Monday, July 29, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Puck Pieterse needed to cope with one of many largest disappointments of her younger profession on Sunday. The Dutch rider missed out on a medal within the Olympic mountain bike race on account of a flat tire. Within the night, nonetheless, she was capable of look forward once more. She introduced (in her personal distinctive method) that she is going to take part within the Tour de France Femmes in August.
Pieterse was a visitor at NOS Studio Paris on Sunday night. Annemiek van Vleuten, an analyst on the speak present, requested her what targets she nonetheless has for this yr. “A tour by means of the Netherlands, Belgium and France with a end on the Alpe d’Huez,” Pieterse answered with amusing. “I am already trying ahead to that!”
For Pieterse it will likely be her debut within the Tour de France Femmes. The 22-year-old rider of Fenix-Deceuninck has already ridden fairly a couple of highway races this spring, and never with out success. She got here third in each the Ronde van Drenthe and Trofeo Alfredo Binda and recorded top-ten rankings within the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (eighth), Omloop van het Hageland (tenth), Gent-Wevelgem (seventh), Dwars door Vlaanderen (fifth) and the Ronde van Vlaanderen (sixth). Her ‘worst’ end result was a thirteenth place in Strade Bianche, the place she completed fifth in 2023.
The Tour de France Femmes (12-18 August) begins this yr in Rotterdam. There are three levels completely on Dutch soil, after which the race heads to Belgium on day 4. On day 5, the riders attain France, the place a tricky last weekend awaits. The final stage finishes on Alpe d’Huez.
