2024 Valley of Tears gravel race champion Keegan Swenson makes a return to Turkey, Texas this weekend, but will line up alongside veteran announcer Brad Sohner in the broadcast booth rather than pin on a number to race.
The reigning UCI marathon cross-country mountain bike World Champion suffered a fractured pelvis leading to Santa Vall in Spain, when a driver suddenly opened their door, causing him to crash during his training ride. He finished well off the podium in gravel debut for 2026 and then withdrew from Cape Epic.
A stacked field for the main 93-mile gravel race includes defending champions Daxton Mock (Trek Driftless) and Sofia Gomez Villafane (Specialized Off-road), as well as two-time podium finisher Emily Newsom (Ventum-BikeTiresDirect), 2024 runner-up Chase Wark (Lunchbox Racing), and an influx of international riders such as Simen Nordahl Svendsen (PAS Racing), Simon Pellaud (Cervelo-Assos-Maxxis) and Minke Bakker (Ça C’est Gravel).
Canadian MTB World Cup rider Owen Clark surprises with men’s victory at Homegrown Gravel
Three months removed from spinal fusion surgery, 22-year-old Owen Clark (Pivot Cycles-OTE) lined up at Homegrown Gravel in Franklin, Georgia on Saturday and won a six-rider sprint for the elite men’s title.
Clark finished the 100-mile mixed-surface race in 4:49:35, edging Will Hardin (Team Winston-Salem) and Ben Kolbie at the line. One second back trailed the trio of Jura Gerlach (Milligan University),…
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