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At Les Gets Mona Mitterwallner wins ahead of Puck Pieterse – World Cup

Youthful wind among the Elite women: Mona Mitterwallner wins ahead of Puck Pieterse, both U23. Closing the podium was world champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot. Martina Berta is 6th.

Written by

David Finetto

10 September 2023

credits: UCI MTB World Series

In the women's elite race, Mitterwallner (Cannondale Factory Racing) took a second consecutive World Cup win. The Austrian national champion was fantastic as she battled overall leader and 21 year old Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck).

Mitterwallner showed his confidence in the scorching heat of Haute-Savoie by attacking the Dutch cyclist both downhill and uphill. The 2-time marathon world champion built an 18-second lead into the six-lap final and eventually crossed the finish line about 38 seconds ahead of Pieterse.

Mona Mitterwallner — credits: UCI MTB World Series

World champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Ineos Grenadiers) – who missed Friday's Short Track race due to illness – fought hard to take third place in front of her home crowd.

FEMALE ELITE RANKING

1.	* MITTERWALLNER Mona (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	1:14:51
2.	* PIETERSE Puck (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK)	1:15:29 +38
3.	FERRAND PREVOT Pauline (INEOS GRENADIERS)	1:16:05 + 1: 14
4.	BATTEN Haley (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING)	1:16:25 + 1: 34
5.	BLUNK Savilia (ROCKRIDER FORD RACING TEAM)	1:17:19 + 2: 28
6.	BERTHA Martina (SANTA CRUZ ROCKSHOX PRO TEAM)	1:17:48 + 2: 57
7.	LECOMTE Loana (CANYON CLLCTV)	1:17:51 + 3: 00
8.	HENDERSON Rebecca (PRIMAFLOR MONDRAKER GENUINS RACING TEAM)	1:17:51 + 3: 00
9.	KOLLER Nicole (GHOST FACTORY RACING)	1:18:06 + 3: 15
10.	STIGGER Laura (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING)	1:18:31 + 3: 40

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

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Written by David Finetto

davide.finetto@365mountainbike.it I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').