Able to go(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
The roads of the UCI Gravel World Collection Brasil 2025(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
Within the early levels(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
The view from above(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
Maddy Nutt after claiming the highest spot in ladies’s elite(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
UCI Gravel World Collection Brasil 2025 males’s and ladies’s podium(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
A medal to race towards on the first UCI Gravel World Collection Brasil(Picture credit score: Rodrigo Philipps / Catuaí movies)
Nice Britain’s Maddy Nutt and Switzerland’s Simon Pellaud gained the UCI Gravel World Collection Brasil, each crossing the road solo within the scorching day of racing which launched the highest tier circuit to Latin America for the primary time.
Nutt, who earlier within the month secured second at Sahara Gravel, crossed the road after 4 hours, 42 minutes and 50 seconds to say the ladies’s race on a day the place temperatures crept over 35°C. Round 13 minutes later Brazil’s highway champion Tamires Radatz claimed second whereas in third it was Luiza Euzébio de Souza.
“It was unbelievably scorching—felt like 50°C,” Nutt stated in a media launch put out by race organisers. “I didn’t know the course in any respect. By the tip, I had cramps in my legs.
“Within the first 28 km, I wasn’t even making an attempt to assault, however I discovered myself main on the high of a climb and simply stored my very own tempo. I’m so joyful to have gained.”
The 111km course in Camboriu, Santa Catarina which took the worldwide race collection to a sixth continent delivered 90% gravel and 1600m of elevation achieve, with the biggest 5km climb coming on the 75km mark.
Within the males’s race Pellaud, who only a week in the past swept up the general victory on the eight stage Transcordilleras in Colombia, got here throughout the road in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 43 seconds. Argentina’s Facundo Perez Costa (Trek Argentina) was practically seven minutes again in second place whereas retired highway skilled Daniel Oss (Specialised) was third.
“It was a tricky route, and the warmth was intense,” stated Pellaud.” My legs weren’t at their greatest after racing in Colombia final week. The tempo was excessive and solely stored growing. I even needed to cease on the feed zone to seize water and funky off.”
Racing within the UCI Gravel World Collection, which acts a qualifier for the UCI Gravel World Championships, will proceed with a a lot cooler Turnhout Gravel in Belgium on March 23.
