Maddy Nutt and Simon Pellaud Take Top Honors at Inaugural UCI Gravel Global Collection Brasil

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Nice Britain’s Maddy Nutt and Switzerland’s Simon Pellaud gained the UCI Gravel Global Collection Brasil, each crossing the road solo within the scorching day of racing which offered the highest tier circuit to Latin The united states for the primary time.

Nutt, who previous within the month secured 2nd at Sahara Gravel, crossed the road after 4 hours, 42 mins and 50 seconds to assert the ladies’s race on an afternoon the place temperatures crept over 35°C. Round 13 mins later Brazil’s street champion Tamires Radatz claimed 2nd whilst in 3rd it was once Luiza Euzébio de Souza.

“It was once unbelievably scorching—felt like 50°C,” Nutt mentioned in a media liberate put out through race organisers. “I didn’t know the course at all. By the end, I had cramps in my legs.

“In the first 28 km, I wasn’t even trying to attack, but I found myself leading at the top of a climb and just kept my own pace. I’m so happy to have won.”

The 111km course in Camboriu, Santa Catarina which took the global race series to a sixth continent delivered 90% gravel and 1600m of elevation gain, with the largest 5km climb coming at the 75km mark.

In the men’s race Pellaud, who just a week ago swept up the overall victory at the eight stage Transcordilleras in Colombia, came across the line in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 43 seconds. Argentina’s Facundo Perez Costa (Trek Argentina) was nearly seven minutes back in second place while retired road professional Daniel Oss (Specialized) was third.

“It was once a difficult course, and the warmth was once intense,” said Pellaud.” My legs weren’t at their easiest after racing in Colombia remaining week. The tempo was once prime and best saved expanding. I even needed to forestall on the feed zone to clutch water and funky off.”

Racing within the UCI Gravel Global Collection, which acts a qualifier for the UCI Gravel Global Championships, will proceed with a miles cooler Turnhout Gravel in Belgium on March 23.

Swipe to scroll horizontallyElite males’s best 5PositionRiderTime1Simon Pellaud3:44:432Facundo Perez Costa3:51:363Daniel Oss3:59:134Leandro Messineo4:08:565Lucas Emanoel4:20:19Swipe to scroll horizontallyElite ladies’s best 5Position RiderTime1Maddy Nutt4:42:502Tamires Radatz4:55:433Luiza Euzébio de Souza4:58:404Ana Luisa Panini5:16:255Gabriele Krol5:25:16