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Marianne Vos won the elite women’s 125.6km race at the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships in Nannup, Australia, finishing 27 seconds ahead of Rosa Klöser. Vos attacked with 4km remaining; Klöser later crashed but remounted to take second, while Larissa Hartog finished third.
Marianne Vos won the elite women’s race at the UCI Gravel World Championships in Nannup, Western Australia, on Saturday, becoming the first rider to win the title twice. The Dutch rider attacked with 4km remaining and finished 27 seconds ahead of Rosa Klöser, who crashed during the run-in but remounted to secure second place.
Vos completed the 125.6km course in 4:30:04. Klöser, representing Germany, crossed the line 27 seconds later. Dutch rider Larissa Hartog took third, 2 minutes 15 seconds behind Vos, after outsprinting Germany’s Nele Laing for the final podium place.
Vos and Klöser had moved clear of a larger group with about 21km remaining. On the final long climb, Klöser accelerated and caught Australia’s Tiffany Cromwell; Vos was the only rider able to follow. Klöser continued to pressure Vos in the closing stages, but could not drop her.
Before her final attack, Vos tightened her shoes and then opened a gap with 4km to go. Klöser hit a rut and fell, but got back on her bike and chased to the finish. The report says several riders, including Geerike Schreurs and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, also crashed on the highly technical course.
Vos Adds a Second Gravel Crown
The victory makes Vos the first rider to win the Gravel World Championships title twice, two years after her previous title. It also brings her total to 15 rainbow jerseys across cyclo-cross, gravel, road and track, according to the race report. The result adds another world title to a career spanning several cycling disciplines.
The race also showed how the technical route shaped the outcome. Vos’s decision to take the front position ahead of a difficult corner and descent helped set up her late move; Klöser’s crash then altered the final contest for the win. Klöser nevertheless recovered to finish second, while the gap to third was more than two minutes.
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How the Final Breakaway Formed
The championship was held in Nannup, Western Australia, over a 125.6km gravel course. Vos and Klöser broke away from a larger group with about 21km left, and the German rider’s acceleration on the final long climb narrowed the leading group to two, with Vos following her.
Klöser came into the finale with a strong gravel record, including a past win at Unbound Gravel 200, the report noted. Vos is nine years older than Klöser, according to the report. The two contested the lead until Vos attacked near the end; Klöser’s subsequent fall did not prevent her from finishing runner-up.
“It was muddier than expected, actually. We had to be careful on some really slippery sections.”
— Marianne Vos, speaking on television after the race
Details Still Awaiting Confirmation
The race report confirms Klöser hit a rut, crashed and remounted, but does not provide further details about the circumstances of the fall or whether she sustained any injuries. It also does not give a full account of the crashes involving other riders named in the report. Further race coverage was described as forthcoming, so additional interviews or details may emerge.
Results and Further Race Coverage
The confirmed top three are Vos, Klöser and Hartog; the published results list Vos at 4:30:04, Klöser 27 seconds back and Hartog 2:15 behind. Further coverage and interviews are expected, according to the report. No next race or public appearance for Vos was specified in the available material.
Key Questions
Who won the 2026 elite women’s Gravel World Championships?
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the 125.6km race in Nannup, finishing in 4:30:04.
How did Rosa Klöser finish after her crash?
Klöser remounted after hitting a rut and crashing, then finished second, 27 seconds behind Vos.
Who completed the podium?
Larissa Hartog finished third, 2 minutes 15 seconds behind Vos, after outsprinting Nele Laing.
What made Vos’s victory a record?
The race report says Vos became the first rider to win the Gravel World Championships title twice.
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