Simone Giuliani

1 day ago | cyclingnews.com | Simone Giuliani |Jackie Tyson

Reigning US gravel national champion Brennan Wertz (Scott) and Jen Tavé (SpeedBlock p/b Terun) took the victories in the final round of the Grasshopper Adventure Series, King Ridge, held on the rugged roads of west Sonoma County, California. Three three timed segments - Joy Road at mile 17.5, Meyers Grad/Hwy 1 at mile 43 and Hwy 1/Kruse Road at mile 60 - were used to determine the fastest times.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Simone Giuliani |Will Jones

The first riders over the line in The Traka Adventure blasted through the race in less than 24 hours but the next day, some riders were still working their way to the line after having persevered through two nights. Scotland’s Allan Shaw was one such rider, tackling the 560km on a cargo bike. It’s not the first time the former bike messenger turned ultra-racer has taken on a long challenge on a cargo bike instead.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Simone Giuliani

Felix Stehli and Zanri Rossouw won the first UCI Gravel World Series edition of The Ceder in South Africa, both shaking the last of their rivals on the Uitkyk Pass to claim solo victories at the 151km race. After a 50km solo effort, Stehli took his first win of the season, finishing with a gap of just 26 seconds to Felix Ritzinger in the men's race while South African gravel champion Marco Joubert was just ten seconds back in the relatively tight battle for the podium spots.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Will Jones |Simone Giuliani

Maddy Nutt had been putting a solid run of form on display on the run into The Traka 360 and at 100km in was one minute behind the lead group at the flagship European gravel race and in a solid chase, but then she crashed to the ground when another rider fell in front of her. Nutt's lead in this season included a second overall and stage win at Sahara Gravel, a win the UCI Gravel World Series round in Brazil and her last hit out was the 200km Dirty Reiver, which she also won.

1 week ago | cyclingnews.com | Simone Giuliani |Will Jones

Lachlan Morton’s return to The Traka 360 after coming second in 2022 may not have gone to plan but, while the anticipated long day on the bike at the flagship European gravel race ended prematurely, another even longer effort is just around the corner at the North American race that has long loomed large in the discipline. “I broke my wheel about 150 km in so that was it, day done,” the EF Education-EasyPost rider told Cyclingnews in Girona the day after his Traka 360 race plans went awry.