Melisa Rollins and Brennan Wertz win SBT GRVL
SBT GRVL's revamped course provided suspenseful racing and a pair of new winners in the elite women's and men's events, as Melisa Rollins edged out Lauren De Crescenzo in a sprint finish while US national gravel champion Brennan Wertz soloed off the front in the final miles to take the win over defending champion Keegan Swenson.
The 2025 edition saw a new, circuit-style course with pros racing on Saturday, followed by a non-competitive Sunday ride on the traditional point-to-point route. The women got a separate start, five minutes after the men's field, and Rollins and De Crescenzo went off the front at mile 50 in a select group with Paige Onweiler, Sarah Lange, defending champion Lauren Stephens, Emma Grant and Haley Smith before attrition whittled the group down to four and then the final two.
In the men's race, a group of six including Wertz, Swenson, Cobe Freeburn, Alexey Vermeulen, Pete Stetina and Torbjørn Andre Reed broke away in pursuit of Alex Howes, catching and dropping him before Wertz finally went clear at mile 112 of the 117-mile race to finish solo.
Top 5 Elite Women
- Melisa Rollins (Liv Racing)
- Lauren De Crescenzo (Factor-The Feed)
- Lauren Stephens (Aegis)
- Sarah Lange (Velocio-Pivot)
- Paige Onweiler (Trek Driftless)
Top 5 Elite Men
- Brennan Wertz (Scott-Skipstone)
- Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz)
- Cobe Freeburn (Trek Driftless)
- Alexey Vermeulen (Enve-Orange Seal)
- Pete Stetina (GRVL PRVTR)
