Lukas Pöstlberger (Rose Racing Circle) and Geerike Schreurs (Specialized Off-Road) claimed victory at The Gralloch, taking the top spot at the UCI Gravel World Series event in Scotland from among a power-packed field.
The Gralloch 2024 winner Schreurs, who earlier this month was third in The Traka 360, managed to get one up on Karolina Migoń in the run to the line at Gatehouse of Fleet while her PAS Racing teammate Wendy Oosterwoud claimed third over a minute back by holding off Danni Shrosbree (Rapha-Argon 18) through the final charge.
The Traka 200 winner Pöstlberger, on the other hand, crossed the line solo. Pöstlberger escaped early in the race with Jenson Young (Ribble Outliers) and Michael Woods and while there was a solid group in pursuit, they couldn’t make the junction so through much of the race it looked to be a three-way battle for the top spot.
The women’s race, similarly, broke up early with Danni Shrosbree, Migoń and Schreurs out front, though there initially wasn’t much of a gap to the riders in the early pursuit which included Alison Jackson (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) and Austrian gravel champion Jana Gigele. As a result Wendy Oosterwoud (PAS Normal) managed to link up with the lead three, meaning it was a group of four at around 30km into the race and then at around the halfway point Schreurs and Migoń split off the front.
“Karolina put a high pace down on the climb and I was the only one who could follow and we…
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