Maddy Nutt had been putting a solid run of form on display on the run into The Traka 360 and at 100km in was one minute behind the lead group at the flagship European gravel race and in a solid chase, but then she crashed to the ground when another rider fell in front of her.
Nutt's lead in this season included a second overall and stage win at Sahara Gravel, a win the UCI Gravel World Series round in Brazil and her last hit out was the 200km Dirty Reiver, which she also won. Still, it looked like it could have been race over at 100km into the day of racing at the Gravel Earth Series event, but the British rider was not inclined to give up easily after all the work that had gone in, especially not when she was sitting within the top ten.
