UCI Mountain Bike World Series: Puck Pieterse and Luca Schwarzbauer clinch short-track titles

Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sealed the women’s short-track title at the UCI Mountain Bike World Series after finishing fifth in the season-ending race at Mont-Saint-Anne.

Only Alessandra Keller (Thomus Maxon) could deny Pieterse, but the Swiss rider struggled in the second half of the eight-lap shoot-out and limped home outside the top 10.

At the front, Laura Stigger (Specialized Factory Racing) timed her late break to perfection to take the race win by five seconds from Loana Lecomte…