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'I’d rather have one real standout result than three podiums' – Puck Pieterse keeps eyes trained on top step as Ardennes campaign continues with defence at La Flèche Wallonne
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'I’d rather have one real standout result than three podiums' – Puck Pieterse keeps eyes trained on top step as Ardennes campaign continues with defence at La Flèche Wallonne

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Last year Puck Pieterse was on the podium across the three Ardennes Classics, but there is no pressure to try and live up to that record, with the Fenix-Premier Tech rider recognising that even though her form is at a similar level, the rest of the peloton isn't. The 23-year-old Dutch rider, who last year took third at Amstel Gold Race , won La Flèche Wallonne and was second at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes, started off this week's run with tenth in the opening event, saying that while she didn't have her "best legs" at Amstel Gold Race, it was about more than that. Article continues below A prime example of this, says Pieterse, is FDJ United-SUEZ , who won De Brabantse Pijl with Célia Gery, Paris-Roubaix with Franziska Koch, Tour of Flanders with Demi Vollering and Strade Bianche with Elise Chabbey. “They’ve already won Classics with four different riders this spring, which says a lot.…

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