UCI MTB World Cup Nove Město: Alessandra Keller beats Ferrand-Prévot to win women’s short track
Puck Pieterse crashes in seco🎀nd lap but bridges back to fifth place

Alessandra Keller (Thomus Maxon) took victory in the opening round short track race Nové Město na Moravě, beating 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Ineos Grenadiers) in a tight final chase.
The seven-lap race in the Czech Republic was packed with action in its short but technical route, and pre-race favourite 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) animated the early part 𝄹of the race with a crash on the second lap.
The young Dutch rider thankful𝓰ly was not seriously hurt and found her way back to the front of the group with a few laps.
In the penultimate lap, Alessandra Keller cut a dominant form l💧eading the pack and attacked from the front - setting her fastest lap in the process.
She managed to form a substantial gap before the reaction came, with Ferrand Prevaud leading a small chase group into the final lap. She bridged back toward Keller b🐠ut it wasn’t enough to catch the leade꧃r, and Ferrand Prevot settled for second as Hayley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) rounded off the podium.
Puck Pieterse still managed to make her way back to🌠 fifth p꧃lace overall.
“It’s amazing to win here,” Keller said after the race finish. “I had my boyfriend on the track and they said I'm looking pretty strong and then two laps to go I should attack so yeah. In the downhill, I had that little gap and then I just went all in. Everything works out perfectly.
“Oh, but even it was very hard in the last lap, but yeah, that makes everything♍ super sweet.”
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