Puck Pieterse (; born 13 May 2002) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in road, cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She currently rides for . In 2024 as under 23 world champion in the road race. Pieterse is known for her ability to bunny hop the plank barriers in cyclo-cross races.
Life and career
Puck Pieterse was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Mountain biking and cyclo-cross have been the biggest passions in her life since she was ten years old, with the support of her parents who would take her to every race she attended. In March 2020, Pieterse signed with AlpecinâÂÂFenix with the initial focus being on cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She became the U23European cyclo-cross champion in 2020, and won the Elite Women's National Cyclocross Champion of the Netherlands in 2023 and 2024.
In 2024, she won the world mountain bike championship in the Cross-country Olympic category. At the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Pieterse won stage 4 and took the white jersey of the young rider classification. At the 2024 UCI Road World Championships, she became under 23 world champion after finishing 13th overall. In 2025, Pieterse won her first UCI Women's World Tour event, winning La Flèche Wallonne Femmes.
Pieterse secured her first victory of the 2025âÂÂ26 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup season at the Cyclo-cross Maasmechelen event ahead of teammate Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado. Continuing her success, she completed the weekend with her win at Hoogerheide, clinching to her second World Cup win of the season.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
2018âÂÂ2019
1st National Junior Championships
1st Leudelange
2nd Contern
3rd Pétange
5th UEC European Under-23 Championships
2019âÂÂ2020
1st UEC European Junior Championships
2nd UCI World Junior Championships
2nd National Junior Championships
2020âÂÂ2021
1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021âÂÂ2022
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
:4th Zonhoven
:5th Iowa City
:5th Fayetteville
:5th Besançon
:5th Rucphen
Ethias Cross
:3rd Bredene
3rd National Under-23 Championships
2022âÂÂ2023
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
XòO Badkamers Trophy
:1st Herentals
2nd UCI World Championships
3rd Woerden
2023âÂÂ2024
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
XòO Badkamers Trophy
:3rd Kortrijk
2024âÂÂ2025
1st National Championships
XòO Badkamers Trophy
:1st Koksijde
:3rd Baal
UCI World Cup
:2nd Dendermonde
:3rd Namur
:3rd Hulst
:3rd Gavere
:3rd Hoogerheide
:4th Maasmechelen
:5th Zonhoven
3rd UCI World Championships
2025âÂÂ2026
UCI World Cup
:1st Maasmechelen
:1st Hoogerheide
:2nd Dendermonde
:3rd Gavere
:3rd Zonhoven
:4th Namur
:4th Antwerpen
:5th Koksijde
Superprestige
:1st Diegem
2nd National Championships
XòO Badkamers Trophy
:2nd Baal
3rd UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup results
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 MÃÂsto
: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 MÃÂsto
: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
1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
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 MÃÂsto
UCI XCC World Cup
:1st Val di Sole
:1st Crans-Montana
:2nd Les Gets
1st Eupen
4th Cross-country, Olympic Games
2025
1st Short track, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
:1st Leogang
:1st Val di Sole
UCI XCC World Cup
:1st Nové MÃÂsto
:1st Leogang
:1st Val di Sole
International MTB Bundesliga
:1st Heubach
UCI World Cup results
Road
2023
5th Strade Bianche
2024 <small>(1 pro win)</small>
1st Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
Tour de France
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stage 4
:Held after Stages 4âÂÂ5
3rd Ronde van Drenthe
3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Tour of Flanders
7th GentâÂÂWevelgem
8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
10th Omloop van het Hageland
2025 <small>(1)</small>
1st La Flèche Wallonne
2nd LiègeâÂÂBastogneâÂÂLiège
3rd Amstel Gold Race
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Omloop van het Hageland
7th Strade Bianche
7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
9th Tour of Flanders
10th MilanâÂÂSan Remo
2026
4th MilanâÂÂSan Remo Women
Classics results timeline
References
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