UCI Gravel World Championships start list

The provisional start lists for the upcoming UCI Gravel World Championships in Veneto, Italy have been confirmed. Taking place this weekend, October 7-8, the elite men’s and women’s races have attracted a mix of US and European gravel specialists, as well as some star names from the road racing scenes.

Both defending champions from the inaugural Gravel Worlds are on the start list, with Gianni Vermeersch ready to try to hold onto his rainbow jersey, whilst Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is officially registered but her presence is uncertain after contracting Covid-19 last week.

The road stars like Wout van Aert, Matej Mohorič, Demi Vollering, and recently-crowned European champion Lorena Wiebes will attract a lot of attention, but there are also some big gravel names, such as Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Caroline Schiff, whilst star male rider Keegan Swenson is not on the provisional list, but is expected to ride.

Recently-retired Annemiek van Vleuten was due to compete, but has had to pull out, suffering from a foot injury. Her Movistar teammate Alejandro Valverde will be in action, though, showing off the highly anticipated new Canyon gravel bike.

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The elite women’s race will take place on Saturday over an 140km course, whilst the men’s race is on Sunday, on a 169km course.

Elite women Gravel World Championships start list

1 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot FRA

2 Demi Vollering NED

3 Lorena Wiebes NED

4 Silvia Persico ITA

5 Jade Treffeisen GER

6 Tessa Neefjes NED

7 Katarzyna Niewiadoma POL

8 Tiffany Cromwell AUS

9 Riejanne Markus NED

10 Gaia Realini ITA

11 Carolin Schiff GER

12 Rosa Klöser GER

13 Soraya Paladin ITA

14 Sofia Bertizzolo ITA

15 Svenja Betz GER

16 Irina Lützelschwab SUI

17 Pauliena Rooijakkers NED

18 Marthe Truyen BEL

19 Barbara Guarischi ITA

20 Heidi Franz USA

21 Letizia Borghesi ITA

22 Noä Jansen NED

23 Sofia Gomez Villafane ARG

24 Cédrine Kerbaol FRA

25 Janine Schneider GER

26 Sanne Cant BEL

27 Yara Kastelijn NED

28 Rasa Leleivyte LTU

29 Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg DEN

30 Xan Crees GBR

31 Niamh Fisher-Black NZL

32 Hanna Johansson SWE

33 Simone Boilard CAN

34 Amelia Mitchell GBR

35 Darcie Richards AUS

36 Danielle Shrosbree GBR

37 Cassia Boglio AUS

38 Clara Lundmark SWE

39 Karol-Ann Canuel CAN

40 Debora Piana ITA

41 Crystal Anthony USA

42 Annabel Fisher GBR

43 Jane Barr GBR

44 Giada Borghesi ITA

45 Merili Sirvel EST

46 Marta Romeu Solaz ESP

47 Sabrina Stultiens NED

48 Caroline Livesey GBR

49 Karolina Migon POL

50 Ella Bloor AUS

51 Hayley Simmonds GBR

52 Åshild Tovsrud NOR

53 Maaike Coljé NED

54 Valentina Picca ITA

55 Chloé Schoenenberger FRA

56 Lija Laizane LAT

57 Femke De Vries NED

58 Femke Gort NED

59 Nele Laing GER

60 Elisabeth Ebras EST

61 Finja Smekal GER

62 Jana Gigele AUT

63 Viktoriia Bondarenko UKR

64 Eva Buurman NED

65 Danielle Hinds BAR

66 Klara Sofie Skovgård Hansen DEN

67 Josie Knight GBR

68 Liisa Ehrberg EST

69 Hanna Nilsson SWE

70 Anna Sadowska POL

71 Viltè Kriaučiūnaitė LTU

72 Sarah Sturm USA

73 Lieke Van Zeelst NED

74 Helena Bieber GER

75 Caroline Baur SUI

