{"id":920629,"date":"2026-10-08T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920629\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:46:13","slug":"2026-womens-gravel-world-championships-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920629\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Women’s Gravel World Championships preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve already seen our fair share of championships in the cycling world over the past few weeks, but there\u2019s no end in sight just yet. In addition to the Tour of Lombardy<\/a>, the Gravel World Championships are also on the schedule for Saturday. This year, they’re on the other side of the world, in Western Australia. IDL Pro Cycling is excited to bring you the details.Women’s Gravel World Championships key detailsRaceWomen’s Gravel World ChampionshipsDate\u00a0Saturday October 10Time\u00a003:10 – 07:10 GMTLocationNannup, Western AustraliaRoute details\u00a0Click Here<\/a>Dutch women aim for third Gravel World Championship in a row<\/p>\n

The Gravel World Championships have only a short history, but they certainly did not disappoint. In the first edition in 2022, cycling phenom Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot took the victory in Cittadella, and one year later, 2024 Tour de France Femmes winner Kasia Niewiadoma raised her arms in triumph in Trevio<\/p>\n

In 2024, an exciting battle unfolded in Leuven between Belgium\u2019s Lotte Kopecky and the Netherlands\u2019 Marianne Vos<\/a>, with the latter ultimately raising her hands in victory. Last season, we witnessed the most talked-about World Championships to date in Maastricht. Along the way, all sorts of things went wrong for the Netherlands, but in the end, Lorena Wiebes did win.<\/a>Recent Winners of the Women’s Gravel World Championships<\/p>\n

2025 Lorena Wiebes
2024 Marianne Vos
2023 Kasia Niewiadoma
2022 Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2026 Women’s Gravel World Championships: Course, Weather, and TimesThis year we\u2019re not in Leuven or Maastricht, but in Nannup. Nannup\u2014where? Nannup, located in Western Australia. The course there is based on the well-known SEVEN Gravel Race route<\/a> and is quite different in character from previous World Championships in Europe.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the women will cover 125.6 kilometers, during which they\u2019ll have to climb a total of 3,100 meters. Eighty-four percent of the course consists of gravel paths, forest roads, and sections through eucalyptus forests and across private property.<\/p>\n

Those 3,100 meters of elevation gain aren’t so much the result of a single grueling climb, but rather a series of short climbs ranging from 1 to 4 kilometers in length, with gradients between 5 and 8 percent. These climbs follow one another in rapid succession.<\/p>\n

Each race begins with a paved approach of about 9 kilometers, after which the race will quickly pick up speed in the rolling countryside around Nannup. The final stretch includes a local loop around the town, with steep climbs just before the finish line.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Weather report
Weather conditions in Nannup on Saturday are fairly decent. Temperatures are around 15 degrees Celsius in Western Australia, where winds won\u2019t be too strong and there\u2019s little chance of precipitation.<\/p>\n

Important times
Start: 10:10 a.m. (3:10 a.m. GMT)
Finish: 2:10 p.m. (7:10 a.m. GMT)<\/p>\n

Favourites for the 2026 Women’s Gravel World Championships<\/p>\n

On this challenging course, it\u2019s hard to pick a clear favourite, and as we\u2019ve seen at the Gravel World Championships in recent years, anything can happen.<\/p>\n

Marianne Vos\u2014winner of the 2024 Gravel World Championships in Leuven\u2014 is a top favourite<\/a>. However, a course with 3,100 meters of elevation gain over 125 kilometers might just be a bit too much for the experienced Dutchwoman.<\/p>\n

Read more below the photo!<\/p>\n

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Riejanne Markus\u2019s name on the start list is also noteworthy: over the past two weeks, she competed in the European Championships in Slovenia and the World Championships in Canada, while also finishing Tre Valli Varesine on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Other well-known names include Sofie Wright (Great Britain), Tiffany Cromwell, Nicole Frain (Australia), Sofia Gomez Villafane (Argentina), Romy Kasper, Rosa Kl\u00f6ser (Germany), Erica Magnaldi (Italy), and Aisleigh Moolman-Pasio (South Africa).<\/p>\n

Due to the long journey, we’re seeing significantly fewer WorldTour riders in action than in recent years.<\/p>\n

How to watch the 2026 Men’s Gravel World Championships on TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve already seen our fair share of championships in the cycling world over the past few weeks, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,50514,301239,29038,57970,85,488684],"class_list":["post-920629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-gravel","tag-latest-cycling-news","tag-marianne-vos","tag-previews","tag-sports","tag-world-gravel-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}