UCI Gravel World Series – Marianne Vos delivers solo victory in rainbow jersey at 3RIDES as Niels Vandeputte sprints to men's win

Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) gave her Gravel World Championships jersey its first race outing final weekend at 3RIDES Aachen, taking it proper to the highest step of the ladies’s podium on the German spherical of the UCI Gravel World Sequence.

Vos gained the 122km race, which ran on a 61km loop that includes 65% gravel and 790m of elevation acquire on every circuit, crossing the road after three hours, 37 minutes and 10 seconds with a spot of two:25 to a chasing group of three. 

The rider, who gained the rainbow jersey in October, had already taken off from her rivals by the second half of the primary lap. Behind Larissa Hartog (ZZPR.nl Orange Infants) sprinted to second forward of Romy Kasper (Human Powered Well being) whereas Irina Lützelschwab (Staff Bulls Schweiz) was fourth.

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Within the males’s race, a number one group of seven charged towards the end, with Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck) taking the victory after having simply stepped into the self-discipline for the primary time on the Marly Gravel Race weeks earlier. The 24-year-old sprinted to the road forward of Jonas Koch (Pink Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) and Felix Stehli (Staff Vorarlberg).

The racing on Saturday began with a bathe, however the climate then cleared as the sphere of round 1,600 riders raced by the Eifel area. Nevertheless, circumstances took a flip for the more serious on Sunday, ensuing within the cancellation of the next 3RIDES Gran Fondo for security causes.

The UCI Gravel World Sequence occasion in Germany was the ultimate spherical of the six UCI Gravel World Championships qualifying rounds, which occurred all through Could. The calendar is full of one other six occasions once more by June.