August 3-13 The team will compete in the elite women's road race at the first combined world championships, which will be held August 3-13.

Kopecky and Bossuit are the reigning world champions in Madison, having won the world title at the 2022 World Championships in Saint-Quentin-et-Yvelines, France. Kopecky also won the first women's Madison at the World Championships in Hong Kong in 2017 with partner Jolien Dufour, her second world title in the discipline. Kopecky is also a world champion in elimination racing.

"I will do three track and road races," Kopecky confirmed. Asked if she was disappointed to have the Madison event out of the lineup for the World Championships, she said, "It's pretty hard, yes. But I hope, at this moment, for Shari's sake, that she can prove that she is innocent." I replied." That is the most important thing."

Bossuite and her manager, who is contracted by Canyon-SRAM at Lord, informed the team that her A and B samples tested positive for Letrozole. She is now awaiting a final decision from the French Anti-Dopage Agency (AFLD), which conducted the tests at the March 19 Tour de Normandie Féminine. Canyon-SRAM extended her contract on April 5, but placed her on "tentative non-active" status.

Kopecky said that future plans for that competition have been put on hold, given the lack of partners. She also said that the Belgian national team will be replacing her and Bossuite with an up-and-coming player to compete in Glasgow's Madison.

"For this World Championships, we will send two young athletes, Hélène Hester and Cathrine de Clercq. Of course they have to qualify, but nothing is certain about what we will do.

Kopecky competed in the Tokyo Olympics and finished fourth in the road race. However, bad luck and crashes in the Madison and Omnium prevented her from achieving her goal of winning gold. At the upcoming Paris Olympics, she will focus on the road and omnium, while Madison will depend on the Bossuite situation and whether she has a new partner.

"At the moment, my ambitions are only for the omnium, but we will see how they develop over the next few months and how the Shari case develops.

"At this point, I am not training for Madison. In the next few months, if we end up competing in the Olympics, then of course we will start training again."

In Glasgow, Kopecký will concentrate on three track events and a road race with a team that includes Sanne Canto, Julie de Wilde, Justine Gekiere, Marthe Goossens, Lorne Meertens, and Marthe Truyen.

"At the World Championships, we have ambitious goals in track and road," Kopecky said. She is currently competing in the Tour de France Femme, where she won the opening stage and took the first leader's jersey in the eight-day race that finishes in Pau on Sunday.

She noted that racing in the Tour de France Femme is a perfect match for her preparation for the world championships.

"I think having the Tour de France two weeks before the World Championships eliminates the need for super extensive training, and the Tour de France race is very good planning for the road race on Sunday, August 13. I think it will be very manageable. "

Kopecky finished a close second at the Wollongong World Championships. Annemiek van Hulten (Netherlands) made a surprise attack in the last kilometer, and then soloed away just before the sprint competition to win the world title. She also finished 16th at the 2022 Flanders World Championships.

"It will be a completely different course in Glasgow. It's a course that suits me very well, but it also suits a lot of other players. I go into it with the ambition to be world champion, but I know it's going to be difficult," Kopecky said.

"The chances of it going wrong are greater than the chances of it going right, and since I'm going with six riders who have 200% support, hopefully the race scenario will be favorable and it will be a day to remember."

In the Tour de France Femme, SD Worx will support Demi Vollaring in the overall and Lorena Wiebes in the sprint.

Kopecký confirmed before the Tour de France Femme's final seventh stage in Tourmalet that she will not be leaving the Tour de France Femme early. I'm going to ride the whole Tour." Kopecký, a double Belgian champion, looked ahead to the finale time trial.

"If I'm still feeling fresh, I'll give the time trial my all. I'll see what this race brings me. If I feel like I've had enough, I'll take the time trial low key and make it a good recovery day."