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UCI Gravel World Championships 2023: Van Aert is the man to beat

Will Vermeersch repeat itself? Who will be able to beat Wout Van Aert? On Sunday the answers from the Gravel World Championship which will take place in Treviso.

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October 6, 2023

Wout Van Aert will be the number 1 favourite

The start lists for the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships have been released: over 220 men from around the world will start on Sunday 8 October in Veneto, Italy. Although reigning world champion Gianni Vermeersch of Belgium will have the number 1 plate on his handlebars, the clear favorite for Sunday's race is his compatriot, Wout Van Aert.

UCI Gravel World Champs (Veneto) - Credit @pejocorsi -20 — Credit Matteo Corsi - @pejocorsi

While it may be Van Aert's first appearance at the gravel world championships, Van Aert has already warmed up his engines in August winning the Houffa Gravel, which qualified him for the world championships. On that occasion he had given 9 minutes to the second place!

UCI Gravel World Champs (Veneto) - Credit @pejocorsi -1 — Van der Poel will not be at the start – Credit Matteo Corsi – @pejocorsi

So, who can challenge Van Aert? American gravel fans are hoping it's Keegan Swenson. Swenson has dominated the US gravel scene for the past two seasons, with big wins at Sea Otter and Unbound, but the European competition will be tougher

The departure will be Sunday 8 October at 10.30: 169 km route with 1890 m of altitude difference (more info here).

