{"id":430047,"date":"2026-02-17T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430047\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:45:14","slug":"sofia-gomez-villafane-and-mads-wurtz-schmidt-start-the-season-on-top-step-with-overall-victory-at-a-muddy-edition-of-santa-vall-cyclingnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430047\/","title":{"rendered":"Sof\u00eda G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e and Mads Wurtz Schmidt start the season on top step with overall victory at a muddy edition of Santa Vall &#8211; Cyclingnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOazMtNTJwVHRnSDFNWVpZNm9wQUxxUTFnMGVWZGpGSkJpVDB2X2JicEp3V1pjQi13bVJIVTBHS2ZaWXFDNGFVRm5VUlFqV2o1MURVNkRRRlk0Qnl2ZUREX1VwZEEwYUE0a1BUdjdwWEFNZUstbUpYYnJWcXAtR0JxTkY4cW45UzhFSzZaYVpEVFR5TlhrOWtYTHVsWkxudDRHVHpjU2lGZlpZZmN3SGdBS2R3U0s1OEpWNkhkZFFYMXdvckd4OFVqTGR5XzNRVllfTzNDaHRDaHNmcng2UkRoaW1NcVpkZFczcTlNaVVpUmVOUTZVVEhSeDBMZ2w?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sof\u00eda G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e and Mads Wurtz Schmidt start the season on top step with overall victory at a muddy edition of Santa Vall<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cyclingnews<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE9PQ1NLUGhpY2MyMmpIdTNDcG1uTkNiMmlLaTA4VldZOXQwZTVSWWxXT1A2b21hdEl6Tktwc2RLZnh6T1hNdl9mM0owNXFXaDBZc1R5VHZyWHl4aGdaWmhlRFZ1M2doQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Let the Gravel Games Begin<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Factor Bikes<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxNd3JZekdKS1dQdU5KZE9qWHNNSnVQV2RJQ0poa2h4bjJJUmwtX0xDbFlZNDZLZjZBaEtRamxBcUE3RkZmdHg1X0tOVjlzUXQ4WWVGcVpxNmdpR2l3MmtKU2tTOHdTYzNZcHZ6el8xWTVuMW5oU19XV0RFZTV0RlpJMU1hLXh4MVZhbGc0SkV6ZlJ4QXBVY0M0Y0ZUWVdwX0stcHY5ZnpaZmNVc1R1WDBhZlEwTEctMWY5Vlpv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Valverde, De Gendt, and Bardet are seeking a spot for the Gravel World Championship in Castell\u00f3n<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Brujulabike.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE5ZanktYTZkSUkwZ2taT3lKRGlnZ0dEeEZzWmZ5ZmVjUlBHVERvNlBNUk0xNHdlM29wdWpoQUpaZ2F1MmlQdjNBSk5WWnhzWmhlbnVnLWhSaHRlMVZvUmJlb19lSU0tVkJIM1dYRkhOTGluUVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The changing landscape of gravel racing in 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel Benson&#8217;s Cycling Substack<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxOWk1GYW43VjFBdWVaaU1zWWRaRFV1WkVtNlM5UVJWWmdvU09zYXlWTXhQSzNXSWp3OVZiYU4xbWdXZjIwU1ZEa0lyQll5bmNyaUJNX3Q2RVZHSThfbWUwSEdZeE1Cd19TYWhMNFNIOHhRNHV5aHU1Vmw1LWExUy1PMlBGYTdSaU0yY3BvRUtYSGVBWmJ6SWhkVDNhbE44VGp3cG1aQlBtSUVTeVEzWmNhM0NPTzBTRWRjdW5UekRrREtaNkRFdFdhTXU2ZnhuTlc0WS1zRjhnOXp6SkhfTkZLUEwtOEFtWk16ZUdEMW5obWtWalVQZXk1ZUpB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Riders making six figures race against some who aren&#8217;t making a cent&#8217; &#8211; Are pro gravel teams about to be the end of the privateer?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cyclingnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sof\u00eda G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e and Mads Wurtz Schmidt start the season on top step with overall victory at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-430047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}