In 2021 when Ian Boswell returned to racing, after having retired in 2019 from seven seasons on the WorldTour, he decided to try gravel and shot straight to the top in the fledgling discipline by winning the elite men's title at Unbound Gravel 200.
The 2021 winner said he never expected to return for multiple years to suffer across the Flint Hills of Kansas, but return he has. Boswell has finished third, fifth the next two times and then outside the top 50 last year, and has hopes to this year stay in the lead group and contest for a third podium in his five outings.
