UCI Gravel World Series – WorldTour riders Cromwell and Govekar win Sea Otter Europe Girona

SCHWEINFURT GERMANY AUGUST 22 Matevz Govekar of Slovenia and Team Bahrain Victorious prior to the 39th Deutschland Tour 2024 Stage 1 a 1763km stage from Schweinfurt to Heilbronn on UCIWT August 22 2024 in Schweinfurt Germany Photo by Christian KasparBartkeGetty Images
Matevž Govekar (Bahrain-Victorious) on the road (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) and Matevž Govekar (Bahrain-Victorious) won Sea Otter Europe Girona on Saturday, the Spanish race through the rugged terrain Les Gavarres Massif one of the final UCI Gravel World Series events of the season to provide qualification for the Gravel World Championships on October 5-6.

The 107.2km sent off the elite men and elite women with just a one-minute separation at the start, a tough 5.4km climb lining out the fields just a few kilometres north of the start, that first peak averaging 6.3% gradient. The hardest challenge of the day came at kilometre 46 with an 8km climb at 4.2% average, taking riders across the highest point on the route, 517m above the sea. 

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Elite men - top 30
PositionRider and TeamTime
1Matevz Govekar (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS)3:23:46
2Paul Voß (AUTSAID)+0:07
3Petr Vakoc (CANYON INTEGRAY L27)+0:08
4Stan Dewulf (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE)+0:20
5Kevin Panhuijzen (GIANT LIV BENELUX OFFROAD TEAM)+0:27
6Hugo Drechou (GROVVE GRAVEL)+0:28
7Joel Nicolau Beltran (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA)+1:07
8Alessandro De Marchi (JAYCO ALULA)+1:09
9Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (SCOTT - CALABANDIDA)+2:08
10Aleksandr Grigorev (EFAPEL CYCLING)+2:08
11Benjamin Perry (GROOVE GRAVEL)+2:18
12Felipe Orts Llorent (FORTS TEAM)+2:22
13Valentin Ferron (TEAM TOTALENERGIES)+2:56
14Tim Wollenberg (PROTECTIVE FACTORY TEAM)+4:32
15Lawrence Naesen+4:33
16Lukas Malezsewski (URBANO-VULSTEKE CT)+4:33
17Clément Alleno (BURGOS BH)+4:34
18Jan Bakelants (TEAM BEYOND)+4:34
19David Lozano Riba (TEAM NOVONORDISK)+4:35
20Juan Ignacio Pérez Martín (FLYZ-ORQUIN RACE TEAM)+4:36
21Chad Haga (PAS RACING)+4:36
22Imry Faingezicht (ISRAEL PREMIER ACADEMY)+4:37
23Michel Giesselmann (ROSE RACING CIRCLE)+5:59
24Emil Hasund Eid (HUNTON HARDROCX)+6:27
25Francesco Bettini (ENOUGH.CC)+7:02
26Jasper Ockeloen (CANYON)+7:02
27Jeroen Van Krimpen (BEAT CYCLING CLUB)+7:03
28Sergio Gutierrez Aguilar (MEGABICI)+7:03
29Torbjørn Andre Røed (TREK DRIFTLESS)+9:53
30Felix Stehli (TEAM VORARLBERG)+10:18
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PositionRider and TeamTime
1Tiffany Cromwell (CANYON/SRAM)3:57:07
2Valeria Kleiner (RAD UNION WANGEN)+0:23
3Axelle Duabu-Prévôt (GROOVE GRAVEL)+1:21
4Rosa Klöser (MAAP X ROSE)+4:51
5Lucía González Blanco (NESTA - MMR CYCLING TEAM)+8:04
6Anna Gabrielle Traxler+10:48
7Jana Gigele (AURUM GRVL TEAM)+11:35
8Sophie Wright (FENIX-DECEUNINCK)+12:51
9Morgan Aguirre (ENOUGH CYCLING)+14:06
10Alicia González Blanco (NESTA - MMR CYCLING TEAM)+15:12
11Jade Treffeisen (CANYON CLLCTV)+15:50
12Babette Van Der Wolf (LIFEPLUS-WAHOO)+16:54
13Elena Dušková (PAFGIO DEMA FEMME)+24:20
14Sofia Schugar+25:02
15Pilar Fernandez Hernandez (VAS C.D)+26:13
16Sofía Rodríguez Revert (NESTA - MMR CYCLING TEAM)+26:13
17Odei Martínez De Falcón Balcells (LA FUGA-UNICA BIKES)+26:19
18Patricia Ortega Ruiz (PROTOURBCN)+30:44
19Varvara Fasoi (PANATHINAIKOS A.O.)+33:49
20Emma Ortiz Bonilla (PROTOUR)+37:52
21Chloé Schonenberger (LADYNAMIPS CLARIS AUTOMOBILE)+43:53
22Mirentxu Miquel Vignau (ANDONA)+45:34
23Vanessa Serrano Nieto (SANTVI CE)+49:06
24Maria Capdevila (CAFÉ DU CYCLISTE)+54:20
25Naomi Montserrat Langarica Resendiz (SOLTEC IBEROAMERICA)+59:40
26Kirstine Frida Rysbjerg (WILLING ABLE RACING)+1:00:58
27Sanjhoy Beltran (LA FUGA-UNICA BIKES)+1:11:11
28Elspeth Katie Storrar (PROLONGO AL-ANDALUS WOMAN)+1:44:50

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Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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