Puck Pieterse headed up an Alpecin-Deceuninck in the snow of Val di Sole as the 20-year-old soloed to her fifth win of the season and third at a UCI World Cup.
She led home by 44 seconds from teammate and former world champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado after jumping away from her competition early in the six-lap race.
Manon Bakker (Crelan-Fristads) rounded out the podium at 1:26 down to make it a Dutch one-two-three. She had the beating of home favourite Silvia Persico (FAS-Valcar), who fell victim to crashes and chain drops several times during the race, including in the closing stages as she battled Bakker for third.
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