UCl Gravel World Series – Femke Markus holds off Rosa Klöser to win Gravel One Fifty for elite women

Dutch riders Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) and Jordan Habets (Metec-SolarWatt p/b Mantel) earned their first victories of the season Saturday at Gravel One Fifty.

The duo scored the wins on an dwelling turf contest of the UCI Gravel World Collection, qualifying for the UCI Gravel World Championships in October which can be held within the Zuid-Limburg area of the Netherlands.

Markus outsprinted Rosa Klöser (Canyon) on the line, ending the 150km course in a time of 4:24:56. Markus’ WorldTour teammate Julia Kopecky put in time forward of Tessa Neefjes (Large Liv Benelux Off-road) to safe solo third, 5:21 again.

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“Very nice to journey a gravel race in between the street races. Suffered rather a lot right this moment however actually completely satisfied to win the dash from the robust Rosa Klöser,” Markus wrote on social media.

Klöser was in search of a 3rd UCI Gravel World Collection victories in three begins this summer time, having gained Eislek Gravel in Luxembourg and Hegau Gravel in Germany.

The 23-year-old Habets used a remaining acceleration on the pavement to drop 22-year-old Kamiel Notebaert (Lead Out Biking Academy), ending in 4:06:45. Notebaert crossed the road 5 seconds later for second. Defending males’s champion Thomas Mein one other 9 seconds again for third.

The 150km quick and flat race began and completed in Peize, looping by means of plains, forest and the agricultural surrounds through a community of dust and gravel roads with grassed sections. The course was dry and quick this 12 months, with Habets’ time 20 minutes quicker than Mein’s time on a muddy observe in 2024.

It was the fourth version of the Dutch UCI qualifier within the Drenthe province. The subsequent world qualifier occasion on the calendar is Gravel Grit n Grind, August 16 in Sweden. That occasion is a part of a three-day stage race in Halmstad.

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