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Unbound Gravel 2022: Ivar Slik and Sofia Gomez win

Unbound Gravel: in the most famous gravel race in the world, the Dutchman Ivar Slik and the Argentinian Sofia Gomez Villafane, already winner of a Cape Epic, win.

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David Finetto

June 5 2022

Dutchman Ivar Slik won the men's 200 miles (321km) race of Garmin Unbound Gravel 2022: the most important race in the gravel field, a sort of unofficial World Championship. Mattia De Marchi is also at the start. Ivar Slik, ex Rabobank pro, won after 9 hours and 22 minutes in the sprint ahead of the favorite, and biker, Keegan Swenson. Third another former road racer: Ian Boswell.

MATTIA DE MARCHI

Among the protagonists is Mattia De Marchi, a former road racer who, after leaving the professional world, is dedicating himself to ultracycling. He won 'The Traka' race, a 365km Spanish event. In the end he finished in 11th place, having attacked mid-race with Lauren Ten Dam.

Sofia Gomez Villafane wins Unbound Gravel 2022 ©SnowyMountain Photography

Among the women, Sofia Gomez Villafane wins, winning solo after 130km of competition. Gomez, who won the Cape Epic 2022 in the company of Haley Batten, attacked right away by demolishing her opponents. Also in the race was the former MTB champion Lea Davison who finished in 23rd place.

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In this article:Alessandro De Marchi, Gravel, Ivar Slik, Keegan Swenson, Sofia Gomez Villafane, Unbound Gravel

Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').