What a venue, what weather, what a result (in both mens and womens races)… The UCI gravel worlds were epic.

I spend a lot of the year on a chunky tyre clad cross bike loving life. I also love Strade Bianche, Dwars door het Hagelaand and Paris Tours. So the inception of a UCI sanctioned world gravel championship weekend wasn’t going to draw anything other than praise from me.

The venue around Venice had the scenery and this really helped sell the concept. The course was a brilliant mix of white roads, cycle paths and true gravel farm tracks which kept the riders honest and the fans entertained.

Both races were keenly contested and I wonder if in years to come this will be seen as a stake in the ground moment?

This could be especially true of the UK where the number of cars increases and space on the road gets squeezed.

Let’s see.

Womens result

Mens Result