Gate claims Gravel and Tar Classic

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Aaron Gate atop the podium at the 2021 Gravel and Tar Classic(Image credit: Gravel and Tar Classic)

Track cyclist Aaron Gate (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) took out the victory in the 2021 Gravel and Tar Classic, a UCI 1.2-ranked race in New Zealand, over teammate Luke Mudgway in a two-man sprint.

"That was awesome. A great race – the most fun I've had in a road race," said Gate, an Olympic bronze medalist in the team pursuit and former Omnium world champion. "It was really hard on the gravel sections and I was a bit surprised that we ended up with only 10 of us surviving after all the early attacks. It was great to be able to push on for a 1-2 for the Black Spoke team with Luke (Mudgway).

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Full Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Aaron Gate (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy	4:05:04
2	Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
3	Ryan Christensen (NZl) New Zealand	0:02:02
4	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) New Zealand	0:02:49
5	Corbin Strong (NZl) New Zealand	0:03:07
6	Ben Oliver (NZl) NZ Cycling Project	0:03:09
7	Hayden McCormick (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy	0:04:12
8	George Bennett (NZl) New Zealand	0:06:44
9	Campbell Stewart (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
10	Drew Christensen (NZl) New Zealand	0:08:07
11	Glenn Haden (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
12	Josh Burnett (NZl) NZ Cycling Project	0:08:09
13	Tom Sexton (NZl) New Zealand	0:13:06
14	Jack Drage (NZl) Green Monkey	0:14:12
15	Michael Torckler (NZl) Green Monkey	0:15:12
16	George Jackson (NZl) NZ Cycling Project	0:19:38
17	Theo Gilbertson (NZl) NZ Cycling Project
18	Ethan Batt (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
OTL	Alexander White (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
OTL	Callum Kennedy (NZl) Green Monkey
OTL	Corby Price (NZl) Green Monkey
OTL	James Krzanich (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology
OTL	Myles Gibson (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
OTL	Karl Poole (NZl) NZ Cycling Project
OTL	Caleb Botcher (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
OTL	Camden Feint (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology
OTL	Navarh Brotherston (NZl) NZ Cycling Project
OTL	Joel Yates (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy
DNF	Winston Briggs (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
DNF	Madi Hartley-Brown (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
DNF	Jamie Shields (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology
DNF	Oliver Grave (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology
DNF	Ethan Craine (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
DNF	Joel Macmillan (NZl) Green Monkey
DNF	David Martin (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
DNF	Chris Harris (NZl) Kiwi Velo Team
DNF	Adam Francis (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
DNF	Nick Kergozou (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
DNF	Liam Cappel (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
DNF	David Liu (NZl) Kiwi Velo Team
DNF	Hayden Storrier (NZl) Manawatu Region Development Team
DNF	Marc Langlands (NZl) CouplanD'S Bakeries/BootH'S Group Team
DNF	Regan Gough (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology
DNF	Ewart Bower (NZl) Kiwi Velo Team
DNS	Barnaby Clegg-Shaw (NZl) Green Monkey
DNS	Joshua Courtis (NZl) Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology

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