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Say what you want about the UCI’s first-ever Gravel World Series qualifiers and this weekend’s World Championships. Some think it violates the “Spirit of Gravel,” while others think it’s not the true Gravel Worlds. Some age group qualifiers never even received an invite. Yet the UCI in the end has attracted some cycling superstars to the inaugural event that takes place this Saturday and Sunday in Italy.

The UCI’s 2022 Gravel World Championships start list is out. Here are some cyclocrossers and North Americans to keep an eye on.

Elite Women

Ferrand Prevot looks ready for Worlds with a bronze medal today. Nommay UCI Cyclocross World Cup - Elite Women. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Ferrand Prevot will line up for the Gravel World Championships in hopes of claiming yet another rainbow jersey. Nommay UCI Cyclocross World Cup – Elite Women. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

A few cyclocross stars will be taking the start on Saturday, with Prevot aiming to add a fourth rainbow jersey this year to her wardrobe. Here are a few who caught our eye.

  1. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
  2. Sofia Gomez Villafane
  3. Eva Lechner
  4. Sarah Sturm

Five Americans will be attending the race:

  1. Lauren De Crescenzo
  2. Sarah Sturm
  3. Holly Mathews
  4. Lauren Stephens
  5. Emily Newsom

No Canadians will be attending the race.

Startlist 2022 UCI Gravel World Championships - Elite Women

NumberFirst NameLast NameCountry
1FaribaHashimiAfghanistan
2MaryAleperUganda
3DarcieRichardsAustralia
4TiffanyKeepSouth Africa
5YoldozHashimiAfghanistan
6MikaSöderströmSweden
7LetiziaBorghesiItaly
8MadeleineNuttUnited Kingdom
9SofiaBertizzoloItaly
10SinaFreiSwitzerland
11MaaikeColjéNetherlands
12ChiaraTeocchiItaly
13TessaNeefjesNetherlands
14CatherineColynSouth Africa
15PuckMoonenNetherlands
16SvenjaBetzGermany
17JanineSchneiderGermany
18RiejanneMarkusNetherlands
19DanielleShrosbreeUnited Kingdom
20IlariaSanguinetiItaly
21LijaLaizaneLatvia
22MartaRomeuSpain
23PaulineFerrand-PrevotFrance
24ElisaLongo BorghiniItaly
25JadeTreffeisenGermany
26EmmaPorterIreland
27BarbaraGuarischiItaly
28LaurenDecrescenzoUSA
29SarahSturmUSA
30AnnabelFisherUnited Kingdom
31HollyMathewsUSA
32HayleySimmondsUnited Kingdom
33TiffanyCromwellAustralia
34RasaLeleivyteLithuania
35LauraMartin PerezSpain
36LaurenStephensUSA
37CarolinSchiffGermany
38EvaLechnerItaly
39HannaJohanssonSweden
40FabienneSchausLuxembourg
41AnnaGiesenGermany
42AmandaVossGermany
43EmilyNewsomUSA
44RachelNeylanAustralia
45PaulineSabin TeyssedreFrance
46CarinWinellSweden
47SimonaMazzucotelliItaly
48SofiaGomez VillafaneArgentina

Elite Men

Mathieu van der Poel returned to resume his rivalry with Wout van Aert. 2021 Zolder UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel lines up to try to claim the first-ever gravel rainbow jersey. photo: 2021 Zolder UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

A few cyclocross superstars will be racing gravel for rainbow stripes on Sunday, including several former World Champs:

  1. Mathieu Van der Poel
  2. Zdenek Stybar
  3. Gianni Vermeersch

Former road World Champ and former Cyclocross Worlds medalist Peter Sagan and will also take the start.

Five Americans will be racing the event:

  1. Andrew Lydic
  2. Jacob Peterson
  3. Griffin Easter
  4. David Van Orsdel
  5. Mat Stephens

Only one Canadian will be racing in the event.

