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UCI Gravel World Championships

Link to Organisers present courses for the 2024 Gravel World Championships
The courses for the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships will return to the forests of Belgium where the European Championships were held last year

Organisers present courses for the 2024 Gravel World Championships

Belgium is set to host the next edition which will see a diverse course of off-road riding in the Leuven area of Flanders

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Link to GCN Show: Kasia Niewiadoma discusses the spirit of gravel
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GCN Show: Kasia Niewiadoma discusses the spirit of gravel

We caught up with the recently crowned gravel world champion, plus the latest news from the world of cycling and an important lesson from Ollie Bridgewood’s mistake

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Link to Laurens ten Dam's pro gravel bike: Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL8
Laurens ten Dam's Specialized S-Works Roubaix

Laurens ten Dam's pro gravel bike: Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL8

Former WorldTour pro went back to his road roots with Specialized’s endurance road bike for the Gravel World Championships

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Link to Pro gravel bike: Nicolas Roche's Bianchi Impulso Pro
Nicolas Roche's Bianchi Impulso Pro

Pro gravel bike: Nicolas Roche's Bianchi Impulso Pro

SRAM components, close-ratio gearing and celeste colourway on Irishman's bike for the UCI Gravel World Championships

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Link to Gravel World Championships bike: Paul Voss’ Orbea Terra M
The Orbea Terra M gravel bike

Gravel World Championships bike: Paul Voss’ Orbea Terra M

German rider combined Orbea’s lightweight gravel bike with a 2x SRAM Red AXS groupset for the Veneto Worlds

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Link to Pro gravel bike: Peter Stetina's Canyon Grail
The Canyon Grail has now officially been released, but Peter Stetina has been using the bike for a while

Pro gravel bike: Peter Stetina's Canyon Grail

2x set-up with a blend of Shimano Dura-Ace and GRX on US rider's version of the new Grail

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Link to GCN Tech Show: Do you actually need gravel-specific parts and components?
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GCN Tech Show: Do you actually need gravel-specific parts and components?

Equipment from Gravel Worlds, new bikes from Canyon and BMC, plus a new trainer from Zwift

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Link to Tiffany Cromwell’s all-new Canyon Grail: A gravel bike built for speed
Tiffany Cromwell's Canyon Grail for the Gravel World Championships

Tiffany Cromwell’s all-new Canyon Grail: A gravel bike built for speed

Prior to its release, Canyon’s new Grail was put through its paces by Cromwell at the Gravel World Championships

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Link to GCN Show: Was the live coverage debacle the UCI's worst gravel mistake yet?
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GCN Show: Was the live coverage debacle the UCI's worst gravel mistake yet?

Si Richardson and Dan Lloyd analyse the successes and failures of the second annual UCI Gravel World Championships

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Link to Florian Vermeersch’s Ridley Kanzo Fast: Gravel World Championships Pro Bike
Florian Vermeersch’s Ridley Kanzo Fast

Florian Vermeersch’s Ridley Kanzo Fast: Gravel World Championships Pro Bike

Vermeersch powered to second atop the race-orientated Kanzo Fast gravel bike paired with Shimano’s 11-speed GRX groupset

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Link to Sofía Gómez Villafane’s Specialized S-Works Crux: UCI Gravel World Championships bike
Sofía Gómez Villafane’s Specialized S-Works Crux

Sofía Gómez Villafane’s Specialized S-Works Crux: UCI Gravel World Championships bike

Gómez Villafane teamed up with Specialized’s lightweight gravel bike for the World Championships

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Link to Five conclusions from the UCI Gravel World Championships
Kasia Niewiadoma and Matej Mohorič are the new Gravel World Champions

Five conclusions from the UCI Gravel World Championships

From the successes to be celebrated to the shortcomings that need to be called out, here are our reflections from the second edition of the UCI Gravel Worlds

