{"id":72990,"date":"2025-05-04T04:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72990\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T04:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:57:09","slug":"gomez-villafane-wurtz-schmidt-power-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72990\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e, W\u00fcrtz Schmidt Power to Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    &#8220;], &#8220;filter&#8221;: { &#8220;nextExceptions&#8221;: &#8220;img, blockquote, div&#8221;, &#8220;nextContainsExceptions&#8221;: &#8220;img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button&#8221;} }&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/sofia-gomez-villafane\/\" data-afl-p=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sofia G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/mads-wurtz-schmidt\/\" data-afl-p=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mads W\u00fcrtz Schmidt<\/a> lit up the gravel roads of Girona with perfectly timed late-race attacks to win the 2025 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/the-traka\/\" data-afl-p=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Traka 200<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After Friday\u2019s mud-soaked slugfest in the 360km ultra-distance, Saturday\u2019s shorter 200km course saw drier conditions and higher speeds in Europe\u2019s premier gravel weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s race, G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e was locked in a tug-of-war with Unbound 200 champion Rosa Kl\u00f6ser before unleashing a final surge to take her maiden Traka title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/gravel\/the-traka-360-tobias-kongstad-soloes-to-victory\/\" data-afl-p=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Traka 360 results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Argentine, who admitted she came in \u201cpretty tired\u201d after a stacked April racing calendar, rode aggressively from the gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was my first Traka, and I wanted to experiment a bit and see how the race went,\u201d said G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e. \u201cI had a good rhythm on the first climbs, and I was descending like, well, if I get a puncture, I don\u2019t care. The selection was getting smaller and smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/gravel\/the-traka-draws-top-stars-for-europes-biggest-and-baddest-gravel-race\/\" data-afl-p=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Traka, Europe\u2019s biggest and baddest gravel race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kl\u00f6ser clung on to take second, while former XC world mountain bike champion Annika Langvad crossed the line third.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s race, ex-WorldTour road pro W\u00fcrtz Schmidt dropped his rivals with a late solo move to take the win ahead of three-time Cape Epic champion Matthew Beers.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Filippo Conca grabbed the final podium spot in a wild race in the hills around Girona.<\/p>\n<p>Racing action continues Sunday with The Traka 100.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Top 3 \u2013 The Traka 200 (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Sofia G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e \u2013 7:13:01<br \/>Rosa Kl\u00f6ser \u2013 7:13:45<br \/>Annika Langvad \u2013 7:19:28<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Top 3 \u2013 The Traka 200 (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Mads W\u00fcrtz Schmidt \u2013 6:12:21<br \/>Matthew Beers \u2013 6:13:45<br \/>Filippo Conca \u2013 6:13:46<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;], &#8220;filter&#8221;: { &#8220;nextExceptions&#8221;: &#8220;img, blockquote, div&#8221;, &#8220;nextContainsExceptions&#8221;: &#8220;img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button&#8221;} }&#8221;&gt; Sofia G\u00f3mez Villafa\u00f1e and Mads&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,36217,36218,36219,79,36220,16,15,36221],"class_list":{"0":"post-72990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-gravel-racing","10":"tag-mads-wurtz-schmidt","11":"tag-sofia-gomez-villafane","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-the-traka","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-womens-racing"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114447793748335099","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}