UCI Gravel World Series: Romain Bardet and Sophie Wright stretch the gaps to win Monaco Gravel Race

Romain Bardet (Issue) and Sophie Wright (Ribble Outliers) rode away from their rivals on the difficult alpine terrain of Monaco Gravel Race to say victory at Sunday’s UCI Gravel World Collection race.

Bardet claimed the elite males’s race with a niche of greater than three minutes to his nearest rival, describing it as a „very demanding course“ and „a superb take a look at earlier than tackling longer distances“. It was Bardet’s second sequence win of the season, with the French rider additionally having received Spain’s Castellon in February.

Paul Voß (Autsaid x Rose Bikes) was second, with the German gravel champion coming over the road 18 seconds forward of Sascha Weber.

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Within the elite ladies’s race Wright broke Nicole Frain’s (Issue Racing) successful streak, with the Australian who has received three UCI Gravel World Collection races up to now month falling in need of making it fourth, regardless of a valiant try. Frain took off out the entrance early however Wright then made the catch and charged off forward, carving out a niche of almost eight minutes by the point she had crossed the end line.

„A great deal of climbing, technical, free, rocky, up, down, up, down, scorching, SUPER robust… simply how I prefer it,“ stated Wright in an Instagram put up.“V pleased with this one.“

Behind the rider who got here second on the European gravel championships and the Oceania gravel champion, it was highway skilled Jade Wiel (FDJ United-SUEZ) in third, almost 20 minutes again from Wright.

The 116km race with 2,500 metres of elevation achieve began in Peille, taking in views of each the Mediterranean Sea and snow capped peaks because it traversed a course that included the Col de Braus, Col du Castillon and Col des Banquettes.

The occasion is a part of a quickly increasing UCI Gravel World Collection calendar with every of the 47 races offering the chance to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships, this yr being held in Nannup, Western Australia on October 10 and 11.

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