Aaron Gate finishes ahead of Luke Mudgway to win the 2021 Gravel and Tar Classic.
It may have been a far cry from the smooth surfaces of an Olympic track or a United States road, but Aaron Gate and Olivia Ray still reigned supreme at the Gravel and Tar Classic in Manawatū on Saturday. The duo – both winners of November’s criterium national champs in Christchurch – added to their resumes in taking out the UCI 1.2 event from Feilding to Palmerston North which features five gravel sectors of about 40km and is considered the hardest single-day road race in Oceania. In a star-studded 164km men’s race, it was Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy rider Gate who outgunned team-mate Luke Mudgway in a two-man sprint to the finish.
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