Geerike Schreurs and Mads Würtz Schmidt solo to victory on the Gravel Desert in Spain

Specialised Off-road group riders Geerike Schreurs and Mads Würtz Schmidt every claimed a dominant solo victory within the elite ladies’s and elite males’s classes at Gravel Desert by The Traka, the third occasion within the Gravel Earth Sequence in Grañén (Huesca), Spain.

The racers confronted a 167km route with 1,500 metres of elevation achieve within the Aragonese desert, outlined by quick tracks, infinite horizons and fixed publicity to wind and terrain situations. Cloudy situations that prevented the area’s common excessive warmth, riders loved best racing situations.

Within the ladies’s race, Schreurs completed with a time of 5:12:51 and constructing a transparent benefit of 5:58 over second-place Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Schooling First-Oatly). Crossing the road one minute later, Hanne Van Loock (Reverb Biking 3T) rounded out the rostrum.

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Within the males’s race, European Gravel champion Würtz Schmidt claimed the victory with a time of 4:21:32, his second within the GES after the general victory at a muddy version of Santa Vall earlier yr. Crossing the road 5:21 later, Hugo Drechou claimed second by outsprinting Celestin Guillon (Gravel Nation), who was third.

In its second version, the race, beforehand often known as Monegros Desert Pageant, moved from July to April within the calendar.