Puck Pieterse triumphs perfectly at MTB World Cup in Leogang-Double!

Puck Pieterse triumphs perfectly at MTB World Cup in Leogang-Double!

Leogang, Österreich - On June 8, 2025, Puck Pieterse won the cross-country world cup race of women in Leogang. The 23-year-old world champion from Team Alpecin-Deceuninck triumphed under difficult, muddy conditions and celebrated her first double after winning the short track two days earlier. Pietense needed a total time of 21:13 minutes for her round and convinced with a best time of 2:33 on the second round. She implemented her outstanding performance in impressive lap times, as the following table shows:

Samara Maxwell from New Zealand took second place with a gap of 50 seconds. She was part of a close race in which Nicole Koller and Ramona Forchini also performed strongly. Koller secured third place with a gap of 1:21 minutes, while Forchini, who ended the race as a tenth, finished 1:26 minutes behind the winner. The best Austrian was Tamara Wiedmann, who ended up in fifth place and finished 1:41 minutes behind Pietense. Wiedmann expressed her fun during the race, especially when the rain started.

other Austrians in competition

also Mona Mitterwallner, who was fourth in the short track, fought into the race. Despite a sudden tire damage in the fourth round, she fell back from fifth to nine and ended the race with a gap of 3:06 minutes. Mitterwallner reported that, despite the incident in the incident with every round, she passed the mishap when she hit a stone.

Laura Stigger, who also competed for Austria, finished 15th with a gap of 4:39 minutes. This shows that the competition is strong and the athletes have to develop to keep up with the top of the world.

FAZIT

The World Cup race in Leogang set a strong sign for athletes in mountain biking. Puck Pieterse, one of the most promising drivers, impressively demonstrated their skills and gives hope for an exciting season. The spectators can be happy, because this season there will certainly be many more emotional and exciting races.

For detailed results and further information on the services of the athletes, the complete race results on [UCI MTB World Series] (https://ucimtbworldseries.com/results/raceccategory/uci-xc--cup-leogang-cross-country-short-women- elite/2025) become. A look at the history of the races certainly shows that talented drivers such as Pietere and Mitterwallner have an exciting future in front of them, as in the report of Eurosport. Let's look forward to upcoming competitions!