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Moriah Wilson wins women's Big Sugar Gravel

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Emily Newsom second and Maddy Ward third in 103-mile race through Bentonville, Arkansas

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Big Sugar Gravel Women's Race

Moriah Wilson wins Big Sugar Gravel (Image credit: Big Sugar Gravel)
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Big Sugar Gravel Women's Race

Emily Newsom finishes second place at Big Sugar Gravel (Image credit: Big Sugar Gravel)
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Big Sugar Gravel Women's Race

Moriah Wilson, Emily Newsom and Maddy Ward are the top three on the podium at Big Sugar Gravel (Image credit: Big Sugar Gravel)

Moriah Wilson won the inaugural Big Sugar Gravel 103-mile race routed through the Ozark Mountains outside of Bentonville, Arkansas. 

Wilson finished the race in five and a half hours to win the race by 1:13 over Emily Newsom and 18 minutes to third placed Maddy Ward.

“I don’t know if I had a strategy going in, just trying to hold on during the fast sections at the beginning,” said Wilson in a post-race press release. 

“I was definitely a little off the back coming into the first section of gravel and then worked my way up in the women’s lead group and then started to pick up the pace a bit and finished strong. The first half was really fast, pretty loose, but it was really fun and a good mixture of different terrain.”

The marquee Big Sugar event offered a 103-mile course of challenging roads through the Ozarks with approximately 8,000 feet of elevation gain.

Brief Results
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Moriah Wilson (USA) 5:30:57
2Emily Newsom (USA) 0:01:13
3Maddy Ward (USA) 0:18:55
4Emma Langley (USA) 0:41:28
5Marisa Boaz (USA) 0:45:40
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