Lotta Henttala

Lotta Henttala
	Henttala at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Lotta Pauliina Henttala
Born	Lotta Pauliina Lepistö; 28 June 1989 (age 35); Noormarkku, Finland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current team	EF–Oatly–Cannondale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
2022	Henttala Development Team
Professional teams
2014–2018	Bigla Cycling Team
2019–2020	Trek–Segafredo
2021	Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
2023	AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
2024–	EF Education–Cannondale
Major wins
	UCI Women's WorldTour Gent–Wevelgem (2017) Open de Suède Vårgårda (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012–2018) National Time Trial Championships (2014–2018) Dwars door Vlaanderen (2017)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing Finland
World Championships
Representing Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
World Championships

Lotta Pauliina Henttala (née Lepistö; born 28 June 1989) is a Finnish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF–Oatly–Cannondale.^[7] She has won the Finnish National Road Race Championships 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.^[1] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.^[8] She qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics,^[9] but did not compete due to pregnancy.^[10] After not competing professionally during the 2022 season, Henttala will return to the professional peloton in 2023 with UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.^[11]

At the 2023 Tour de France Femmes, Henttala was disqualified after holding onto her team car; the directeur sportif of the team was also asked to leave the race.^[12] Henttala and AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step later refuted the claims of the commissaires, stating that she "held onto a water bottle for a few seconds but did not hang onto the team car".^[13]

Personal life

In October 2019, she married fellow professional cyclist Joonas Henttala,^[14] and their first child – a son – was born in January 2022.^[15]

Major results

Source:^[16]

2008

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

2nd Time trial

2009

National Road Championships

2nd Time trial

4th Road race

8th GP Stad Roeselare

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

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

1st

Road race

2nd Frauen Prolog Grand Prix Gippingen

2nd Kriterium Meilen

2nd Kriterium Riehen

3rd Sparkassen Giro

3rd GP Osterhas

4th Trofee Maarten Wynants

4th Para+Cycling

6th Rund um Schönaich [LBS-Cup]

8th GP Comune di Cornaredo

9th Berner Rundfahrt

10th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn

2015

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st Points classification Auensteiner–Radsporttage

3rd Berner Rundfahrt

3rd GP Oberbaselbiet

4th Grand Prix de Dottignies

4th Frauen Grand Prix Gippingen

4th Sparkassen Giro

5th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup

5th La Course by Le Tour de France

7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

1st Stage 4

9th Novilon Eurocup

2016

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn

1st Prologue Emakumeen Euskal Bira

1st Stage 5 The Women's Tour

2nd La Course by Le Tour de France

Open de Suède Vårgårda

2nd Road race

2nd Team time trial

UCI Road World Championships

3rd

Road race

3rd

Team time trial

3rd Omloop van het Hageland

3rd Chrono des Nations

3rd Pajot Hills Classic

8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

1st Stage 1

2017

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st Gent–Wevelgem

Crescent Vårgårda

1st Road race

2nd Team time trial

1st Dwars door Vlaanderen

1st Stage 6 Giro Rosa

2nd Prudential RideLondon Classique

3rd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

4th Omloop van het Hageland

5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld

6th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

8th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

8th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway

2018

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st Stage 5 The Women's Tour

1st Prologue Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

Crescent Vårgårda

3rd Road race

3rd Team time trial

4th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs

5th Prudential RideLondon Classique

8th Amstel Gold Race

10th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2019

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana

1st Stages 2 & 4

2nd Omloop van het Hageland

4th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

7th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

1st Stage 1

2020: 7th Omloop van het Hageland; 8th Race Torquay
2024: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas

