Rosa Klöser (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and Mathijs Loman (ASD SWATT Club) scored impressive victories at the Hegau Gravel Festival in Germany on Sunday. In a second edition of the German UCI Gravel World Series event, solid fields completed two laps on a course almost the same as last year, for a total of 108km and 1,900 metres of elevation gain.
It was the second UCI Gravel World Championships qualifier win for Klöser in two weeks, coming off a top finish at Eislek Gravel in Luxembourg. She rode at the front of the race from the start and opened a gap after 20km to Mariëlle Trouwborst (KMC Mountainbike team) and Nicole Frain (Ridley Racing Team), who went into chase mode.
Once on the second lap, Klöser had a five-minute gap and then extended her lead, finishing in a time of 3 hours, 33 minutes, 18 seconds. Sophie Wright (Ribble Outliers), who won last week's Gravel Suisse, made a strong move from the field on the second lap and finished second, 7:25 down. Trouwborst, fourth at Gravel Suisse, rode another 5:19 back for third.
"Happy to take the win today at the UCI Gravel Series in Singen. I set a hard pace pretty much from the start to thin out the group, and after 10km in the race, together with Nicole Frain and Mariëlle Trouwborst, we managed to get a selection of three riders after a climb. After 20km on a grass climb, I managed to get away and pushed hard all the way till the finish," the former Unbound Gravel 200 champion said on a social post about the victory Sunday. At Unbound this year, she was fourth.
Loman saved enough in his legs to out-sprint Koch at the finish, winning in 3 hours, 10 minutes, 45 seconds. Stehli secured third, 29 seconds back. In the extended podium, Stehli's teammate Geismayr pushed across the line ahead of 2024 runner-up Vakoč for fourth place.
"Had a blast racing at Gravel World Series Singen. Couldn’t repeat my win from last year, but happy with my second second place in this year's gravel campaign, especially after a crash early in the race," Koch said on his Instagram page.
For Loman, the victory Sunday was the Dutchman's sixth top 5 in a Gravel World Series event this season. Two weeks ago, he joined Klöser as a winner at Eislek Gravel.
Results
Pos. | Rider (Team) | Time |
|---|---|---|
1 | Rosa Klöser (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) | 03:33:18 |
2 | Sophie Wright (Ribble Outliers) | 00:07:25 |
3 | Mariëlle Trouwborst (KMC Mountainbike team) | 00:12:46 |
4 | Nele Laing | 00:14:05 |
5 | Karolina Migoń (PAS Racing) | 00:15:11 |
Pos. | Rider (Team) | Time |
|---|---|---|
1 | Mathijs (ASD SWATT Club) | 03:10:45 |
2 | Jonas Koch (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) | 00:00:01 |
3 | Felix Stehli (Team Vorarlberg) | 00:00:29 |
4 | Daniel Geismayr (Team Vorarlberg) | 00:01:11 |
5 | Petr Vakoč (Canyon) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
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