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The young Dutch rider was in control from the start of the last World Cup XCO round before the Paris Olympics.
Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wins XCO World Cup in Les Gets, Haute-Savoie. Photo: © Piper Albrecht
Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was at home in the muddy conditions in Les Gets as she powered her way to a dominant victory at the final World Cup XCO round before the Paris Olympics.
Jenny Rissveds (Team 31 Ibis) and Rebecca Henderson (Primaflor Mondraker) found themselves at the front off the line as the course immediately tilted up the mountain. Pieterse quickly made her way to the front and immediately gained 6 seconds on the rest of the field.
Pieterse continued to open up the gap, gaining a 35-second advantage heading into the second lap. Behind her in second was Scott-SRAM’s Kate Courtney followed by Henderson, Alessandra Keller (Thömus maxon), Anne Terpstra (Ghost Factory Racing), and Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing).
Keller moved up into second and sought to reel Pieterse back in, but the gap only grew, reaching more than 50 seconds by the end of the second lap. At the start of lap three, privateer Candice Lill had moved into second and gained about 15s on Keller who continued on in third.
For a few laps, the time gaps between first and third remained relatively steady. By lap four, Rissveds and Terpstra were looking like the top candidates for fourth place.
As the race wore on, Pieterse only extended her gap. The last last lap gave some trouble with the Dutch rider tabbing her food in sections, but she still managed to keep a 2:37 gap on Lill with Keller 30s behind that for third place.
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