Australia goodbyes one World Championships and gains another – Cyclingnews

A bird’s-eye view of the Seven Gravel Race in Nannup Western Australia, where the UCI Gravel World Championships will be kept in 2026 (Image credit: Daniela Tommasi Photography) The specific area of the UCI Gravel World Championships in its inaugural year of 2022 might have been a secret even as the early rounds of the certifying World Series occasions unfolded, however that definitely will not hold true in coming years. A calendar detailing the occasions right through to 2027 was revealed throughout the Road World Championships in Wollongong, with the places likewise consisting of a return of the fight for the rainbow stripes to Australia. The UCI Gravel World Championships, which is set to unfold in Italy for the next 2 years, will then be kept in Flemish Brabant, Belgium in 2024, carrying on to Nice, France in 2025 and after that Nannup in Australia in 2026 prior to entering into the combined Cycling World Championships in the Haute-Savoie area of France in2027 The Western Australian occasion in 2026 will not just be the very first UCI Gravel World Championships outside Europe, however will likewise take first-rate biking to a brand-new corner of Australia, with the current Road World Championships in Wollongong well over 3 thousand kilometres away. ‘All the group at SEVEN are ecstatic and happy to have the statement of the 2026 World Gravel Championships in Nannup, Western Australia,” the race director of SEVEN in Nannup– which this year was among 2 Australian UCI World Series Gravel rounds– Stephen Gallagher informed Cyclingnews. “This is the conclusion of 6 years of work to bring the amazing Blackwood area and it’s difficult and gorgeous surface onto the world phase, the possibility of the very best male and female riders on the planet handling our impressive course is a mouth watering possibility.” The race is a long term occasion that in 2022 entered the opening year of World Series as the 2nd round and was among the biggest of the 11 occasions around the world. As part of the statement that it would end up being a World Championship location in 2026 its location worldwide Series in the added was likewise validated. The organisers stated they anticipates in excess of 1,500 riders in 2023 and statement of Nannup growing to more than 4000 in2026 “The statement of the World Championships has actually raised the gravel scene here in Australia and we want to belong to the development of this amazing discipline within Australia and see our sport grow in various areas,” stated Gallagher. “Being part of the gravel ‘household’ here in Australia is really crucial for us.” “We can’t wait to display brand-new and ingenious courses and jobs in the lead-up to 2026 with a celebration of all things biking prepared as we head to the World Championships.” In 2022 the guys’s elite race over the 125 km climb heavy course boiled down to a fight in between locally based multi-discipline rider Adam Blazevic and Nathan Haas in the guys’s race, with Blazevic triumphing. In the females’s race Maria Madigan took what might have been her very first World Series success, however it was her 3rd triumph at the race as she as soon as again provided a dominant efficiency. The very first UCI Gravel World Championships is set to occur in the Veneto area of Italy on October 8 and 9 with the all the females’s classifications contending on Saturday on a 140 km course beginning in Vicenza with 700 m of climb, while the elite males will race on Sunday over a 190 km course with 800 m of climb. The path travels through Padova prior to showing up in the town of Citadel with about three-quarters comprised of Italian white gravel areas and patched areas. UCI Gravel World Championships areas2022 – Veneto (Italy)2023 – Veneto (Italy)2024 – Flemish Brabant (Belgium)2025 – Nice (France)2026 – Nannup (Australia)2027 – Haute-Savoie (France) Thank you for checking out 5 short articles in the past 30 days Join now for unrestricted gain access to Enjoy your very first month for simply ₤ 1/ $1/ EUR1 Read any 5 short articles free of charge in each 30- day duration, this immediately resets After your trial you will be billed ₤ 4.99 $7.99 EUR5.99 each month, cancel anytime. Or register for one year for simply ₤49 $79 EUR59 Join now for endless gain access to Try your very first month for simply ₤ 1/ $1/ EUR1 Simone signed up with the group as Production Editor based in Australia at the start of the 2021 season, having actually formerly worked as Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a reporter for Reuters and Bloomberg.
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