Puck Pieterse Wasn’t Wallowing in Despair After The Flat Tire At The Mountain Bike World Championships, which Meant the Defending Champion Finished Only Sixth. Unlike the Tears at the Olympic Games Last Year, She was now at Peace with the Equipment Failure.
“I was already riding so much on the limit from the beginning, I think to be satisfied with a sixth place. “I Gave Everything from the Beginning and I Kept Doing That. I’m Actually Very Positive About this Race.”
Pieterse was Already a Few Seconds Behind the Leading Group When She had the Equipment Failure. “At one point i already noticed that my rear tire was a bit softer. I was no it was flat. I had a bit of the same thing at the games, then it turned out to be flat.”
Changing the Tire Tok a Lot Of Time, Causing Pieterse to Lose The Connection. But she Doesn’t Regret That moment at all. “What am I going to do now? Cool down, probably have a bear. And then Tomorrow I’m going to Enjoy Watching Sam Gaze and Mathieu van der Poel,” She looks ahead to the men’s race on Sunday.
And next year Pieterse will have another Chance to Redeem Herself, after Losing Her Rainbow Jersey. “Well, Lost …”, she concludes with a laugh. “I hope I’ve just lent it out for a year.”