Former British gravel champion Jacob Vaughan has been eyeing up more of the rough stuff in 2024. Having already taken a significant domestic road victory this year, topping the podium at the 40th edition of the Jock Wadley Memorial, in March, Vaughan quickly reached for the gravel bike to pursue a season focusing on cycling’s newest discipline. From a fifth place at April’s Dirty Reiver in Kielder Forest, to a strong showing at Girona’s Traka, he is proving himself to be one of Britain’s best gravel specialists. We caught up with the 24-year-old as he prepared for perhaps the most prestigious event on the gravel calendar, the 200-mile Unbound in Kansas, USA on 1 June – where, unfortunately for Vaughan, a sliced tyre put paid to his target of a top 25. He finished 69th, the third-placed Brit.
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