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Marianne Vos won the elite women’s race at the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships in Nannup, Australia, finishing in 4:30:04. Rosa Klöser, who had raced with Vos near the front, crashed in the closing kilometres but remounted to finish second, 27 seconds behind.
Marianne Vos won the elite women’s race at the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships in Nannup, Western Australia, on Saturday, taking her second gravel world title after attacking in the final 4km. Germany’s Rosa Klöser crashed during the closing run-in but remounted and finished second, 27 seconds behind the Dutch rider.
Vos completed the 125.6km race in 4:30:04. Klöser was the runner-up, while the Netherlands’ Larissa Hartog took third, 2:15 behind Vos, after outsprinting Germany’s Nele Laing. Laing finished fourth in the same time. The course was highly technical, and the report said several prominent riders, including Geerike Schreurs and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, crashed out.
Vos and Klöser broke away from a larger group with about 21km remaining. Klöser attacked on the final long climb and caught Australia’s Tiffany Cromwell; Vos was the only rider able to follow. In the finale, Vos tightened her shoes before making her decisive move. Klöser struck a rut and fell, then got back on her bike to pursue the Dutch rider.
The result gives Vos 15 rainbow jerseys across cyclo-cross, gravel, road and track, according to Cycling Weekly. She had won the gravel title two years earlier. The supplied results list Cromwell eighth, 7:15 behind, and Italy’s Erica Magnaldi fifth, 4:17 back.
Vos Adds a Second Gravel Crown
Vos’s win makes her the first rider to win the elite women’s Gravel World Championship twice, according to Cycling Weekly. The title also adds to a career spanning four cycling disciplines: cyclo-cross, gravel, road and track. For the gravel event, it marks a repeat champion rather than a first-time winner, while Klöser’s close second-place finish shows how the race was decided in its final kilometres.
The crash shaped the closing result, but the supplied account does not say it alone determined the outcome. Vos had already attacked, and Klöser was able to remount and secure silver. The podium also included Hartog, whose third place came after a sprint against Laing.
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A Technical Race in Nannup
The UCI Gravel World Championships were held in Nannup, Western Australia, on a course Vos described as more slippery than expected. She said the route included muddy and slick sections, with a difficult corner and descent near the finish. Those conditions featured prominently in the race account, which also records crashes involving other leading riders.
Vos said Klöser had been particularly strong on the climbs and that she needed to work hard to stay with her. The decisive attack came after the pair had established a lead over the larger group. Vos said she wanted to be ahead through the final corner and choose her own line down the descent.
“It was muddier than expected, actually. We had to be careful, and there were some really slippery sections.”
— Marianne Vos, speaking on television after the race
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Crash Details Still Limited
The available report says Klöser hit a rut, crashed, remounted and finished 27 seconds behind Vos. It does not give further detail about the precise location, cause or extent of any injury, or say whether she required medical attention. The report also does not provide a full account of the incidents involving Schreurs and Moolman-Pasio. Cycling Weekly labels its coverage as continuing, so additional race details may follow.
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Further Race Coverage Expected
Cycling Weekly said more coverage was to follow. Further reporting may add detail on Klöser’s condition, the other crashes and the race’s final conditions. The confirmed result stands at present: Vos first, Klöser second and Hartog third in the elite women’s 125.6km championship race.
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Key Questions
Who won the 2026 elite women’s Gravel World Championship?
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won in Nannup, finishing the 125.6km race in 4:30:04.
How did Rosa Klöser finish after her crash?
Klöser remounted and finished second, 27 seconds behind Vos, according to the supplied results.
Who completed the podium?
The top three were Vos, Klöser and Larissa Hartog. Hartog finished 2:15 behind the winner.
Was this Vos’s first gravel world title?
No. Vos had won the title two years earlier. Cycling Weekly reports that this victory makes her the first rider to win the elite women’s gravel title twice.
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