{"id":525533,"date":"2026-03-09T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525533\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:21:08","slug":"uci-gravel-world-series-ana-luisa-panini-and-henrique-avancini-win-in-brazil-with-two-time-world-mountain-bike-marathon-champion-carving-out-unprecedented-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525533\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Gravel World Series: Ana Luisa Panini and Henrique Avancini win in Brazil, with two-time world mountain bike marathon champion carving out unprecedented gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"641c33fb-a71d-4099-b31d-0eed3822f288\">Ana Luisa Panini (ACPH Komprao) and Henrique Avancini (Localiza Meoo-Swift) claimed the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCI Gravel World Series<\/a> in Brazil, both claiming the event solo with substantial winning margins.<\/p>\n<p>Panini laid down the attack at 58km into the 115 km event to go solo, finishing more than three minutes ahead of second-placed Ana Paula Finco Silva (Soul Extreme Racing) and 6:38 ahead of Madeleine Nutt (Lauf-Q36.5).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"641c33fb-a71d-4099-b31d-0eed3822f288-2\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t expect to be at this level. Beating the international riders is very difficult,&#8221; said Panini in a media release from race organisers. &#8220;I prepared very well for the last three months to achieve the best possible result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below <\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>Avancini \u2013 who was racing just his second gravel event.\u2013 carved out an even bigger gap, with UCI Gravel World Series organisers outlining in a social media post that it was the largest winning margin in a series race, eclipsing the nine minute advantage Wout van Aert had carved out at Houffa Gravel in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Joaquin Plomer Vilotta (Litoviedo Bikes) was second while Vitor Eduardo Dos Santos Prado Correa Pompeu (Soul Extreme Racing) was third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an extremely tough race, very challenging due to the high temperatures. I was surprised by my time, but happy to win here in Cambori\u00fa and in my country,&#8221; Avancini, who made his gravel debut at the UCI World Championships last year, said in a media release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the start of the season for me; I did the Tour of Rwanda last week, so I didn&#8217;t know how my body would respond. I&#8217;ll do one or two more races on the Gravel World Tour, and with my spot secured for the World Championships in Australia in October, I&#8217;ll be able to prepare more calmly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The race which started and finished in Camboriu played out on a course with nearly 2,000 m of elevation gain and it is the first of the events for this season in the region, with another South American nation, Argentina, hosting a series event at the end of March while it will be Colombia&#8217;s turn in May with Gravel Bogota and then again in August with Gravel Medellin while Chile will take a turn in September.<\/p>\n<p>Swipe to scroll horizontallyElite Men&#8217;s top 3<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Rider<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Henrique Avancini<\/p>\n<p>3:27:21<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Joaquin Plomer Vilotta<\/p>\n<p>+12:13<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Vitor Eduardo dos Santos Prado Correa Pompeu<\/p>\n<p>+17:53<\/p>\n<p>Swipe to scroll horizontallyElite Women&#8217;s top 3<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Rider<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Ana Luisa Korc Panini<\/p>\n<p>4:25:10<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Ana Paula Finco Silva<\/p>\n<p>+3:16<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Madeleine Nutt<\/p>\n<p>+6:38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ana Luisa Panini (ACPH Komprao) and Henrique Avancini (Localiza Meoo-Swift) claimed the UCI Gravel World Series in Brazil,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-525533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}