Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) both crossed the line solo to take the elite category victories at the Marly Grav Race, a round of the UCI Gravel World Series held in the same Zuid-Limburg region which will this year host the World Championships.
Wellens, who attacked on a climb at about 60km into the race, crossed the line in 4:21:17. The WorldTour rider was just over a minute ahead of his nearest rivals in the men's elite race, Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ridley Racing) and Kevin Panhuyzen (Giant Liv Benelux off-road) who decided second and third in a sprint.
Sprinter Wiebes decided not to wait and count on her fast finish, making her move in the last five kilometres and finishing the 155km race in 5:19:46. The rider, who in March added the revived women's Milan-San Remo to her already impressive victory tally for the season, finished just 15 seconds ahead of women's elite category runner up Quinty Ton (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) while Ilse Pluimers (AG Insurance-Soudal) was third, nearly a minute back.
"We had some problems in the first part of the race and had to wait almost 20 minutes for a single-track climb but we tried to make it as safe as possible and opened the race later again," said Wiebes in a post on Instagram. "Long race but good to get back in to racing rhythm and I think we made a nice race out of it. Enjoyed the home roads again!"
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Wellens | 4:21:17 |
| 2 | Joris Nieuwenhuis | +1:04 |
| 3 | Kevin Panhuyzen | " |
| 4 | Daniel Geismayr | +1:05 |
| 5 | Filippo Conca | +1:40 |
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Wiebes | 5:19:46 |
| 2 | Quinty Ton | +15 |
| 3 | Ilse Pluimers | +53 |
| 4 | Hanne Van Loock | +3:28 |
| 5 | Wendy Oosterwoud | +9:13 |
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