UCI Gravel World Series: Matthew Holmes and Lucia Gonzalez Blanco win 114 Gravel

Picture by Thomas MaheuxSWpixcom 07102023 Cycling 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships Provincia di Treviso Veneto Italy Elite Men Bunch
Racing at the UCI Gravel World Championships, which the UCI Gravel World Series events act as qualifiers for (Image credit: Thomas Maheux/SWpix.com)

The March racing in the 2025 UCI Gravel World Series ended with the cross-border 114 Gravel, with Matthew Holmes (OGT Factor Racing) and Lucía González Blanco (Nesta-MMR Cycling) claiming victory in the 123km race which started in Portugal and concluded in Spain. 

The new inclusion in the global series, but fifth edition of the event, delivered a sprint finish at the end of the men's elite race between former road professional Holmes and Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz, with the British Factor Racing rider claiming the top spot after 3 hours and 13 minutes. It was then more than eight-and-a-half minutes back to Enrique Morcillo Vergara who beat Daan Grosemans in the sprint for third.

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Elite men top 5
Pos.RiderTime
1Matthew Holmes (OGT Factor Racing) 03:13:25
2Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Scott-Calabandida)00:00:01
3Enrique Morcillo Vergara (Scott-Calabandida)00:08:41
4Daan Grosemans (Classified Rose)00:08:42
5Carolos Cobos Marquez (Abarca Sport)00:12:18
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Elite women top 5
Pos.RiderTime
1Lucía González Blanco (Nesta-MMR Cycling)03:36:14
2Annabel Fisher (Bixas Far Out Cycling)00:00:21
3Varvara Fason (Panathinaikos)00:02:15
4Natalia Serrano Garcia (Kapelmuur Cycling)00:28:16
5Tamara Sanchez Cardoso (GR-100)00:50:01
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