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Link to Gravel Worlds: Keegan Swenson brushes off crashes and goes toe-to-toe with WorldTour pros
Keegan Swenson (United States of America) at the finish of the UCI Gravel Worlds

Gravel Worlds: Keegan Swenson brushes off crashes and goes toe-to-toe with WorldTour pros

American flyer takes fifth after close finish with Alejandro Valverde in Veneto

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Link to 'I didn't feel like quitting' - Wout van Aert battles back to eighth in unlucky Gravel World Championships
Wout van Aert went from 105th to eighth over the course of the Gravel World Championships race

'I didn't feel like quitting' - Wout van Aert battles back to eighth in unlucky Gravel World Championships

Belgian moved up from 105th place and 10 minutes down on tough course in Veneto

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Link to Did Matej Mohorič win Gravel World Championships on an unreleased Merida bike?
Is this a new Silex gravel bike?

Did Matej Mohorič win Gravel World Championships on an unreleased Merida bike?

Slovenian takes world title atop what appears to be a new version of the Silex gravel bike

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Link to UCI Gravel World Championships: Matej Mohorič uses climbing strength to win rainbow jersey
Matej Mohorič went solo for 18km to win the gravel world title

UCI Gravel World Championships: Matej Mohorič uses climbing strength to win rainbow jersey

Slovenian wins solo ahead of Florian Vermeersch after long day in race lead

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Link to 26,000km in the bank in 2023 but Alejandro Valverde laughs off comeback suggestion
Alejandro Valverde ended his professional road career in 2022, but has been racing gravel in 2023

26,000km in the bank in 2023 but Alejandro Valverde laughs off comeback suggestion

Spaniard remains competitive as he takes part in the UCI Gravel World Championships

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Link to Demi Vollering: No race I’ve done on the road was as hard as Gravel Worlds
Demi Vollering finished third at the end of the 140km race in Italy

Demi Vollering: No race I’ve done on the road was as hard as Gravel Worlds

Tour de France Femmes winner comes away with bronze medal in Veneto

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Link to 'I kept getting yelled at by the Italians' - Gravel World Championships through the riders' eyes
Kasia Niewiadoma's day ended in success, but by all accounts it was a gruelling day of racing

'I kept getting yelled at by the Italians' - Gravel World Championships through the riders' eyes

Kasia Niewiadoma, Lauren Stephens, Sarah Sturm and more recount their days in Veneto

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Link to UCI Gravel World Championships: Kasia Niewiadoma wins elite women's title with solo attack
Kasia Niewiadoma soloed to victory in the women's Gravel World Championships

UCI Gravel World Championships: Kasia Niewiadoma wins elite women's title with solo attack

Polish rider went away in final 25km to beat Silvia Persico and Demi Vollering in Veneto

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Link to Keegan Swenson's Santa Cruz Stigmata: UCI Gravel World Championships bike
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Keegan Swenson's Santa Cruz Stigmata: UCI Gravel World Championships bike

The American, who has dominated the domestic gravel scene in 2023, teams up with Santa Cruz's gravel bike in hunt for rainbow jersey

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Link to Gravel World Championships: UCI blames local organisers for lack of live broadcast of women’s race
The elite women's race of the 2023 Gravel World Championships will not be broadcast live

Gravel World Championships: UCI blames local organisers for lack of live broadcast of women’s race

Women's race not broadcast as UCI say they will make coverage mandatory from 2024

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Link to Lorena Wiebes: I’m ready to suffer at UCI Gravel Worlds
Lorena Wiebes winning the European gravel championships last week in Belgium

Lorena Wiebes: I’m ready to suffer at UCI Gravel Worlds

Dutch team arrives in Italy as favourites but wary of gravel experts

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Link to Laurens ten Dam: Gravel World Championships will have a Strade Bianche feel
Laurens ten Dam

Laurens ten Dam: Gravel World Championships will have a Strade Bianche feel

Dutch veteran aiming to pace himself into contention against the 'more explosive' WorldTour pros in Sunday's race

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