Valtteri Bottas -> Gravel World Championship?
12-25-23, 05:41 AM
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Valtteri Bottas -> Gravel World Championship?
Valtteri has been riding forever and last year entered a few gravel races. He's on Strava and the dude is strong as heck. Aussie pro cyclist Tiffany Cromwell is his girlfriend, so having a Sunday ride with the better half is 65 miles of killing it! This year he's looking to qualify for the Worlds...pretty cool, eh?
https://www.planetf1.com/news/valtte...-championships
https://www.planetf1.com/news/valtte...-championships
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12-25-23, 06:32 AM
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Very cool!
12-25-23, 10:23 PM
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Valtteri has been riding forever and last year entered a few gravel races. He's on Strava and the dude is strong as heck. Aussie pro cyclist Tiffany Cromwell is his girlfriend, so having a Sunday ride with the better half is 65 miles of killing it! This year he's looking to qualify for the Worlds...pretty cool, eh?
https://www.planetf1.com/news/valtte...-championships
https://www.planetf1.com/news/valtte...-championships
But will be interesting if he can be a crossover at that highest level... There have been quite a few in a variety of Sports. But it will depend on the participant level for the qualifying events.
I don;t really know if there's an 'automatic qualifying' level for this kind of stuff (gravel racing). So do some Pro Roadies 'auto qualify', or are they required to do a 'qualification race'?
Do MVDP or any similar high ranked Pro 'Auto' into the Worlds???
Bike Racing is a very tough place to get to the highest level. But maybe he is just that Super-Human ...
Top 25% in age group is still not that difficult for someone who is dedicated to it. So maybe they're happy to have a huge field for the Worlds?
... answered my Q... : "
1254 riders are set to compete for the 2023 UCI Gravel World Titles
from the "ucigravelworldseries.com" site... so yes - gi-normous huge field !!!!Ride On
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I love seeing how Valtteri squeezes in rides at all the race locations. I’ve been following him on Strava and Instagram since I found out he was a rider a couple of years ago. The dude can ride. He’s a little better at driving a car, though.
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