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Jackie Tyson

Petr Vakoč, Alex Howes, Peta Mullens, Amity Rockwell among 138 wildcard contenders aiming for 6 spots in Life Time Grand Prix

Alex Howes leads the front of the pro men's race at Big Sugar Gravel and finished ninth in the first year of the Life Time Grand Prix.

A total of 201 athletes were named to compete in a pair of new high-stakes contests for the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix. For the six wildcard spots into this year's off-road series handed out after Unbound Gravel 200, 138 riders were selected this week comprised of 40 women competing for three of those entries and 98 men competing for the other three. 

Top women's riders who have been part of the series in past years and are looking to return include Australian Peta Mullens, Canadian Angela Naeth and US riders Emily Newsom, Amity Rockwell, Hannah Shell and Anna Yamauchi. Among the men looking to return to the series are Czechia's Petr Vakoč, Canadians Andrew l'Esperance and Adam Roberge, and a hefty list of US riders which includes Alex Howes, Truman Glasgow, Taylor Lideen, Tobin Ortenblad, Ryan Standish and Kyle Trudeau.

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