UCI Gravel World Series: Karolina Migoń and Fabian Rabensteiner victorious at Italy’s Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo

The men’s race finish was a lot closer, with Leonardo Paez taking second in the men’s elite race in, just 26 seconds back on Rabensteiner, whilst Norway’s Eskil Evensen-Lie was third, a further two minutes down.

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Though it was a gravel race, most of the podium finishers came from a mountain bike background, with Rabensteiner and Piana both national XCM champions, testament to the mountainous course in the Dolomites.

The 133km race with 3,200m of elevation gain started and finished in ski village of Auronzo di Cadore, with the first peak of the Danta di Cadore just 10km in and another where the ascending starts at 30km, the Klammbach peak, marking the high point of the race at 1,929m. After that the course flattened out a little but there was still another challenge at around the 100km mark, the Passo Tre Crocci.

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Migoń led over all three ‘cime’ climbs to take a dominant victory, whilst in the men’s race, Paez crested the Passo Monte Croce first, but Rabensteiner came from behind – not even in the top three over the first ‘cima’ – to go over the Carbonin and Passo Tre Croci in the lead and hold on to the line.