{"id":241551,"date":"2026-05-03T04:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/uci-gravel-world-series-tobias-konig-and-giorgia-vettorello-claim-victory-at-giro-sardegna-gravel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:35:34","slug":"uci-gravel-world-series-tobias-konig-and-giorgia-vettorello-claim-victory-at-giro-sardegna-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/uci-gravel-world-series-tobias-konig-and-giorgia-vettorello-claim-victory-at-giro-sardegna-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Gravel World Series: Tobias Konig and Giorgia Vettorello claim victory at Giro Sardegna Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-b97bfa51-d803-4fca-bc36-5728d6870f82\">Tobias K\u00f6nig (RSC Auto Brosch Kempten) and Giorgia Vettorello took out the wins at the Giro Sardegna Gravel, one of two Italian rounds of the 2026 <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>.<\/p>\n<p>Anton Albrecht (Fit4stein Bikes) was second in the men&#8217;s event and Albert Gathemann (Benotti Berthold) third. Tessa Neefjes (Liv Racing), who came fourth at Gravel One Fifty last month, snared the runner up spot in the women&#8217;s UCI race while Nicolien Luijsterburg (Team Tenerife) was third.<\/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-b97bfa51-d803-4fca-bc36-5728d6870f82-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The third edition of the 110km gravel race in Muravera-Villasimius with with nearly 1,300m of elevation gain started with a flat coastal section on fast roads, a combination of dirt and asphalt, before heading inland. 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