Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was reflected on time lost during the opening lap after she finished second at the women’s UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Dendermonde.
The 23-year-old is starting to hit top form and took her first World Cup podium of the cyclo-cross campaign two days earlier, with third place in Gavere.
Ahead, a front trio of Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions), Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa – B&B Hotels Women), and Célia Gery (AS Bike Racing – France Literie) had a first lap advantage of 15 seconds on the opening laps before Brand seized her opportunity and went alone to build an unassailable advantage.
“My start was not super and I got boxed in a bit. That made me lose quite some time I think,” Pieterse said.
However, Pieterse’s power and technical ability on the final lap was too much for her French rival as she claimed second, 11 seconds behind Brand.
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