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HISTORICAL FACTS: Lauren de crescenzo - The Untold Story

'It was survival' - Romy Kasper shepherds PAS Racing teammate Morgan Aguirre through mud, rain, crashes, doubts and train stops at Unbound Gravel 200

Kasper goes from wondering if her race was over to sprinting to seventh in the brutal conditions of first Unbound as Aguirre clinches 11th

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Sofia Gomez Villafañe sprints to her second career win at Unbound Gravel

Geerike Schreurs places second as the Specialized Off-Road team plays the race perfectly

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Unbound Gravel 200 has the history but 'The Traka pushed me into entirely new kinds of discomfort' – Lauren De Crescenzo compares the two titans of gravel

Emporia race focuses on one distance with 'a washing machine of talent' as The Traka splits the field

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Life Time Grand Prix 2026

US collection of off-road races offers $350,000 overall series purse plus $240,000 across six individual events

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Sofia Gomez Villafañe continues hauling in the victories at Mid South Gravel while Cobe Freeburn claims men’s title

Geerike Schreurs and Cameron Jones claim runner-up positions in sprint deciders at Stillwater, Oklahoma

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'Bounced off barbed wire' - Lauren De Crescenzo escapes serious injury but goes runner-up to Emily Newsom at Homegrown Gravel in Georgia

'I could tell she wasn't feeling great. It was pretty epic' eventual winner said about the defending champion's unexpected sideways move and dramatic 30-mile chase

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Flat-bars or drop-bars at Leadville Trail 100 MTB? This high-altitude endurance race doesn't have a handlebar problem, it has an identity crisis

'Courses dictate our equipment choices' as Lauren De Crescenzo and other riders dissect the 100 miles of Leadville regarding safety issues, equipment setups and a solution

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More youth, more international: Life Time announces its new roster of athletes for the 2026 Grand Prix

A hand-selected cast of 44 of the world's most talented off-road riders to contest the 2026 Life Time Grand Prix, starting at the Sea Otter Classic in April

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Sofia Gomez Villafañe wins abbreviated Big Sugar Classic and locks in overall women's title for Life Time Grand Prix

Lauren Stephens second, Stella Hobbs third in large group finish for elite women in Bentonville

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Logistics, money and career sustainability - Why some US riders are saying 'no' to UCI Gravel World Championships

Lauren De Crescenzo explains why riders place priority on Life Time Grand Prix series and races

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Lauren De Crescenzo wins fourth Rad Dirt Fest while Cole Davis takes surprise victory; Unbound Gravel lottery and BWR registrations open soon

Christopher Blevins on path to first men's sweep of XCO and XCC World Cup titles in one season - North American Roundup

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US Gravel Nationals: Lauren Stephens powers to third straight title; Bradyn Lange wins with breakthrough performance

The race was the first in Minnesota after two years in Nebraska and produced one new champion and one three-peat winner

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'Winning Unbound gave me the career I always wanted' — Five Unbound Gravel champions on how the Kansas race rerouted their futures

'The race that everyone loves to hate' continues to define the gravel discipline and the lives of its winners

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SBT GRVL: Melisa Rollins and Brennan Wertz wrangle wind and late attacks for top honours on new course at Steamboat Springs gravel race

Leadville champion holds off former SBT winners Lauren De Crescenzo and Lauren Stephens for the women's title while the men's US gravel champion distances Keegan Swenson

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Elite riders feeling the squeeze in Kansas amid lightly vetted fields and chaotic aid stations - Unbound Gravel 'needs standards, not red tape'

'Gravel is not the quirky cousin of road racing anymore. I want it to be fair, safe and professional,' says former Unbound 200 champion Lauren De Crescenzo

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'This race was a lot harder to win' - Karolina Migoń solos to victory at Unbound Gravel

This is the Polish rider's third win this month, after her repeat victory at The Traka 360 and Gravel Locos

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'This race showed me how tough our sport is' - Lauren Stephens set to defend title at Tour of the Gila

Lauren De Crescenzo, Conn McDunphy and Marcis Shelton among top riders from The Growler racing in New Mexico

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Drawing a line in the gravel - Will anti-drafting rules create structure or friction in Life Time Grand Prix competitions?

Lauren De Crescenzo shares thoughts on enforcement and punishment for new regulations to make races 'more fair'

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'I gave it everything I had' - Keegan Swenson and Haley Batten win Sea Otter Classic Gravel

Olympic medalist mountain biker Batten crushes her first gravel race; Swenson and Villafane slip into familiar Life Time Grand Prix series leads

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Michael Garrison, Lauren De Crescenzo repeat as winners of Homegrown Gravel

Men's race comes down to two-man sprint while De Crescenzo solos for 85 miles in blossoming southern US off-road race

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Harsh weather accompanies US gravel season openers at Low Gap and Old Man Winter - Gallery

Gravel racing kicks off in California with UCI Gravel World Series and Gravel Earth Series set for mid-February starts

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Former American cycling star vows to 'reinvigorate' US road racing with $156,000 Growler race prize pot

Keegan Swenson and Lauren De Crescenzo return to defend titles in second edition of Levi Leipheimer's event

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Lauren De Crescenzo: Team Amani women gravel riders 'redefine what’s possible' in Africa

US gravel rider shares photos and lessons learned after spending 12 days with Black Mamba Development women

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Gravel cyclists aren't all the same: a guide to the climbers, punchers and all-rounders of the dirt roads

As this dynamic discipline establishes itself, so do its archetypes — though the lines remain blurred

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Clogged valves, broken chains, cheap motels - The lessons to pivot and persevere a first year of privateering

Lauren De Crescenzo recaps the lessons learned and 'fire extinguisher' moments with independent racing programme for gravel, mountain bike and road racing

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