Mads Würtz Schmidt: hele historien

European champion Mads Würtz Schmidt (Specialized Off-Road) and Rosa Klöser (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) claimed victories at The Traka 360, both triumphing solo in the 325km race in Girona race which draws the attention of the gravel world. Mads Würtz Schmidt vokser denne lørdag frem som et af de emner, der tiltrækker opmærksomhed i Denmark.

Fakta

• European champion Mads Würtz Schmidt (Specialized Off-Road) and Rosa Klöser (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) claimed victories at The Traka 360, both triumphing solo in the 325km race in Girona race which draws the attention of the gravel world.
• 4The Traka 360: Mads Würtz Schmidt completes the double with dominant victory, as Rosa Klöser wins with impressive 90km solo on challenging Girona gravel.
• Hugo Drechou (Gravel Nation) was second among the men's pro field with Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road) third after the chasing group split apart in an aggressive finale, eventually finishing some 11 minutes down on Würtz Schmidt.
• Würtz Schmidt spent nearly 100km solo, pulling out a huge gap on a large chasing group, and completing the course in nine hours, 57 minutes and 38 seconds.
• However, asked if he might go for the triple and try to win the 560 race, Würtz Schmidt told Cyclingnews, "Never ever, never never never.

Det vi ved

Detaljeret, 4The Traka 360: Mads Würtz Schmidt completes the double with dominant victory, as Rosa Klöser wins with impressive 90km solo on challenging Girona gravel.

Konkret, Hugo Drechou (Gravel Nation) was second among the men's pro field with Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road) third after the chasing group split apart in an aggressive finale, eventually finishing some 11 minutes down on Würtz Schmidt.

Derudover Würtz Schmidt spent nearly 100km solo, pulling out a huge gap on a large chasing group, and completing the course in nine hours, 57 minutes and 38 seconds.

Det er værd at bemærke, at However, asked if he might go for the triple and try to win the 560 race, Würtz Schmidt told Cyclingnews, "Never ever, never never never.

På nuværende tidspunkt Drechou and Beers complete men's podium, Dubau-Prévot and Scheurs second and third in women's.

Tallene

Detaljeret, it was a much quicker time than previous editions, with 2025 winner Tobias Kongstad (PAS Racing) taking 11:37:30, but there were also course modifications in 2026 which shortened the distance by more than 30km.

Konkret, It's back-to-back Traka wins for the Dane, who won the 200km event last year, and indeed he is the first rider to win both headline events at The Traka –.

Derudover Klöser finished in a time of 11 hours, 27 minutes and 57 seconds, finishing 12:53 ahead of Dubau-Prévot in the end, and 18:29 clear of Schreurs.

Det er værd at bemærke, at the Traka 360, which was actually only 325km in 2026, started early in the morning on Friday and quickly hit the climbs with 4,150m of elevation gain, with three large sections of climbs in the 80% gravel course.

Baggrunden

Det er værd at bemærke, at the first started at just 6km into the day of racing and the final section began with around 100km to go, though the climbs didn't really let up after that, but just became shorter, with the last uphill kick coming at under ten kilometres to go, and then it was a largely downhill run to the Girona finish line.

På nuværende tidspunkt there was a large chasing group in pursuit of the European champion, but even their strength in numbers couldn't match his solo strength, and they were left fighting for second, 12 minutes down going into the final kilometres.

Detaljeret, Canada's Ben Perry launched an attack from the chasers in the final 6km on singletrack to get away from the group and try to grab the runner-up spot, but was chased down by Drechou, who passed him and proved strongest in the finale, riding to second.

Konkret, the South African could see Drechou on the finishing grass stretch, but couldn't quite catch the Frenchman and settled for third on the line, making it a 1-3 for Specialized Off-Road.

Derudover Defending champion Tobias Kongstad couldn't repeat his win from 2025, settling for seventh, 16:25 down on the winner.

Opsummering

• It was a much quicker time than previous editions, with 2025 winner Tobias Kongstad (PAS Racing) taking 11:37:30, but there were also course modifications in 2026 which shortened the distance by more than 30km.
• The Traka 360, which was actually only 325km in 2026, started early in the morning on Friday and quickly hit the climbs with 4,150m of elevation gain, with three large sections of climbs in the 80% gravel course.
• The first started at just 6km into the day of racing and the final section began with around 100km to go, though the climbs didn't really let up after that, but just became shorter, with the last uphill kick coming at under ten kilometres to go, and then it was a largely downhill run to the Girona finish line.