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Puck Pieterse

Puck Pieterse

Dutch cyclist

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Photo: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • Oct 3

    Demi Vollering wins European road title in Slovenia one week after world championship

    The Dutch cyclist attacked 14 kilometres from the finish on the Mozjanca climb to win the 130-kilometre road race in Ljubljana ahead of teammate Puck Pieterse.

  • Sep 26

    Demi Vollering wins women's road race world title in Montreal sprint

    The Dutch rider beat Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney in a two-up sprint across 180.1 kilometres in Canada, completing a season sweep of the Giro, Tour and worlds.

  • Sep 26

    Demi Vollering wins womens world road race title in Montreal ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma

    Dutch rider Demi Vollering secured her first road world title on Saturday in Montreal, beating Kasia Niewiadoma in an uphill sprint after a 180-kilometre race around Mount Royal.

  • Jun 14

    French men sweep Leogang cross-country podium; Keller claims third behind Rissveds

    French riders swept the men's cross-country podium at the mountain bike World Cup in Leogang, Austria, while Sweden's Jenny Rissveds dominated a rain-soaked women's race and Switzerland's Alessandra Keller finished third.

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