UCI Gravel World Championships: Lorena Wiebes Claims Elite Women's World Title with Sprint Victory for Dominant Dutch Team
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Cyclist Yara Kastelijn from Neerkant has apologized to Shirin van Anrooij after her performance at the World Gravel Championships. Kastelijn rode behind her teammate, who was leading the race, in the final stage of Saturday's race. This action sparked discussion within the Dutch team. "I was too focused on my own race," Kastelijn said in a statement from her team, Fenix-Deceuninck. Van Anrooij was angry after being overtaken just before the fini…
At the Gravel World Championships on Sunday there is a little happy ending for Tirol's cycling ace Daniel Federspiel: The Imster is allowed to start after "lost" registration, but is angry because of the last start series.
Lorena Wiebes is a prophet in her country. A week after giving up to Demi Vollering her European champion jersey on the road, the Dutch sprinter went on the roads of Limburg to take the gravel rainbow jersey. Disputed over 131 kilometers on the varied terrain between Beek and Maastricht, the race saw the peloton decrease in numbers quite quickly over the kilometres, especially due to the paved climb of Adsteeg. However, the Dutch women quickly t…
In a race dominated by the Dutch, who didn't always race in the team, Lorena Wiebes won her first title as world engraver champion in the Netherlands this Saturday, winning the sprint in front of her fellow countryman Marianne Vos, who won the title in 2024.


Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes is the new world champion in gravel cycling. In the fast-growing discipline of cycling, the exceptional sprinter was the best at the end of the 131km long test in her native South Limburg. She overtook her famous compatriot Marianne Vos at the finish line in Maastricht.
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