Parade of stars in Sea Otter Europe Girona
The last qualifier weekend promises to be overwhelming with the presence of a lot of high level pro riders in Girona. Last week’s winner Romain Bardet goes for his third UCI win in a row, but will get competition from 2023 world champion Matej Mohoric and his teammate and last year’s winner Matevz Goveckar. Also […]
Bolero 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships starting procedure updated
Since last year, the winners of the age categories in the UCI Gravel World Series qualifiers have been given a privileged position at the start of the UCI Gravel World Championships. This is a position in the first row, also known as the “priority box”. The number of riders allowed in this priority box is […]
Romain Bardet also the best in the Pyrenees, Dubau-Prevot take female win
The 1st edition of the 66 Degrés Sud – Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour was a tough edition with its 110km and 2150m of elevation. Romain Bardet, retired from professional road cycling since the Dauphiné in June took his second consecutive UCI Gravel win after also taking victory in Italie three weeks ago. Bardet, trying to […]
Bottcher and Tave to take Mammoth TUFF wins
It was chilly when 511 riders stood still early morning at the start of their Tuffest or Tuffer race with start and finish in Mammoth Lakes, California. The elites and age group up until 49 had a 89 miles course going completely east for 7500 ft of elevation. Older categories had a shorter 67 miles […]
2 new events in the States and France for the penultimate qualifier weekend
This weekend, two new events will qualify the last riders for the upcoming 2025 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships taking place in a month in the Netherlands. In France, the organizers of the existing 66 Degrés Sud UCI Granfondo have aet up a new UCI gravel event in the Pyrenees in Les Angles with the […]
Graean Cymru in Wales: victories for Young and Thomson
The Welsh qualifier spread over two days this weekend had a solo win in both the women elite, racing on Saturday and the men elite on Sunday. Jenson Young got away from two compatriots during the second of two laps in Llyn Brenig to take his first UCI gravel win. Thomas Armstrong finished second and […]