Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) and Matevž Govekar (Bahrain-Victorious) won Sea Otter Europe Girona on Saturday, the Spanish race through the rugged terrain Les Gavarres Massif one of the final UCI Gravel World Series events of the season to provide qualification for the Gravel World Championships on October 5-6.
The 107.2km sent off the elite men and elite women with just a one-minute separation at the start, a tough 5.4km climb lining out the fields just a few kilometres north of the start, that first peak averaging 6.3% gradient. The hardest challenge of the day came at kilometre 46 with an 8km climb at 4.2% average, taking riders across the highest point on the route, 517m above the sea.
