He too is convinced for a long time that Pieterse will win a silver medal. “But suddenly she gets a flat tire,” he says. “And she is quickly caught up and overtaken by the pursuers.” When Pieterse eventually manages to fight her way to fourth place, Mulder is proud. “She is the moral winner, unfortunately you don’t get a medal for that.”
Disappointment at her own cycling café in Amerongen due to a flat tire Puck Pieterse: ‘She is the moral winner for us’
