{"id":250652,"date":"2026-06-29T21:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/keegan-swenson-and-sofia-gomez-villafane-win-sbt-grvl\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:12:42","slug":"keegan-swenson-and-sofia-gomez-villafane-win-sbt-grvl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/keegan-swenson-and-sofia-gomez-villafane-win-sbt-grvl\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafa\u00f1e win SBT GRVL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sofia Gomez Villafa\u00f1e and Keegan Swenson (both Specialized Off-road) returned to the top step at SBT GRVL<\/a> on Sunday in Colorado, both launching solo attacks on the later segments of a refreshed 108-mile ‘black’ course. It was Swenson’s fourth elite men’s title while Villafa\u00f1e won the elite women’s race for a second time.<\/p>\n

This year’s Steamboat Springs long ‘black’ course featured one single-loop circuit through Routt County, with an out-and-back, washed-out gravel road, Cow Creek, featured as the first climb after the start from Yampa Street and again as a decisive technical descent in the final 12 miles.<\/p>\n

Three elite men exited the Cow Creek climb at the front of the race – Nathan Spratt (Ventum + Voler), Adam Roberge (Felt UN1TD) and John Borstelmann (Ventum) – and set a marker of four minutes. Across the next 24 miles, two-thirds of that the longest ascent of the day with uneven pitches reaching 7%-9%, the leaders were caught by six riders – Swenson, Henry Nelson (Lunchbox Racing), Cobe Freeburn (Trek Driftless), Alexey Vermeulen (ENVE), Pete Stetina (Canyon) and John Keller.<\/p>\n

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Four elite men lead SBT GRVL – Keegan Swenson, Cobe Freeburn, Adam Roberge and Henry Nelson <\/span>(Image credit: @sshelesky l SBT GRVL)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the mid-point of the race, Swenson was part of the new lead group as Freeburn, Roberge and Nelson, with Spratt, Vermeulen, Stetina and Keller giving chase, and Borstelmann dropping off the pace.<\/p>\n

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