The gravel racing is flowing at the seventh edition of The Traka in Spain, with the first finishers of The Traka Adventure crossing the line in Girona on Friday morning. Victor Bosoni claimed the men's win by covering the challenging 560km course in 24 hours, 9 minutes and 42 seconds while Svenja Betz was the women's victor with a time of 28 hours, 52 minutes and 9 seconds.
The race, which was set to be introduced in 2024 but was cancelled due to the conditions, got underway at 6am local time on Thursday, May 1 in dry weather, though rain did threaten for those who were still out on course after the top riders came through. The long-distance of 560 kilometres included a 56% unpaved course with 10,000 metres of climbing.
The first arrivals in the gruelling challenge had been expected to roll over the line around 28 hours after the start, but Bosoni – who last year finished 15th in The Traka 360 – set a scorching pace and came in hours earlier. The French rider beat his nearest rival Sebastien Breuer by more than an hour in a tight finish with third-placed Benjamin Koch.
