Men Elite Highlights | 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships | Tissot

Welcome to the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships from Nanup here in Western Australia. They roll out for the start of the men's elite race here at the 2026 Gravel World Championships in Nanup. What normally happens in a race that's got a short section of tarmac is they go herring off into the distance to try and get on the gravel first. Denmark, Belgium, the Dutch coming across now, and looks like Jensen Young from Great Britain coming over as well, trying to make a little group. What was four has become three, and they've got one minute and twenty-one seconds. Of a gap, at least they are now on the Kilani climb, the first climb of the day. Onto the big Brockman climb. Then the descent of this will be interesting. It's full of mica and quartz. Look at that! That is a hard, hard climb. Great shot of our leading trio, though. You can see what the physical gap is between them. Two minutes and one second, so the pace has certainly been injected at the front of the peloton. You can see. Two minutes and fifteen seconds is to get back to the peloton. It's nicely stable now. It looks like the Danish, who are. Upping the pace at the front, and that's unsurprising because they didn't have a Dane in the lead group. This is one of the teams that didn't have somebody in the lead group, and they want to bring this back. Almost certainly for Mats Versthemit. Well, the terrain I think adding a little bit to the gap between our three leading riders, Podselberger, Young, and Schulting. There we go. The big wave of bunny hops. You can always tell when something nasty's coming up. Bang! Bang! Bang! This is the start of the Arcadia loop. Rain is beginning to fall. Just a very light shower. I think he's going to ride around the outside of Schultig now. Yeah, there he does. That's a great shot to be able to see exactly who's comfortable and who isn't. In this sort of terrain. It's Denmark driving along, but Avancini from Brazil. Is in third spot on the road there. Oh, that's a blistering pace. Whoever's going up there is going up there like a rocket. That is super fast! Incredibly impressive ride by Avancini. The Brazilian rider in third spot here at the moment. Oh, get out of the way! It's Jensen Young now, who's come to the front and is pushing the pace on a little bit. They're still holding. At two and a half minutes, and these three men have been away since about kilometer three or four. They are now entering the Ellis Creek Road climb, which is by far, I think, the hardest section, on the entire course. Out of the saddle, keeping the pace on this climb as high as he possibly can without exploding. You need to ride at about. Just under 90 percent of it, like time trialing. He's done his job. That's a really good illustration. He's done his job. He's forced them up the pace up the hill, kept the gap going. He lets Bodzilberger come through as soon as they crest the top. There is the lead group ahead. You can see the three lead riders at 37. Seconds, Jensen Young is beginning to suffer because Podselberger is keeping the pace high enough to stay away in that group. Jensen Young, I think that is the end. Of Jensen Young in this group, unfortunately. There is Jensen Young in no man's land. In the middle of that top of the shot, in the small section of road, his two former breakaway partners have already gone round the edge. It will not be long, I'm afraid, before Jensen Young is swallowed up by this group. These are our two remaining lead riders, Lucas Podzelberger and Peter Schulting, with 36 kilometres to go. Have one minute, and they are working well together. A little bit of a flick of the elbow from Podzelberger, and Schulting immediately responds. So they're in this section now between Ellis Creek. Where so much. Little digging and politics going on, and the folly summit. Waiting for the arrival of the group. And it'll be almost upon him because if he's out of his saddle, then you know they're there. Here is his teammate Connor Swift. The chase group. There will be international supporters here because there are people from all age categories from around the world. This is like Dutch Corner. That's exactly what he said. I'm sure of it. This is folly. Climb. There's the gap. Then two. Remaining breakaway riders, Hatzelberger and Schnellinger on the. The screen. It's in just ahead now. Both Danish riders pushing towards the front, and it's I think it's Schmidt. It's not a position they want to be in. Twelve kilometres to go, and still, Denmark. Wanted to keep the pace high enough to cause problems for Florian Vermeesch. Had to really work hard, and all credit to him. Here we are then. Big gear pressure this time, from Mads Vodt Schmidt. Just sticks it in a bigger gear, turns it over, ups the pace just a little bit. Florian Vomich still managing to hang on. Don't start playing games. Don't start playing games because they'll come back at you. Mads Schmidt knows that. He goes on the right-hand side. He's going to go for a long one. This is a defining move. This is not just a little dig. That's an attack. And there goes Conor Swift. Oh, brilliant! By the Brit, instant response. You're not getting away from me. Match Mitt. Who is a brilliant rider? He's been the most consistent rider this season in this peloton, not in general, but he's in this peloton certainly, probably the most consistent rider. And Florian Vermisch looks like he's going to be in real trouble here. We're inside the last. Three and a half kilometres. Oh no, he's gone down! Oh my God! Mad Schmidt has gone down. The Belgian rider coming through now in the second spot, and Schmidt has made the gap. He's there. It's now Claris who's gone on the front. He's looking back to see where his teammate has gone. They're trying to wear out the other two, and Connor Swift has gone on the right hand side. That's a massive jump. Connor Swift is in completely the wrong position now. He does not want to be here. You do not want to lead from the front, but now you can't really give over your space. He's gonna get jumped if he doesn't go now. He's got to go. He's got to go, and here he goes. He's had the legs so far, but Clariss is right on his wheel. He really has the motor. It doesn't look like he's gonna stay ahead. Clariss is reading. He's going. He's coming. He's coming. He's coming on the right hand side of him, left hand side of your screen. He's going to miss out again. It's going to be Clariss. Surely. What a great race! Absolutely fantastic.