05/10/2024

Marianne Vos beats Lotte Kopecky to win women's Gravel World Championships; Lorena Wiebes closes podium

The Gravel World Championships are growing exponentially in the last few years and this Saturday, the women's field featured some of the absolute best! After 8 world championships titles in cyclocross and 3 on the road; at 37 years of age Marianne Vos has become World Champion in the gravel discipline.

The race in Leuven, Belgium, showcased some of the very best pros from several disciplines for an enormous spectacle. Marianne Vos and Lotte Kopecky were the strongest on the day and built a strong gap over the rest of the field; and in the final sprint the Dutchwoman beat the reigning road race World Champion. Lorena Wiebes finished third followed by Puck Pieterse; with the likes of Riejanne Markus, Emma Norsgaard and Lucinda Brand also featuring in the Top10.

Greg van Avermaet points at Mathieu van der Poel as main favourite for Gravel World Championships: "That guy has the skills, has the legs, and has the knowledge"

1	VOS Marianne	4:01:07
2	KOPECKY Lotte	0:01
3	WIEBES Lorena	3:57
4	PIETERSE Puck	4:09
5	KASPER Romy	4:15
6	PALADIN Soraya	6:00
7	MARKUS Riejanne	6:04
8	MARKUS Femke	8:52
9	NORSGAARD Emma	,,
10	BRAND Lucinda	8:53
11	TRUYEN Marthe	,,
12	MAJERUS Christine	,,
13	KRAAK Amber	,,
14	DE JONG Thalita	,,
15	STEPHENS Lauren	,,
16	SCHREIBER Marie	,,
17	FRANZ Heidi	,,
18	DE VRIES Femke	,,
19	TON Quinty	8:54
20	GROEN Marjet	,,
21	KLÖSER Rosa Maria	,,
22	TROUWBORST Mariëlle	,,
23	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	,,
24	GIGANTE Sarah	8:55
25	BEX Nathalie	8:56
26	POWLESS Shayna	9:00
27	SANDER Laura Lizette	9:10
28	SHERWELL Courtney	9:11
29	DUBAU-PRÉVOT Axelle	,,
30	CECCHINI Elena	9:48
31	VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	,,
32	GUARISCHI Barbara	,,
33	FRAIN Nicole	10:03
34	OOSTERWOUD Wendy	10:10
35	ALLISON-SCHULTZ Whitney	10:17
36	CROMWELL Tiffany	11:12
37	JACKSON Alison	,,
38	COLJÉ Maaike	11:13
39	MITCHELL Amelia	,,
40	NEEFJES Tessa	,,
41	RINEHART Jenna	,,
42	AGUIRRE Morgan	11:14
43	MIGON Karolina	11:16
44	BORGHESI Letizia	11:28
45	SOSNA Katazyna	11:31