Bardet finishes 10th in UCI Gravel World Series debut
Two months after retiring from road racing at the end of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Romain Bardet made his debut at the UCI Gravel World Series in Halmstad, Sweden this weekend.
The 34-year-old Frenchman – still competing under the Picnic PostNL umbrella – finished 10th, 40 seconds after Dutchman Jordan Habets (Metec - Solarwatt P/B Mantel) soloed to victory at the end of the 136-kilometre race.
It was a double-Dutch victory in the elite events with Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) winning the women's race ahead of Australia's Nicole Frain (Ridley).
