“Remind me what worlds is it tomorrow again?”: Nicolas Roche criticises UCI for inaugural Gravel World Championships start line order The retired pro blasted the governing body’s decision to prioritise road pros ahead of gravel specialists cycling
Some of the biggest names in professional road racing, including Mathieu van der Poel, Peter Sagan, Tiffany Cromwell and Greg Van Avermaet, are heading to the Veneto this weekend as the Italian region plays host to the inaugural UCI-sanctioned gravel world championships.
Breaking news: order on start line tomorrow. Riders with uci points first on start line. Gravel riders start in the back. While the increasingly popular world of gravel racing has been dominated by privateers and unaffiliated riders like this year’s Unbound winner Ivar Slik, the peloton taking on this weekend’s first-ever UCI gravel worlds will be heavily populated by riders crossing over from the road or, in the case of multi-discipline star Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, from mountain biking.
“It’s OK that riders have a free pass to race, but at least let the riders who go through the effort of riding gravel and qualifying start in the front. Roche’s comments certainly do not represent the first time that the UCI’s foray into gravel, and its unique take on this rapidly growing section of the sport, has been criticised.
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