{"id":123121,"date":"2026-06-17T06:50:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/uci-gravel-world-series-lawrence-lorot-and-claudette-nyirarukundo-sprint-to-victory-at-safari-gravel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:50:56","slug":"uci-gravel-world-series-lawrence-lorot-and-claudette-nyirarukundo-sprint-to-victory-at-safari-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/uci-gravel-world-series-lawrence-lorot-and-claudette-nyirarukundo-sprint-to-victory-at-safari-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Gravel World Series: Lawrence Lorot and Claudette Nyirarukundo sprint to victory at Safari Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-14ecae5d-76fd-4655-ab82-0b8fdd204136\">It all came down to a sprint at the Safari Gravel race with Lawrence Lorot (Team Amani) and Claudette Nyirarukundo (Team Amani) claiming the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-gravel-world-series-events\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UCI Gravel World Series<\/a> race set in the Hell&#8217;s Gate National Park, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>It was a step up from last year for Nyirarukundo, who in 2015 finished second to Haley Smith at the challenging 111km event with 85% gravel and surfaces that range from red clay to single track and game trails. This year the Rwandan got the better of Canada&#8217;s Sarah Diekmeyer in a tight battle to the line in the women&#8217;s elite race. Austria&#8217;s Theresa Rindler-Bachl (Megamo) was third, more than ten minutes further back.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-14ecae5d-76fd-4655-ab82-0b8fdd204136-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">In the elite men&#8217;s race Lorot took his first UCI Gravel World Series win in his first gravel race of the year where, after coming straight from a road block in Mauritius, he prevailed despite a difficult start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;jYDCcabO&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;X9\\\/mXVGac0NphghLH9hZaqWA5d3dhAM\\\/Ih07grnEyMLjuO2E&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;In the first kilometres my saddle went down and I had to chase back.&#8221; said Lorot in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">It was then Black Mamba Development squad riders who took the next steps of the podium as Stanley Ngugi sprinted to second, finishing a second back from Lorot. 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