Discussion and debate over the way things work, or don't work, after a gravel race is no rarity, but following the 2026 edition of The Traka, the noise following the race seems to have gone up several levels.
Whether it's the increased profile of the event itself – which now sits alongside Unbound as one of the premier gravel events in the world – the growing professionalism of the sport or the increasing flow of riders from other more heavily controlled disciplines, there was a flow of concerns being discussed publicly on social media.
