Puck Pieterse Explained

Puck Pieterse
Birth Date:13 May 2002
Birth Place:Amersfoort, Netherlands
Discipline:Cyclo-cross
Road
Mountain bike
Role:Rider
Majorwins:
Cyclo-cross
  • National Championships (2023)
  • World Cup
  • 7 individual wins (2022–23, 2023–24)
    Mountain bike
  • European XC Championships (2023, 2024)
  • National XC Championships (2023)
  • XC World Cup (2023)
  • 4 individual wins (2023, 2024)
    RoadMajor Tours
  • Tour de France
  • Young rider classification (2024)
  • 1 individual stage (2024)
  • Show-Medals:no
    Proteam1: (CX, MTB)
    Proyears1:2020–
    Proteam2: (Road)
    Proyears2:2021–

    Puck Pieterse (born 13 May 2002) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She became the U23 European cyclo-cross champion in 2020,[1] and at age 20, the Elite Women's National Cyclocross Champion of the Netherlands in 2023.[2]

    Pieterse is known for her ability to bunny hop the plank barriers in cyclo-cross races.[3] [4]

    Major results

    Cyclo-cross

    2018–2019
  • 1st National Junior Championships
  • 1st Leudelange
  • 2nd Contern
  • 3rd Pétange
  • 5th UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2019–2020
  • 1st UEC European Junior Championships
  • 2nd UCI World Junior Championships
  • 2nd National Junior Championships
    2020–2021
  • 1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2021–2022
  • 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd UEC European Under-23 Championships
  • 3rd Overall UCI World Cup
  • 1st Under-23 classification
  • 2nd Overijse
  • 2nd Tábor
  • 2nd Hulst
  • 2nd Flamanville
  • 3rd Namur
  • 3rd Hoogerheide
  • Ethias Cross
  • 3rd Bredene
  • 3rd National Under-23 Championships
    2022–2023
  • 1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
  • 1st National Championships
  • 1st Oisterwijk
  • 2nd Overall UCI World Cup
  • 1st Overijse
  • 1st Hulst
  • 1st Val di Sole
  • 1st Besançon
  • 2nd Tábor
  • 2nd Maasmechelen
  • 2nd Antwerpen
  • 2nd Dublin
  • 2nd Zonhoven
  • 2nd Benidorm
  • 3rd Beekse Bergen
  • 3rd Gavere
  • Superprestige
  • 1st Diegem
  • X²O Badkamers Trophy
  • 1st Herentals
  • 2nd UCI World Championships
  • 3rd Woerden
    2023–2024
  • 2nd Overall UCI World Cup
  • 1st Gavere
  • 1st Hulst
  • 1st Zonhoven
  • 2nd Waterloo
  • 2nd Namur
  • 2nd Troyes
  • 2nd Benidorm
  • 3rd Val di Sole
  • 3rd Antwerpen
  • Superprestige
  • 1st Diegem
  • 2nd Boom
  • 2nd National Championships
  • 3rd UCI World Championships
  • X²O Badkamers Trophy
  • 3rd Kortrijk

    UCI World Cup results

    Season12345678910111213141516RankPoints
    2018–2019WAT
    IOW
    BER
    TAB
    KOK
    NAM
    ZOL
    PON
    HOO
    4770
    2019–2020IOW
    WAT
    BER
    TAB
    KOK
    NAM
    ZOL
    NOM
    HOO
    24198
    2020–2021WAT
    DUB
    ZON
    KOK
    BES
    TAB
    ANT
    NAM
    DIE
    DEN
    HUL
    VIL
    HOO
    OVE
    966
    2021–2022WAT
    FAY
    IOW
    ZON
    OVE
    TAB
    KOK
    ANT
    BES
    VAL
    RUC
    NAM
    DEN
    HUL
    FLA
    HOO
    3350
    2022–2023WAT
    FAY
    TAB
    MAA
    BER
    OVE
    HUL
    ANT
    DUB
    VAL
    GAV
    ZON
    BEN
    BES
    2390
    2023–2024WAT
    MAA
    DEN
    TRO
    DUB
    FLA
    VAL
    NAM
    ANT
    GAV
    HUL
    ZON
    BEN
    HOO
    2308

    Mountain bike

    2019
  • 5th Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
    2020
  • 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
  • 3rd Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
    2021
  • 3 Nations Cup
  • 1st Wijster
  • 1st Spaarnwoude
  • 2nd Beringen
  • 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2022
  • 1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
  • UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
  • 1st Leogang
  • 2nd Albstadt
  • 2nd Nové Město
  • 3rd Lenzerheide
  • 3 Nations Cup
  • 1st Houffalize
  • 2nd Wijster
  • 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
  • International MTB Bundesliga
  • 2nd Heubach
    2023
  • 1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
  • 1st Nové Město
  • 1st Leogang
  • 1st Val di Sole
  • 2nd Les Gets
  • 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
  • 1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup
  • 1st Les Gets
  • 2nd Leogang
  • 2nd Val di Sole
  • 2nd Snowshoe
  • 3rd Vallnord
  • 3 Nations Cup
  • 1st Wijster
  • 2nd Short track, UCI World Championships
    2024
  • UEC European Championships
  • 1st Cross-country
  • 2nd Short track
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 1st Les Gets
  • 2nd Val di Sole
  • 3rd Crans-Montana
  • 4th Nové Město
  • UCI XCC World Cup
  • 1st Val di Sole
  • 1st Crans-Montana
  • 2nd Les Gets
  • 1st Eupen
  • 4th Cross-country, Olympic Games

    UCI World Cup results

    Season12345678RankPoints
    2023NOV
    LEN
    LEO
    VAL
    AND
    LES
    SNO
    MON
    11939
    2024MAI
    ARA
    NOV
    VAL
    CRA
    LES
    LAKMON

    Road

    2023
  • 5th Strade Bianche
    2024 (1 pro win)
  • Tour de France
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 4
  • Held after Stages 4–5
  • 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
  • 3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
  • 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 6th Tour of Flanders
  • 7th Gent–Wevelgem
  • 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 10th Omloop van het Hageland

    Classics results timeline

    Monument20232024
    Tour of Flanders6
    Paris–Roubaix
    Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    Classic20232024
    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad8
    Strade Bianche513
    Ronde van Drenthe3
    Trofeo Alfredo Binda3
    Gent–Wevelgem7
    Dwars door Vlaanderen5

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Puck Pieterse wins under-23 women European Cyclo-cross Championships . Cyclingnews . 8 November 2020 . 19 December 2021.
    2. News: Ostanek. Daniel. Weislo. Laura . Jan 2023 . Puck Pieterse solos to Dutch elite women's cyclocross title . . 3 Feb 2023.
    3. Web site: Anne-Marije Rook . 2022-02-03 . Puck Pieterse: U23 cyclo-cross World Champion eyes mountain bike World Cup . 2022-10-23 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    4. Web site: 2021-11-14 . Lucinda Brand solos to victory in round six of the CX World Cup - Swiss Cycles . 2022-10-23 . en-US.