Although the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championship venue and dates are now up in the air, qualifying continued on Sunday 9 March for the first time ever in South America.

The Brasilian city of Camboriú hosted 400 gravel racers from 11 countries, with the Swiss Simon Pellaud and Brit Madeleine Nutt winning for the men and women respectively.

Simon Pellaud won on the 120km course (90% unpaved) in 3:44:43, including almost 2000m of climbing, with an average speed of 29.4 km/hr. Facundo Perez Costa of Argentina was next at 3:51:36, with former WorldTour pro Daniel Oss of Italy finishing third in 3:59:13.

“It’s a very hard route and it was very hot. My legs weren’t good, because I ran in Colombia last week. The rhythm was intense and was increasing more and more. I even had to stop at the supply area to get water and freshen up. I’m very happy to come to Brazil and win this way,” Pellaud told bikemagazine.com.br.

Madeleine Nutt won for the women in grand style, finishing in 3:52:50 with a 12+ minute lead over Brasilians Tamires Fanny Radatz and Luiza Euzebio de Souza.

Riders finishing in the first 25% of their UCI age/gender category automatically qualified to compete at the to-be-announced 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships.

Complete UCI Gravel Brasil resuls HERE

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