{"id":251621,"date":"2026-07-06T05:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/uci-gravel-world-series-petr-vakoc-and-nele-laing-celebrate-in-singen-as-they-take-victories-at-hegau-gravel\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:36:43","slug":"uci-gravel-world-series-petr-vakoc-and-nele-laing-celebrate-in-singen-as-they-take-victories-at-hegau-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/uci-gravel-world-series-petr-vakoc-and-nele-laing-celebrate-in-singen-as-they-take-victories-at-hegau-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Gravel World Series: Petr Vakoc and Nele Laing celebrate in Singen as they take victories at Hegau Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-67b62283-cb21-4ece-86ea-92f58fed6645\">The 108km Schw\u00f6rerHaus Hegau Gravel Race in Singen came down to a tight battle in both the elite men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s categories on Sunday, with Petr Vakoc (Factor Racing) and Nele Laing (Canyon DTSwiss ATR) claiming the wins at the German round of the Gravelking <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>It came down to a sprint for Vakoc with the Czech rider, who has so often been on the podium this year, claiming his first UCI series top step of the season with a two second gap in the elite men&#8217;s race to Simon Pellaud (Li Ning Star) in second. Jordy Bouts (The Grip) then claimed third in a group sprint, 1:55 after Vakoc had crossed the line with a time of 3:09:29.<\/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-67b62283-cb21-4ece-86ea-92f58fed6645-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">In the elite women&#8217;s category it was a first UCI Gravel World Series win ever for Laing as the rider who has been one of the rising stars of the season crossed the line after 3:37:01 with a four second gap to her Canyon DTSwiss ATR teammate Larissa Hartog. 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