76 Nele De Vos BEL

77 Laura Lizette Sander EST

78 Amanda Bohlin SWE

79 Madeleine Nutt GBR

80 Sabine Sommer AUT

81 Sam Sandten GER

82 Loes Sels BEL

83 Elena Cecchini ITA

84 Emily Newsom USA

85 Femke Markus NED

86 Natasha Reddy GBR

87 Noëlle Rüetschi SUI

88 Almudena Montalvo Pérez ESP

89 Zahra Rezayee AFG

90 Mie Nordlund Pedersen DEN

91 Romana Slavinec AUT

92 Laura Vainionpää FIN

93 Irene Mendez Melgarejo ESP

94 Paulien Koster NED

95 Arezo Sarwari AFG

96 Maisa Tuliniemi FIN

97 Paige Onweller USA

98 Guayente Minchot Ballarin ESP

99 Ellen Mcdermott IRL

100 Lexius Imonise HAI

101 Noel Wonseca HAI

102 Alexis Skarda USA

103 Kyleigh Spearing USA

104 Morgan Aguirre USA

105 Katherine Sheridan USA

106 Mara Fumagalli ITA

107 Kirstine Frida Rysbjerg DEN

108 Marie Louise Biard FRA

109 Flavia Maria De Oliveira Paparella BRA

110 Ursula Lindén FIN

112 Noelle Ingold SUI

Elite men Gravel World Championships start list

1 Gianni Vermeersch BEL

2 Wout Van Aert BEL

3 Matej Mohoric SLO

4 Cameron Mason GBR

5 Daniel Oss ITA

6 Florian Vermeersch BEL

7 Paul Voss GER

8 Jasper Ockeloen NED

9 Jose Ivan Garcia Cortina ESP

10 Kevin Panhuyzen BEL

11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ESP

12 Petr Vakoc CZE

13 Sebastian Schönberger AUT

14 Jan Bakelants BEL

15 Alessandro De Marchi ITA

16 Simone Velasco ITA

17 Tobias Perry GBR

18 Piotr Havik NED

19 Nathan Haas AUS

20 Quinten Hermans BEL

21 Anthony Franquet BEL

22 Sam Culverwell GBR

23 Seppe Rombouts BEL

24 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen DEN

25 Tobias Mørch Kongstad DEN

26 Thomas Bundgaard DEN

27 Connor Swift GBR

28 Pawel Bernas POL

29 Sascha Weber GER

30 Jonas Lindberg DEN

31 Freddy Ovett AUS

32 Nicholas Roche IRL

33 Georg Egger GER

34 Adam Blazevic AUS

35 Ide Schelling NED

36 Coen Vermeltfoort NED

37 Ben Thomas GBR

38 Andreas Schrottenbaum GER

39 Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz ESP

40 Nils Correvon SUI

41 Ryan Christensen NZL

42 Lawrence Naesen BEL

43 Lauri Tamm EST

44 Alberto Losada Alguacil ESP

45 Gustav Frederik Dahl DEN

46 Brent Clé BEL

47 Gert Kivistik EST

48 Pierpaolo Ficara ITA

49 Rasmus Wulff Nørholm Gøtke DEN

50 Matthew Bird AUS

51 Alban Lakata AUT

52 Ivar Slik NED

53 Julian Lino FRA

54 Thomas Joseph BEL

55 Jacob Langham AUS

56 Johan Norén SWE

57 Laurens Ten Dam NED

58 Mads Baadsgaard Rahbek DEN

59 Johannes Rom Dahl DEN

59 Johannes Rom Dahl DEN

60 Connor Sens AUS

61 Frederik Rassmann GER

62 Max Warmerdam FRA

63 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez ESP

64 Erick Heyns RSA

65 Luca Bockelmann GER

66 Andrew Lydic USA

67 Xavier Jovè Riart AND

68 Travis Bramley GBR

69 Maxime Teuliere FRA

70 Markus Pajur EST

71 Cristian Cominelli ITA

72 Thijs De Lange NED

73 Nick Burki SUI

74 Aurélien Philibert FRA

75 Luke Lamperti USA

76 Matthew Shepherd AUS

77 Mattia De Marchi ITA

78 Antti-Jussi Juntunen FIN

79 Bram Rombouts BEL

80 Dario Gadeo Fernandez ESP

81 Philipp Bachl AUT

82 Zak Coleman GBR

83 Rob Vanden Haesevelde BEL

84 Matevž Govekar SLO

85 Jan Sommer SUI

86 Jules De Cock NED

87 Rogan Smart RSA

88 Robbe Claeys BEL

89 Luca Cibrario ITA

90 Mihael Stajnar SLO

91 Sam William Andrews GBR

92 Michael Tjulander SWE

94 Eduardo Talavera Fernandez ESP

