Puck Pieterse earned a hard-fought third place at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Hulst. “In the first half of the race I kept coming back, but then I made another stupid mistake, after which I had to chase again. That cost me a bit too much energy,” said the 22-year-old Dutch rider in an interview.
Pieterse, who crossed the finish line behind Marie Schreiber and Lucinda Brand, considered Hulst a “good start” of her season while recognizing that “there are still some things to work out.” This World Cup was the second race of her intense and short season, which will end with the Cyclocross World Championships in Liévin, France, on February 1st.
