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The UCI’s inaugural Gravel World Championships may have looked a bit more like a spring classic, or #marathoncyclocross, but at the start, all eyes were still on the star-studded lineup that the organizers attracted.

Four-time cyclocross world champ Mathieu van der Poel (NED) certainly was a top favorite, just as he was in Australia for World Roads, but this time around he had a sound night of sleep and made the start line with a smile.

Columbia’s Miguel Angel Lopez started the attacks on the first climb, and was then joined by Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen. The two were soon joined by South Africa’s Matthew Beers and Italy’s Samuele Zoccarato, but then a chase led by Van der Poel brought them back.

Soon, Italy’s Daniel Oss and Belgium’s Gianni Vermeersch took the reigns and stretched out a gap of over five minutes, and the rest were racing for bronze.

Vermeersch and Van der Poel share the same trade team of Alpecin–Deceuninck, and the Dutch superstar wasn’t about to bring back his teammate.

With six kilometers to go, Vermeersch took advantage of a singletrack section and a cramping Oss, and struck out for a solo finish heading into the cyclocross-style finale.

Oss rode in for second, delighted with his place and the event.

Behind, Van der Poel made it two podium spots for his trade team with a sprint for bronze.

Griffin Easter, winner of this season’s Stetina’s Paydirt gravel race, finished 46th, the top American. See the full results below.

See how the Elite Women’s Gravel World Championships played out along with complete results.

Watch the Women’s Gravel World Championships here.

2022 UCI Gravel World Championships Results - Elite Men - Veneto, Italy

PlBibRiderNatTime
176VERMEERSCH GianniBEL5:10:40
2113OSS DanielITA5:11:24
353VAN DER POEL MathieuNED5:12:09
4120VAN AVERMAET GregBEL5:12:10
510FEDOROV YevgeniyKZK5:12:19
674CORT-NIELSEN MagnusDEN5:12:20
7115DE MARCHI AlessandroITA5:12:21
8118STYBAR ZdenekCZE5:12:26
959BALLERINI DavideITA5:12:34
1040NIELSEN Andreas stokbroDEN5:13:23
1163SCHÖNBERGER SebastianAUT5:13:26
1260HAVIK PiotrNED5:13:58
1379NAESEN LawrenceBEL5:15:42
1499SAGAN PeterSVK5:15:44
1580TRARIEUX JulienFRA5:15:44
16102HAAS NathanAUS5:17:03
1767BEERS MatthewRSA5:17:05
1885MORTON LachlanAUS5:17:09
1948KIVISTIK GertEST5:17:20
2064FERNANDEZ ClémentBEL5:17:20
2175CALMEJANE LilianFRA5:17:20
227BRUN NilsSUI5:17:20
2330VOISARD YannisSUI5:17:54
2435ZOCCARATO SamueleITA5:18:24
2541MEO Felix jamesNZL5:18:27
2677VERONA QUINTANILLA CarlosESP5:18:52
27116VOSS PaulGER5:18:53
28138LOPEZ MORENO Miguel angelCOL5:19:32
29134LAKATA AlbanAUT5:19:51
30132MORENO FERNANDEZ DanielESP5:19:51
3128FROIDEVAUX RobinSUI5:20:12
3217PRITZEN MarcRSA5:20:14
338PERRY TobyGBR5:22:45
34125BUNDGAARD ThomasDEN5:22:46
3589DEVALCKENEER SiebenBEL5:22:49
36131LOSADA ALGUACIL AlbertoESP5:22:49
3770SLIK IvarNED5:22:49
38126CHIARINI RiccardoITA5:22:49
39136REBELLIN DavideITA5:22:51
4046BIRD MatthewAUS5:23:07
4194QUÉMÉRÉ TaoFRA5:25:44
4243RITZINGER FelixAUT5:27:00
4393MOTTRAM MichaelGBR5:27:19
4439VERMEULEN MoranAUT5:29:24
456ŠTAJNAR MihaelSLO5:29:24
4687EASTER GriffinUSA5:30:14
47124ROCHE NicholasIRL5:30:18
4818ČEMAŽAR NikSLO5:30:36
49101DIEDERICH TimLUX5:30:42
50106COMINELLI CristianITA5:31:03
5131ROCHE AlexisIRL5:31:04
525JONGEDIJK Jelle-wietseNED5:31:07
5338GØTKE RasmusDEN5:31:07
5482FINOULST Jan-frederikBEL5:31:07
55130ZUBERO ALDEKOA JulenESP5:31:08
5662BONDER ThomNED5:31:10
5790PETTINA NicholasITA5:31:19
58119KREUCHLER ChristianGER5:31:25
5957ROMBOUTS BramBEL5:32:25
6056JOVÉ RIART XavierAND5:33:00
6129KAGIMU CharlesUGA5:33:09
6219VAUGHAN JacobGBR5:34:11
631PEDERSEN EricSWE5:34:12
6449JANSEN RichardNED5:34:13
65111ODEYN SeppeBEL5:34:14
66112WINTERMANTEL JanoschGER5:34:15
679WOLLENBERG TimGER5:34:24
6813BARRETT TravisRSA5:34:25
6966LANGHAM JacobAUS5:34:26
7016GAZZOLA MarcoITA5:34:48
7150SCHESKE FrederikGER5:34:51
7212LOMAN MathijsNED5:34:55
73135ORTIZ BARRANCO AntonioESP5:34:57
7451VIEL MattiaITA5:34:59
7583DEELEN DiederikNED5:35:43
76139GARRISON MichaelUSA5:38:25
7788KRUGER HendrikRSA5:38:25
78117BRANDL WolfgangGER5:41:35
7986SANCHEZ RUIZ Jose mariaESP5:41:36
80100WEISGERBER PolLUX5:41:36
8198JENKO RobertSLO5:41:36
8223MALINEN SampoFIN5:43:23
83109BÜTZOW PhilippLUX5:43:28
8484AUVINEN MarkusFIN5:47:11
85127SHEPHERD MatthewAUS5:47:20
8633ROMBOUTS SeppeBEL5:47:20
8769VERDIJCK NielsBEL5:48:57
8897IMMING BramNED5:48:58
8924BRAMLEY TravisGBR5:49:22
9015BEKKER RossouwRSA5:50:25
9181BOND MethevenGBR5:50:25
92133PELANEK LubosCZE5:50:25
932SSEKANWANGI Jordan schleckUGA5:50:28
9458NOBEL RickNED5:50:28
95137SCHNAPKA MatthiasGER5:50:29
9627KIPKEMBO SalimKEN5:50:44
9744LARRY MaxLUX5:53:16
98122VAN ORSDEL DavidUSA5:53:18
9991ORSET JonasNOR6:07:25
10073PAVLIC MarkoSLODNF
10145CHRISTENSEN RyanNZLDNF
10271TERMENS NADAL JosepESPDNF
103129STEPHENS MatUSADNF
104140DAVIS StevenUSADNF
10547STAMATIS MatthewRSADNF
106121VISINELLI RafaelITADNF
10755PETERSON JacobUSADNF
10811MARZANI MarcoITADNF
109114EINSLE SebastianLUXDNF
11054FIORELLI FilippoITADNF
111108MODOLO SachaITADNF
112107WEBER SaschaGERDNF
11337BUENAVENTURA RaymundPHIDNF
11492STALIUNAS MantasLTUDNF
11561NEL DirkRSADNF
1163LYDIC AndrewUSADNF
11720BLAZEVIC AdamAUSDNF
118123MANTECON GUETIERREZ SergioESPDNF
119104LEROY OlivierFRADNF
1204KARPENKO GlebESTDNF
121128FAILLI FrancescoITADNF