Rosa Klöser (Canyon Factory Racing) and Mathijs Looman (Swatt Club) claimed victory at Eislek Gravel on Saturday, with Looman claiming his first big gravel victory after a tight sprint at the new Luxembourg round of the UCI Gravel World Series, while 2024 Unbound winner Klöser went solo to snare the top step.
Klöser, who had made a last minute decision to take on the event less than a week after wrapping up the Tour de Suisse on the road, had joined Wish One winner Axelle Dubau-Prévot (Numero 31 Par Cafe du Cycliste) and Marie Schreiber (SD Worx-Protime) out the front to form a leading trio in the women's race though Schreiber then punctured and Klöser took off alone. Larissa Hartog (ZZPR NL Orange Babies) caught and passed Dubau-Prévot to take second while the French rider held on for third.
"I wanted to have an active race so I pushed hard from the gun and it paid off," said Klöser in an Instagram post. "I committed and managed to pull out around a 6 min gap to the finish line."