95 Tim Wollenberg GER

96 Joseph Lupien CAN

97 Siim Kiskonen EST

98 Thijs Zonneveld NED

99 Cristian Bernardi ITA

100 Alexis Roche IRL

101 Tobin Ortenblad USA

102 Daniel Babor CZE

103 Jonas Orset NOR

104 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg RSA

105 Moran Vermeulen AUT

106 Martin Schätzl GER

107 Michal Glanz POL

108 Sampo Malinen FIN

109 Gustas Raugala LTU

110 Simone Pederiva ITA

111 Matthew Stamatis RSA

112 Francesco Bettini ITA

113 Lukas Baum GER

114 Tomas Barta CZE

115 Travis Barrett RSA

116 Patrick Haller GER

117 Ferran Robert Torrens ESP

118 Gregor Matija Cerne SLO

119 Felix James Meo NZL

120 Felix Barker GBR

121 Sean Bero BEL

122 Peter Schermann GER

123 Gleb Karpenko EST

124 Ward Vanhoof BEL

125 Giovanni Carboni ITA

126 Marko Pavlic SLO

127 Eric Pedersen SWE

128 Simen Nordahl Svendsen NOR

129 Frederik Scheske GER

130 Matteo Zurlo ITA

131 Alex Colman BEL

132 Fran Miholjevic CRO

133 Nicola Parenti ITA

134 Alex Lack AUS

135 Vladyslav Makogon FIN

136 Artūras Kazakevičius LTU

137 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova CRC

138 Nicholas Pettina' ITA

139 David Van Orsdel USA

140 Michael Mottram GBR

141 Felix Ritzinger AUT

142 Sebastian Putz AUT

143 Ethan Pauly CAN

144 Kristers Kovgers LAT

145 Tomas Kalojiros CZE

146 Declan Irvine AUS

147 Alexey Vermeulen USA

148 Markus Auvinen FIN

149 Sacha Modolo ITA

150 Julien Bard SUI

151 Tristan Nortje RSA

152 Richard Larsén SWE

153 Simon Daniels BEL

154 Lubomir Petrus CZE

155 Enrique Morcillo Vergara ESP

156 Rossouw Bekker RSA

157 Julen Zubero Aldekoa ESP

158 Jan-Marc Temmen GER

159 Edouard Bonnefoix FRA

160 Wolfgang Brandl GER

161 Nicolaj Amping DEN

162 Paul Wisner HAI

163 Pierre Rosemond HAI

164 Randy Licorish BAR

165 Maurizio Giuseppe Sartori ITA

166 Mattia Penna ITA

167 Alexandru-Ionut Antoniu ROU

168 Filippo Cecchi ITA

169 Luke Mcmullan IRL

170 Metheven Bond GBR

171 Venantas Lašinis LTU

172 Robert Jenko SLO

173 Apolinario Ca GBS

174 Isidro Mengo Da Costa GBS

175 Jadio Gomes GBS

176 Carlos Gaspar Danquem GBS

177 Nelson Mendes GBS

178 Julho Mendes GBS

179 Silvino Da Silva GBS

180 Seco Domingos Mendes GBS

181 Diamantino Dos Santos Co GBS

182 Graciano Diamantino Patrao GBS

183 Dy Co GBS

184 Nickson Joao Mendes GBS

185 Sam Julio Mendes GBS

186 Dabana Cul Iala GBS

187 Paul-Antoine Hagan IRL

188 Bennan Wertz USA

189 Payson Mcelveen USA

190 Artem Schmidt USA

191 Zach Calton USA

192 Paul Buschek AUT

193 Mattia Viel ITA

194 Julius Nowak Dalner DEN

195 Morten Nedergaard Bolby DEN

196 Mathias Busk Sælgen DEN

197 Victor Grue Enggaard DEN

198 Théo Cante FRA

199 Tao Quemere FRA

200 Julien Jamot FRA

201 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez COL

202 Sabatier Thibault FRA

203 Tomas De Neve BEL

204 Laurynas Ropė LTU

205 Franco Nicolas Adaos Alvarez CHI

206 Jasper Huitema NED

207 Christian Rush NZL

209 Lubos Pelanek CZE

210 Michal Dvorak CZE

211 Richard Habermann CZE

212 Adam Zuber POL

213 Jesper Lindahl FIN

214 Joffrey Degueurce FRA

215 Björn Bakker NED

216 Vebjørn Rønning NOR

217 Jan-Frederik Finoulst BEL

218 Adam Jordan SLO

219 Conor Mcgoldrick GBR

220 Oscar Cabanas Quintela AND

221 Sebastiaan Oranje NED

222 Lars Loohuis NED

223 Tom Martin GBR

224 Daniel Gianello ITA