  1. Adam Roberge

Startlist 2022 UCI Gravel World Championships - Elite Men

NumberFirst NameLast NameCountry
1EricPedersenSweden
2JordanSchleck SsekanwangiUganda
3AndrewLydicUSA
4GlebKarpenkoEstonia
5Jelle-WietseJongedijkNetherlands
6MihaelŠtajnarSlovenia
7NilsBrunSwitzerland
8TobyPerryUnited Kingdom
9TimWollenbergGermany
10YevgeniyFedorovKazakhstan
11MarcoMarzaniItaly
12MathijsLomanNetherlands
13TravisBarrettSouth Africa
14JonKnolleGermany
15RossouwBekkerSouth Africa
16MarcoGazzolaItaly
17MarcPritzenSouth Africa
18NikČemažarSlovenia
19JacobVaughanUnited Kingdom
20AdamBlazevicAustralia
21FilippoZanaItaly
22PerChristian MünstermannGermany
23SampoMalinenFinland
24TravisBramleyUnited Kingdom
25LucaColnaghiItaly
26JuriZanottiItaly
27SalimKipkemboKenya
28RobinFroidevauxSwitzerland
29CharlesKagimuUganda
30YannisVoisardSwitzerland
31AlexisRocheIreland
32LucaCibrarioItaly
33SeppeRomboutsBelgium
34LucaMozzatoItaly
35SamueleZoccaratoItaly
36EnricoZanoncelloItaly
37RaymundBuenaventuraPhilippines
38RasmusGøtkeDenmark
39MoranVermeulenAustria
40AndreasStokbro NielsenDenmark
41FelixjamesMeoNew Zealand
42AdamRobergeCanada
43FelixRitzingerAustria
44MaxLarryLuxembourg
45RyanChristensenNew Zealand
46MatthewBirdAustralia
47MatthewStamatisSouth Africa
48GertKivistikEstonia
49RichardJansenNetherlands
50FrederikScheskeGermany
51MattiaVielItaly
52HenryBairdAustralia
53MathieuVan der PoelNetherlands
54FilippoFiorelliItaly
55JacobPetersonUSA
56XavierJové RiartAndorra
57BramRomboutsBelgium
58RickNobelNetherlands
59DavideBalleriniItaly
60PiotrHavikNetherlands
61DirkNelSouth Africa
62ThomBonderNetherlands
63SebastianSchönbergerAustria
64ClémentFernandezBelgium
65FreddyOvettAustralia
66JacobLanghamAustralia
67MatthewBeersSouth Africa
68LeonardoBassoItaly
69NielsVerdijckBelgium
70IvarSlikNetherlands
71JosepTermensSpain
72DavideGabburoItaly
73MarkoPavlicSlovenia
74MagnusCort-NielsenDenmark
75LilianCalmejaneFrance
76GianniVermeerschBelgium
77CarlosVeronaSpain
78AlexeyLutsenkoKazakhstan
79LawrenceNaesenBelgium
80JulienTrarieuxFrance
81MethevenBondUnited Kingdom
82Jan-FrederikFinoulstBelgium
83DiederikDeelenNetherlands
84MarkusAuvinenFinland
85LachlanMortonAustralia
86JosemariaSanchez RuizSpain
87GriffinEasterUSA
88HendrikKrugerSouth Africa
89SiebenDevalckeneerBelgium
90NicholasPettinaItaly
91JonasOrsetNorway
92MantasStaliunasLithuania
93MichaelMottramUnited Kingdom
94TaoQuéméréFrance
95JasperOckeloenNetherlands
96RichardLarsénSweden
97BramImmingNetherlands
98RobertJenkoSlovenia
99PeterSaganSlovakia
100PolWeisgerberLuxembourg
101TimDiederichLuxembourg
102NathanHaasAustralia
103AloisFalentaFrance
104OlivierLeroyFrance
105ThibaultSabatierFrance
106CristianCominelliItaly
107SaschaWeberGermany
108SachaModoloItaly
109PhilippBützowLuxembourg
110DanielFederspielAustria
111SeppeOdeynBelgium
112JanoschWintermantelGermany
113DanielOssItaly
114SebastianEinsleLuxembourg
115AlessandroDemarchiItaly
116PaulVossGermany
117WolfgangBrandlGermany
118ZdenekStybarCzech Republic
119ChristianKreuchlerGermany
120GregVan AvermaetBelgium
121RafaelVisinelliItaly
122DavidVan OrsdelUSA
123SergioMantecon GuetierrezSpain
124NicholasRocheIreland
125ThomasBundgaardDenmark
126RiccardoChiariniItaly
127MatthewShepherdAustralia
128FrancescoFailliItaly
129MatStephensUSA
130JulenZubero AldekoaSpain
131AlbertoLosadaSpain
132DanielMoreno FernandezSpain
133LubosPelanekCzech Republic
134AlbanLakataAustria
135AntonioOrtiz BarrancoSpain
136DavideRebellinItaly
137MatthiasSchnapkaGermany
138MiguelAngel Lopez MorenoColombia

It’s a busy weekend of racing, with the final road monument taking place, Ganna’s hour record attempt, along with the Cyclocross World Cup in Waterloo.