Lotta Pauliina Henttala (née Lepistö; born 28 June 1989) is a Finnish
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...
, who rides for Finnish amateur team Henttala Development Team. She has won the
Finnish National Road Race Championships
The Finnish National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the Finnish cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey, just like the national flag
...
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.
She competed in the
2013 UCI women's road race in
Florence
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.
She qualified to represent Finland at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, but did not compete due to pregnancy. After not competing professionally during the 2022 season, Henttala will return to the professional peloton in 2023 with
UCI Women's Continental Team .
Personal life
In October 2019, she married fellow professional cyclist
Joonas Henttala
Joonas Henttala (born 17 September 1991) is a Finnish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* U ...
, and their first child – a son – was born in January 2022.
Major results
Source:
;2008
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
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;2009
: National Road Championships
::2nd
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::4th
Road race
: 8th
GP Stad Roeselare
The GP Stad Roeselare is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually in Roeselare, Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordere ...
;2011
: 5th
Road race, National Road Championships
;2012
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Tour de Helsinki
;2013
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 1st De Pinte
: 1st Lebbeke
: 1st Festival Cycliste Preizerdaul ITT
: 5th Overall Naisten etappiajo
::1st Stages 1 (
ITT) & 5
;2014
: National Road Championships
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::1st
Road race
: 2nd Frauen Prolog Grand Prix Gippingen
: 2nd Kriterium Meilen
: 2nd Kriterium Riehen
: 3rd
Sparkassen Giro
The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Ci ...
: 3rd GP Osterhas
: 4th
Trofee Maarten Wynants
The Trofee Maarten Wynants is a one-day cycle race which takes place in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherl ...
: 4th Para+Cycling
: 6th Rund um Schönaich
BS-Cup: 8th
GP Comune di Cornaredo
The GP Comune di Cornaredo is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Italy and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Italy
Women's road bicycle races
Rec ...
: 9th
Berner Rundfahrt
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Women' ...
: 10th
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
;2015
: National Road Championships
::1st
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::1st
Road race
: 1st Points classification
Auensteiner–Radsporttage
Auensteiner–Radsporttage was a women's cycle race that took place in Germany, and was previously rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gover ...
: 3rd
Berner Rundfahrt
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Women' ...
: 3rd GP Oberbaselbiet
: 4th
Grand Prix de Dottignies
The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country ...
: 4th Frauen Grand Prix Gippingen
: 4th
Sparkassen Giro
The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Ci ...
: 5th
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island.
The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race. ...
: 5th
La Course by Le Tour de France
La Course by Le Tour de France was an elite women's professional road bicycle race held in France. First held in 2014 as a one-day race on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, it has been part of the UCI Women's WorldTour since 2016 as a one or two ...
: 7th Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
::1st Stage 4
: 9th
Novilon Eurocup
;2016
: National Road Championships
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::1st
Road race
: 1st
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
: 1st Prologue
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
: 1st Stage 5
The Women's Tour
The Women's Tour is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is organised by SweetSpot, the company behind the men's Tour of Britain.
History
Its origins trace back to 2010 when ...
: 2nd
La Course by Le Tour de France
La Course by Le Tour de France was an elite women's professional road bicycle race held in France. First held in 2014 as a one-day race on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, it has been part of the UCI Women's WorldTour since 2016 as a one or two ...
:
Open de Suède Vårgårda
Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite professional women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015 and sanc ...
::2nd Road race
::2nd Team time trial
:
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
::3rd
Road race
::3rd
Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
: 3rd
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 3rd
Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI E ...
: 3rd
Pajot Hills Classic
: 8th Overall
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
::1st Stage 1
;2017
: National Road Championships
::1st
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::1st
Road race
: 1st
Gent–Wevelgem
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:
Crescent Vårgårda
::1st Road race
::2nd Team time trial
: 1st
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI W ...
: 1st Stage 6
Giro Rosa
The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...
: 2nd
Prudential RideLondon Classique
: 3rd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 4th
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 5th
Drentse Acht van Westerveld
: 6th Overall
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing c ...
: 8th Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
: 8th Overall
Healthy Ageing Tour
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: 8th Overall
Ladies Tour of Norway
The Ladies Tour of Norway is a women's cycle stage race. The first edition of the race was held from 15 to 17 August 2014 based in the town of Halden in south east Norway. It consisted of an individual time trial prologue and two road race stages ...
;2018
: National Road Championships
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::1st
Road race
: 1st Stage 5
The Women's Tour
The Women's Tour is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is organised by SweetSpot, the company behind the men's Tour of Britain.
History
Its origins trace back to 2010 when ...
: 1st Prologue
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
:
Crescent Vårgårda
::3rd Road race
::3rd Team time trial
: 4th Overall
Festival Elsy Jacobs
The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing c ...
: 5th
Prudential RideLondon Classique
: 8th
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
: 10th Time trial,
UEC European Road Championships
;2019
:
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in ...
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 2nd
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 4th
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
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3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 n ...
: 7th Overall
Healthy Ageing Tour
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::1st Stage 1
;2020
: 7th
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 8th
Race Torquay
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series ...
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Finnish female cyclists
People from Noormarkku
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Finland
Sportspeople from Satakunta