DUST-UP DOWN UNDER

Adelaide’s new RADL GRVL event fires the starting gun on the 2025 gravel racing season

John Whitney

The morning sun, delicate – for now – rather than devastating, pierces through dense woodland, illuminating the fog of sand and dirt churned up under dozens of tyres barrelling through it. Attempts to breathe in only through my nose and avoid my airways filling with sludge are compromised by the big-ring effort involved, so I resolve to suck it down and cough it up later. Soon enough, we’ll exit the wood and move on to the next lucky dip obstacle thrown at us – very much par for the course in the anything-goes world of gravel racing. I’d begun the day an hour’s drive south of Adelaide, in the McLaren Vale wine region, on the start line of the first edition proper of RADL GRVL (after a successful pilot event…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2025

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