Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) will make his Tour of Flanders debut next Sunday after a top-10 finish at the World Tour level in Gent-Wevelgem.

The multi-talented Dutch star was originally scheduled to end his road season on Wednesday in Doir de Vlaanderen, but after impressive runs in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche, new plans were already in place.

"I'll be in the Ronde," Pieterse told Cyclingnews after the finish in Wevelgem.

"At first I was going to stop at Doar do Hlaanderen, but as soon as the first two weeks of racing were over, I decided that with only a few days to go, I would go to the Ronde."

But for the 21-year-old, who has the mountain bike cross-country event at the 2024 Paris Olympics as a key goal, this will be his last big race on the road for a while.

"After the Ronde, it's really over. Obviously, I want to keep going like this and keep going higher, but my priority is mountain biking."

"I hope there are still years when I can ride Roubaix and the Ardennes.

For the confident Pieterse, no result is out of reach. She finished third in both events, losing only to Lorena Wiebes, Lotte Kopecky (SD Walks Pro Time), and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl Trek).

Heading to Flanders next Sunday, the 21-year-old is not limiting her ambitions.

"In the current situation, of course you have to dream of the best, and I think we have a really good team," she told Cycling News.

"We worked together really well here in Ghent-Wevelgem.

Pieterse handled Kopecký's hellish pace in Ghent-Wevelgem and followed the second group well after the second climb.

However, the young Dutch rider did not believe the break would be successful in Wevelgem, where SD-Works Pro Time and Lidl-Trek promised a group sprint against the eventual winners Vives and Balsamo.

"It was very hectic, especially going into the local laps with the climbs," said Lidl.

"But with the big teams moving and the wind, I think today was destined to be a sprint."

As has been the case in her few road starts over the past two seasons, even the big group sprint, which is completely foreign to Pieterse, who is used to attacking single file on muddy trails, was not so easy to handle.

"I've never done a sprint this big before today. The last two weeks have been really small group uphill sprints, but this time it was a much bigger group and there was a lot of pushing, so maybe I wasn't in the best position," she said.

"But I'm really happy to be in the top 10 again. But I'm really happy to be in the top 10 again."

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