References

^ ^a ^b "Lotta Lepistö". Bigla Pro Cycling Team. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Lotta Lepistö". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "14 riders, 11 re-signings, 9 nationalities, and 3 new riders complete the roster for CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling for 2021". Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "EF Education - Cannondale". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ Porvari, Riku; Kössö, Tuulia (7 July 2021). "Ammattipyöräilijä Lotta Henttala odottaa esikoistaan, eikä lähde Tokion olympialaisiin – "Voin sitten mennä seuraaviin, jos siltä tuntuu"" [Professional cyclist Lotta Henttala is expecting her firstborn and won't go to the Tokyo Olympics – "Then I can go to the next ones if it feels like it"]. Yle (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Ronald, Issy (12 September 2022). "Lotta Henttala returns to racing with AG Insurance-NXTG after maternity leave". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (28 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala disqualified from Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023. The race jury has disqualified Lotta Henttala for reportedly holding onto the team car during stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift into Blagnac. AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep's director sportif Servais Knaven, who was driving the team vehicle at the time, has also reportedly been excluded from the race.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala: I did not hold on to the car". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
^ Valli, Jussi (26 October 2019). "Häähumua! Pyöräilijä Lotta Lepistön häistä julkaistiin upea ajokuva – koirillakin rusetti kaulassa" [Wedding festivities! Cyclist Lotta Lepistö's wedding featured a great movie – even dogs with a bow on the neck]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ Taipale, Juuso (13 January 2022). "Poika tuli! Lotta ja Joonas Henttala saivat perheenlisäystä" [The boy came! Lotta and Joonas Henttala received family support]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "Lotta Henttala". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

External links

Lotta Lepistö at UCI
Lotta Lepistö at Cycling Archives
Lotta Lepistö at ProCyclingStats
Lotta Lepistö at Cycling Quotient
Lotta Lepistö at CycleBase

[bigla-1] "Lotta Lepistö". Bigla Pro Cycling Team. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[2] "Lotta Lepistö". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[3] "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[4] "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[5] "14 riders, 11 re-signings, 9 nationalities, and 3 new riders complete the roster for CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling for 2021". Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[6] "AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[7] "EF Education - Cannondale". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[Tissot-8] "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[9] "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[10] Porvari, Riku; Kössö, Tuulia (7 July 2021). "Ammattipyöräilijä Lotta Henttala odottaa esikoistaan, eikä lähde Tokion olympialaisiin – "Voin sitten mennä seuraaviin, jos siltä tuntuu"" [Professional cyclist Lotta Henttala is expecting her firstborn and won't go to the Tokyo Olympics – "Then I can go to the next ones if it feels like it"]. Yle (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[11] Ronald, Issy (12 September 2022). "Lotta Henttala returns to racing with AG Insurance-NXTG after maternity leave". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

[12] Frattini, Kirsten (28 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala disqualified from Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023. The race jury has disqualified Lotta Henttala for reportedly holding onto the team car during stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift into Blagnac. AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep's director sportif Servais Knaven, who was driving the team vehicle at the time, has also reportedly been excluded from the race.

[13] Frattini, Kirsten (29 July 2023). "Lotta Henttala: I did not hold on to the car". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[14] Valli, Jussi (26 October 2019). "Häähumua! Pyöräilijä Lotta Lepistön häistä julkaistiin upea ajokuva – koirillakin rusetti kaulassa" [Wedding festivities! Cyclist Lotta Lepistö's wedding featured a great movie – even dogs with a bow on the neck]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[15] Taipale, Juuso (13 January 2022). "Poika tuli! Lotta ja Joonas Henttala saivat perheenlisäystä" [The boy came! Lotta and Joonas Henttala received family support]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Alma Media. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[16] "Lotta Henttala". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

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v t e Finnish National Road Race Champions (women)
1980–1999	Pia Sundstedt (1997) Sanna Lehtimäki (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sirpa Ahlroos-Kouko (2000) Pia Sundstedt (2001) Maaria Siren (2003) Pia Sundstedt (2005) Maija Laurila (2006) Tiina Nieminen (2007) Mirella Harju (2008) Carina Kirssi Ketonen (2009–2010) Pia Sundstedt (2011) Lotta Lepistö (2012–2018) Pia Pensaari (2019)
2020–2039	Minna-Maria Kangas (2020) Antonia Gröndahl (2021) Anniina Ahtosalo (2022–2024)