The age-group competitions at the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships delivered two spectacular days of racing in Nannup, Western Australia, as riders from around the world battled for the coveted rainbow jersey across twenty categories.
Saturday’s programme featured all women’s categories and the men’s categories aged 50 and above. Women aged 19-49 and men aged 50-64 tackled the same challenging 125km course raced by the elite women, while women aged 50+ and men aged 65+ competed on a 90km course through the forests and gravel roads surrounding Nannup.
On Sunday, the younger men’s categories aged 19-49 took on the full 144km elite men’s course, creating four additional world champions on one of the toughest routes ever seen at the UCI Gravel World Championships.
Australia enjoyed a highly successful home championship with multiple rainbow jerseys, while Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, the United States, South Africa and Canada were also represented on the podiums across an unforgettable championship weekend.
Saturday – Women
Women 19-34 (125 km)
🥇 Roxanne Takken (NED) – 5:03:44
🥈 Liesl Meeus (BEL) – +1:57
🥉 Marie-Sophie Res (NED) – +16:42
Women 35-39 (125 km)
🥇 Sinead Tracey (CAN) – 5:11:00
🥈 Katie Bonebrake (USA) – +7:33
🥉 Serene Lee (SGP) – +8:35
Women 40-44 (125 km)
🥇 Kim Knaeps (BEL) – 5:00:57
🥈 Mana Morihiro (JPN) – +10:43
🥉 Carolina Maldonado (ARG) – +10:47
Women 45-49 (125 km)
🥇 Michelle George (RSA) – 5:14:38
🥈 Jana Žídeková (CZE) – +4:01
🥉 Heather Gray (CAN) – +11:38
Women 50-54 (90 km)
🥇 Toni Deutzmann (AUS) – 3:26:33
🥈 Kathryn Inglis (AUS) – +5:00
🥉 Molly Van Houweling (USA) – +8:55
Women 55-59 (90 km)
🥇 Sabine Bildstein (USA) – 3:36:19
🥈 Bizzy Butterworth (AUS) – +1:41
🥉 Nathalie Laurendeau (AUS) – +5:53
Women 60-64 (90 km)
🥇 Deborah Latouf (AUS) – 3:52:00
🥈 Tanya Clark (AUS) – +5:19
🥉 Terri Quirk (USA) – +14:01
Women 65-69 (90 km)
🥇 Sharon Heap (AUS) – 3:56:40
🥈 Joanne Ernst (USA) – +0:39
🥉 Ruth Clemence (USA) – +8:24
Women 70-74 (90 km)
🥇 Karin Budding (USA) – 4:34:29
🥈 Helen Trlin (AUS) – +47:44
Saturday – Men
Men 50-54 (125 km)
🥇 Glen Chadwick (NZL) – 4:24:04
🥈 David George (RSA) – +1:41
🥉 Kenneth Mercken (BEL) – +3:13
Men 55-59 (125 km)
🥇 Manuel Beltran Martinez (ESP) – 4:23:31
🥈 David Evans (AUS) – +3:23
🥉 Jonathan Gregg (AUS) – +7:34
Men 60-64 (125 km)
🥇 Tim Jamieson (AUS) – 4:43:23
🥈 Richard Walsh (AUS) – same time
🥉 Michael Buser (SUI) – +2:32
Men 65-69 (90 km)
🥇 Paul Miller (AUS) – 3:17:09
🥈 Gregory Ball (NZL) – +7:09
🥉 Michael Davies (AUS) – +7:36
Men 70-74 (90 km)
🥇 Roger Cull (AUS) – 3:32:24
🥈 Peter Ritchie (AUS) – +5:18
🥉 James Laird (CAN) – +5:24
Men 75-79 (90 km)
🥇 Albert Raven (NED) – 4:02:50
🥈 Chris Whately (CAN) – +6:46
🥉 Göran Lennartsson (SWE) – +17:21
Men 80+ (90 km)
🥇 Myles Higgins (AUS) – 4:56:10
🥈 Bruno Wicki (AUS) – +17:52
🥉 Chris Limb (AUS) – +49:22
Sunday – Men
Racing on the same 144km course as the elite men, the younger men’s categories delivered some of the closest finishes of the entire championship. Two rainbow jerseys went to Belgium, while riders from the Netherlands and Japan completed the list of world champions.
Men 19-34 (144 km)
🥇 Laurens Boons (BEL) – 4:40:00
🥈 Jonathan Couanon (FRA) – +0:43
🥉 Patrick Hughes (GBR) – +0:49
Men 35-39 (144 km)
🥇 Thomas Sprengers (BEL) – 4:41:29
🥈 Adam Adamkiewicz (POL) – +0:01
🥉 Sam Davis (AUS) – +0:52
Men 40-44 (144 km)
🥇 Johnny Hoogerland (NED) – 4:36:10
🥈 Ivan Seledkov – same time
🥉 Nicholas Roche (IRL) – +0:03
Men 45-49 (144 km)
🥇 Akihiro Takaoka (JPN) – 4:44:59
🥈 Hayden Armstrong (AUS) – +0:34
🥉 Tom Danielson (USA) – +0:34
Across all age categories, the fastest performances of the championship were delivered by Tim Jamieson (AUS) and Kim Knaeps (BEL) on Saturday’s 125 km course. Racing in the men’s 60-64 category, Jamieson posted the fastest overall men’s time of 4h43:23, while Knaeps recorded the quickest women’s time of 5h00:57.
On the 90 km course, the fastest riders were Toni Deutzmann (AUS) and Paul Miller (AUS), who set the benchmark performances among the competitors tackling the shorter distance.
Sunday’s fastest ride across all age-group categories came from former professional rider Johnny Hoogerland (NED). Hoogerland powered around the championship course before sealing victory in a sprint finish to secure his second gravel world title, recording the quickest age-group time of the day. Together, these outstanding performances earned their riders the distinction of being the fastest competitors of the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships across all age-group categories.
