This was the year where it looked to be all coming together for Tiffany Cromwell as she headed into the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships – experience, form, support and terrain where she’s already proved her winning ability – but there was one thing not on her side. Luck.
The Australian, who won the European Gravel Championships races against a packed field on a similar course last year, had solid top-ten results in the last two editions of the rainbow race. With the terrain in her favour this time, there was every reason to hope that she could chase more this year; a podium perhaps or – in the dream scenario – even the rainbow jersey.