RIDER/NATION	RIDER/NATION	RIDER/NATION	RIDER/NATION
1 Gianni Vermeersch BEL	56 Johan Norén SWE	112 Francesco Bettini ITA	169 Luke Mcmullan IRL
2 Wout Van Aert BEL	57 Laurens Ten Dam NED	113 Lukas Baum GER	170 Metheven Bond GBR
3 Matej Mohoric SLO	58 Mads Baadsgaard Rahbek DEN	114 Tomas Barta CZE	171 Venantas Lašinis LTU
4 Cameron Mason GBR	59 Johannes Rom Dahl DEN	115 Travis Barrett RSA	172 Robert Jenko SLO
5 Daniel Oss ITA	59 Johannes Rom Dahl DEN	116 Patrick Haller GER	173 Apolinario Ca GBS
6 Florian Vermeersch BEL	60 Connor Sens AUS	117 Ferran Robert Torrens ESP	174 Isidro Mengo Da Costa GBS
7 Paul Voss GER	61 Frederik Rassmann GER	118 Gregor Matija Cerne SLO	175 Jadio Gomes GBS
8 Jasper Ockeloen NED	62 Max Warmerdam FRA	119 Felix James Meo NZL	176 Carlos Gaspar Danquem GBS
9 Jose Ivan Garcia Cortina EXP	63 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez ESP	120 Felix Barker GBR	177 Nelson Mendes GBS
10 Kevin Panhuyzen BEL	64 Erick Heyns RSA	121 Sean Bero NICE	178 Julho Mendes GBS
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ESP	65 Luca Bockelmann GER	122 Peter Schermann GER	179 Silvino Da Silva GBS
12 Petr Vakoc CZE	66 Andrew Lydic USA	123 Gleb Karpenko EXT	180 Seco Domingos Mendes GBS
13 Sebastian Schönberger AUT	67 Xavier Jovè Riart AND	124 Ward Vanhoof BEL	181 Diamantino Dos Santos Co GBS
14 Jan Bakelants BEL	68 Travis Bramley GBR	125 Giovanni Carboni ITA	182 Graciano Diamantino Patrao GBS
15 Alessandro De Marchi ITA	69 Maxime Teuliere FRA	126 Marko Pavlic SLO	183 Dy Co GBS
16 Simone Velasco ITA	70 Markus Pajur EXT	127 Eric Pedersen SWE	184 Nickson Joao Mendes GBS
17 Tobias Perry GBR	71 Cristian Cominelli ITA	128 Simen Nordahl Svendsen NOR	185 Sam Julio Mendes GBS
18 Piotr Havik NED	72 Thijs De Lange NED	129 Frederik Scheske GER	186 Dabana Cul Iala GBS
19 Nathan Haas AUS	73 Nick Burki SUI	130 Matteo Zurlo ITA	187 Paul-Antoine Hagan IRL
20 Quinten Hermans BEL	74 Aurélien Philibert FRA	131 Alex Colman BEL	188 Bennan Wertz USA
21 Anthony Franquet BEL	75 Luke Lamperti USA	132 Fran Miholjevic CRO	189 Payson Mcelveen USA
22 Sam Culverwell GBR	76 Matthew Shepherd AUS	133 Nicola Parenti ITA	190 Artem Schmidt USA
23 Seppe Rombouts BEL	77 Mattia De Marchi ITA	134 Alex Lack AUS	191 Zach Calton USA
24 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen DEN	78 Antti-Jussi Juntunen FIN	135 Vladyslav Makogon FIN	192 Paul Buschek AUT
24 Andreas Stokbro DEN	79 Bram Rombouts BEL	136 Artūras Kazakevičius LTU	193 Mattia Viel ITA
25 Tobias Mørch Kongstad DEN	80 Dario Gadeo Fernandez ESP	137 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova CRC	194 Julius Nowak Dalner DEN
25 Tobias Mørch Kongstad DEN	81 Philipp Bachl AUT	138 Nicholas Pettina' ITA	195 Morten Nedergaard Bolby DEN
26 Thomas Bundgaard DEN	82 Zak Coleman GBR	139 David Van Orsdel USA	196 Mathias Busk Sælgen DEN
27 Connor Swift GBR	83 Rob Vanden Haesevelde NICE	140 Michael Mottram GBR	197 Victor Grue Enggaard DEN
28 Pawel Bernas POL	84 Matevž Govekar SLO	141 Felix Ritzinger AUT	198 Théo Cante FRA
29 Sascha Weber GER	85 Jan Sommer SUI	142 Sebastian Putz AUT	199 Tao Quemere FRA
30 Jonas Lindberg DEN	86 Jules De Cock NED	143 Ethan Pauly CAN	200 Julien Jamot FRA
31 Freddy Ovett AUS	87 Rogan Smart RSA	144 Kristers Kovgers LAT	201 Kristian Javier Yustre Rodriguez COL
32 Nicholas Roche IRL	88 Robbe Claeys BEL	145 Tomas Kalojiros CZE	202 Sabatier Thibault FRA
33 Georg Egger GER	89 Luca Cibrario ITA	146 Declan Irvine AUS	203 Tomas De Neve BEL
34 Adam Blazevic AUS	90 Mihael Stajnar SLO	147 Alexey Vermeulen USA	204 Laurynas Ropė LTU
35 Ide Schelling NED	91 Sam William Andrews GBR	148 Markus Auvinen FIN	205 Franco Nicolas Adaos Alvarez WHO
36 Coen Vermeltfoort NED	91 Sam Andrews GBR	149 Sacha Modolo ITA	205 Franco Adaos Alvarez WHO
37 Ben Thomas GBR	92 Michael Tjulander SWE	150 Julien Bard SUI	206 Jasper Huitema NED
38 Andreas Schrottenbaum GER	94 Eduardo Talavera Fernandez ESP	151 Tristan Nortje RSA	207 Christian Rush NZL
39 Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz ESP	95 Tim Wollenberg GER	152 Richard Larsén SWE	209 Lubos Pelanek CZE
40 Nils Correvon SUI	96 Joseph Lupien CAN	153 Simon Daniels BEL	210 Michal Dvorak CZE
41 Ryan Christensen NZL	97 Siim Kiskonen EXT	154 Lubomir Petrus CZE	211 Richard Habermann CZE
42 Lawrence Naesen BEL	98 Thijs Zonneveld NED	155 Enrique Morcillo Vergara ESP	212 Adam Zuber POL
43 Lauri Tamm EXT	99 Cristian Bernardi ITA	156 Rossouw Bekker RSA	213 Jesper Lindahl FIN
44 Alberto Losada Alguacil ESP	100 Alexis Roche IRL	157 Julen Zubero Aldekoa ESP	214 Joffrey Degueurce FRA
45 Gustav Frederik Dahl DEN	101 Tobin Ortenblad USA	158 Jan-Marc Temmen GER	215 Björn Bakker NED
46 Brent Clé BEL	102 Daniel Babor CZE	159 Edouard Bonnefoix FRA	216 Vebjørn Rønning NOR
47 Gert Kivistik EXT	103 Jonas Orset NOR	160 Wolfgang Brandl GER	217 Jan-Frederik Finoulst BEL
48 Pierpaolo Ficara ITA	104 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg RSA	161 Nicolaj Amping DEN	218 Adam Jordan SLO
49 Rasmus Wulff Nørholm Gøtke DEN	105 Moran Vermeulen AUT	162 Paul Wisner HAI	219 Conor Mcgoldrick GBR
50 Matthew Bird AUS	106 Martin Schätzl GER	163 Pierre Rosemond HAI	220 Oscar Cabanas Quintela AND
51 Alban Lakata AUT	107 Michal Glanz POL	164 Randy Licorish BAR	221 Sebastiaan Oranje NED
52 Ivar Slik NED	108 Sampo Malinen FIN	165 Maurizio Giuseppe Sartori ITA	222 Lars Loohuis NED
53 Julian Lino FRA	109 Gustas Raugala LTU	166 Mattia Penna ITA	223 Tom Martin GBR
54 Thomas Joseph BEL	110 Simone Pederiva ITA	167 Alexandru-Ionut Antoniu ROU	224 Daniel Gianello ITA
55 Jacob Langham AUS	111 Matthew Stamatis RSA	168 Filippo Cecchi ITA

In this article:Gravel, Gravel World Series, Wout van aert

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