UCI Gravel World Series: Winning return for Brendan Johnston at Gravelista while Talia Appleton breaks through

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Talia Appleton (Team Bridgelane) claiming the win at Gravelista, part of the UCI Gravel World Series — Talia Appleton (Bridgelane) takes a breakthrough win(Image credit: Lee Omond and GRAVELISTA)

Brendan Johnston has quickly made his mark in Australia on return from the United States, where he came fourth overall in the Life Time Grand Prix, winning the elite men's category at the Gravelista round of the UCI Gravel World Series held in Seymour on Sunday.

Johnston took his second UCI Gravel World Series victory after going clear early with RADL GRVL winner Tasman Nankervis (Merida/BMC Shimano) and Luke Burns (Bridgelane) who won the mountains classification at the Tour Down Under at the start of this year. Johnston got the gap on Nankervis, who came second with Burns taking third.

The 135km Gravelista in the regional Victorian location of Seymour is the second qualifying round for the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships in France, with the European Gravel Championships at the start of October being the first.

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Elite men top 10
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Brendan Johnston	03:37:49
2	Tasman Nankervis	+00:00:44
3	Luke Burns	+00:04:48
4	Tom Chester	+00:05:14
5	Joel Green	+00:05:15
6	Mark O'Brien	+00:05:19
7	Brent Rees	+00:06:47
8	Brendon Davids	+00:10:27
9	Declan Irvine	+00:10:28
10	Keelan Hale	+00:12:38

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Elite women top 10
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Talia Appleton	04:05:50
2	Courtney Sherwell	+00:10:44
3	Cassia Boglio	+00:12:54
4	Emma Viotto	+00:14:10
5	Gina Ricardo	+00:17:29
6	Tara Neyland	+00:19:15
7	Brianna Samuhel	+00:26:23
8	Angie Gates	+00:26:46
9	Sophie Byrne	+00:34:53
10	Gemma Mollenhauer	+00:58:13

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.